Do IM or not to IM

PR'd Sunday in Louisville @ 14:33. 

The ONLY good thing about carrying the extra weight is you can really fly on the downhills.  I had a fun experience in Louisville on the bike where I was coming up on what looked to be an 'elite' biker (based on his bike and lean physique).  He was heading down a hill at about 30 MPH and riding close to the center line obviously not expecting anyone to come around him.  But I blew by him at about 40 mph.  Naturally he caugh me on the next assent and as he passed he said "Nice descent!"

~Mike

1.  There is no such thing as an EASY Ironman.  Wind.  Heat.  Mechanical problems.  Biomechanical problems.  Gastrointestinal problems.  All can make for a very tough day really quickly.

2.  Unless you are planning to drop the $600+ to fly down to PCB in November and be there the day after to sign up, I wouldn't put your eggs in the IMFL basket.  I expect that it will fill up onsite like Lake Placid. 

Also realize that, during a 7 hour Ironman bike alone, you will perform almost 36000 pedal revolutions.  Not counting the what you ride during training.  So you better be sure the knee is solid before considering it.

I suggest you rehab and if you are feeling good, pick a non M Dot IM distance race that stays open until race day, train for it,  and if training is going well sign up for off brand Ironman distance race maybe 6 weeks out. You don't register unless you have trained, are healthy and that potentially saves a lot.

I have heard you struggle and go back and forth about training, time on the bike, how you like run. Why not put it to yourself as a challenge, do the training then sign up for the race and do it...save a lot of money potentially.

I enjoyed it thoroughly...heh.    

Just kidding, the death march was the worst part; don't get me wrong, finishing IMCDA was one of the highlights of my life, but having to walk most of it was still miserable.  

chirunner134 - 2008-09-03 5:14 PM I like death marches. Its why I got into racing in the first place. First race was the marathon and I done 11 marathon since then and several untrained. Need pain somehow . I been leaning to the stay away unless I kona lottery or feel strong and do a non Mdot. I figure I might as well Kona lottery because chances are I will not get in that, but who knows.

Well, if you get picked in the Kona lottery, you still have to validate your spot with either a sub-17 hour IM or, at least, a sub-8 hour HIM.

Well, if you get picked in the Kona lottery, you still have to validate your spot with either a sub-17 hour IM or, at least, a sub-8 hour HIM.

Amen sister!  x2.  These are the exact 2 reasons I settled on IMKY over IMFL.

BAER

(big a** eye roll)

I hate when people do that. i.e. ask then ignore.

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If you were on the site then you meant to sign up. !!!!!!! Don't play it off as anything but that.  This is like saying you didn't mean to sleep with someone and you just "tripped" and it fell in the right place... It just doesn't happen like that.
Forget all the talk about asking for advice, recieving good sound advice then ignoring it. You also mention you don't want to just throw money away. But it looks like you just did. So now your only option is to start biking. lot's don't do any other events none zero, save your money for your IM, save your body and time for training. There is no turning back now