Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread

I pretty much started getting back on the training track the first of November with a winter maintenance program geared towards getting faster for the bike and run.  The end of February is when "official" training begins.  Working on my weaknesses until then.  Considering that other than running on the weekend, I am pretty much stuck inside from now until then, I like the program I am on.

This will be my second trip to Lake Placid, I completed the 140.6 mile swim last year and want to try all 3 sports !

Edited to add that a June training weekend sounds good, depending on which weekend!

Looks like a lot of the cool kids are racing!  Definitely look forward to meeting everyone (that I haven't yet) and I'm going to try and sign up to be a catcher for the 10 - 12 hour people.  We'll see how that goes!

Funny side note ....... after my mother-in-law stayed with us and worked in the medical tent this year she went to her camp reunion thing and talked with all the different ladies she used to know.  And then she bought a little trailer/cottage from one of them!!  It is about an hour or so away from LP, but it will be free for when we come up so I can sign up!

1st Official Ironman

I am interested in a BT training weekend if my schedule will allow.

Thanks! 

I am in.  First IMLP, 3rd overall.  Interested in a June training weekend, but not sure it would work out.

I'm wondering what my time will look like compared to IMAZ and IMFL.  Obviously the hills will crush me. :-)  I am very happy with this year's IMAZ time, but it's kind of sad to know I can't beat it at IMLP.  I am looking forward to the swim, that is a great place to swim.

I will visit my plan for the coming year after the Disney Marathon in January.  Will probably start mid-Jan.

I am also on the Columbia/Eagleman/LP plan, with some early spring marathoning.

I'm in as a community funder, so have approx $10 per mile to keep me motivated to train until then.

First IM for me.

Following a plan modeled on the endurance nation philosophy which has me focusing on bike/run power/speed this winter, and then "adding long to fast" via significant volume builds beginning in early spring.

I'm definitely up for an epic training weekend, but concerned about overtraining with Eagleman also in June (I will not go too hard, I will not go too hard, I will not go too hard) and so close to IMLP.  I know I'm not the only one who got sucked into that one-two M-dot punch. 

I'm in for IMLP '09. It'll be my second IM and my second time doing LP. I did it this past summer ('08) and am hoping to see a little sun or, at least, feel a few less raindrops next year!

I start my official IM training on Dec. 30. Right now, I am working on my swim stroke and core strenghtening—taking it easy before I ramp up again. So far, my plan is to follow the IronFit (competitive plan) again, but add in a little more intensity in the workouts in the first 3 months.

A training weekend sometime in June for sure. Also, doing Mooseman as LP warmup.

1. I kicked my 2009 preparation a few weeks ago, the next 6 weeks will be all abot doing general training to get my body ready to handle greater loads. After that it will be all about IM training.

2. First IM

3. I'll be heading up there a few times prob one in May and one in June. I've lead a training camp for the weekend on previous years and it is a blast. It is more of a get together with crazy athletes and do lost of training over 3 days so I am up for doing the same.

First IM here.  My TP starts in March, but I'll start structured stuff come the New Year.

I'm doing Columbia/Black Bear... and will be up in LP from 6/12-14.  Planning on 2 bike loops Saturday, 1 run loop Sunday.  And some swimming.

It is going to be tricky for me to get in all the long stuff I need, as I have my two kids every other weekend, and I won't be doing much training those weekends.  I also have them on Wednesday nights, which takes 4 PM Weds through Thursday morning out of the equation.  But, I've managed to move WOs around from the BT Intermediate plan such that I think I can get them all in.

Should be quite the year!! 

Thanks... yes, Black Bear seemed like the perfect training HIM.  I looked at the list of BTers doing Black Bear and it seemed like most of them are also doing IMLP.

I am also planning to do Black Bear as a training weekend.  In retrospect, I wish I wouldn't have been sucked into the Eagleman frenzy and would have just signed up for black bear... but having plunked the money down for Eagleman, I'm quite sure I'll be on the starting line.

Anyone want to tell me that BB + Eagleman isn't a good idea?  I'm all ears.

PS - I was planning on bringing my ski boat to Black Bear... so I hope you're staying an extra day and not planning on killing yourself (I assume it's not an "A race" and will have some waterskiing/wakeboarding legs left in you.