Revolution3 HIM Knoxville Tennessee : Official Thread

I'm in too! Looking forward to this race! Question for anyone local, is the bike course something you could do on a weekend ride? i.e. are the roads fairly safe for cyclists?  Was thinking about coming up to ride the course since my parents live near Knox. in Loudon.

Thanks for the map my ride profile - that looks like a great bike course!!  I am doing the HalfRev as well - I can't wait!

I was psyched to see the host hotels so reasonable.  (What kind of sad world is it when a $100 hotel seems reasonable to me?!)  I think I am going with the Hampton since it is closest to the park.  Hubby and kids can pop in and out of the hotel while I am racing!

O-k, starting to build some of those miles up - I have a half mary in March and I think we might be thawing enough to bike outside soon!  For now it's me and my computrainer and season one of Leverage on Netflix!

Our race is coming up soon - where is everybody?  I actually got outside for my first outdoor bike of the season on Sunday.  Can I just say - that is SOOOO much better (and harder) than my computrainer!  Hopefully I'll get outside atleast once a week until May!

I know, it just got embarrassing with my post after post!  I'm starting to taper for a half marathon in 2 weeks, but working on building my bike mileage now that we are finally thawing out in VA.  Just booked my hotel room @ Holiday Inn. 

Hey all!  I've been MIA from BT in general with IM training..I just can't keep up with logging my workouts here and with my coach.  I need a couple weekend hours to catch back up with my logs! 

Excited about this race, I'm doing it as training for CdA in June, so it'll be a great gauge of my fitness and times when I race, it's been awhile since I've done a half!

My training rides right now have the same elevation gain, so I think I'll be ok for this, hooray!

Can you do it?  I think so - but you are going to have to commit to putting a** in saddle and spending a lot of time there over the next few weeks!!  Outside vs. trainer - I am still getting 1/2 my mileage inside at this time of year because of weather,  indoor training is mostly quality work - intervals of power work, while outdoor work is endurance building with a little bit of speed thrown in.  

Without your logs to see, I would say find yourself a plan, or a coach and jump in at 7 weeks out - you'll know in about two weeks if it's too much.  Good luck!!

7 weeks out, how are you guys feeling?  Me, the run is good, the swim is getting better and the bike is building, spending a lot of time on hills. And I just got race wheels wooohooo! Starting to get pretty jazzed!

I have a half marathon this weekend and my run is feeling pretty good.  For this time of year it seems like I have gotten outside riding a lot, but longest outside ride is 40 - so I gotta kick that into gear and get some good miles in.

I have no idea about the h20 temp, I will ask next week on the radio show and see what they say.   I will have my new sleeveless by then so I am hoping for upper 60's, for me that's great sleeveless temp!