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 2014-01-07 3:17 PM |
Member 763   |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official ThreadI just registered...not sure what took me so long, but I'm in. So, who else is planning to race Syracuse 70.3 this year? By my count, we have 166 days to go until race day. |
| 2014-01-07 7:41 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Expert 2380  Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I'm in as well I did it last year. This will be my HIM before doing IMMT this year and I see you are doing the same. |
| 2014-01-08 11:54 AM in reply to: strikyr |
| Member 763 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I think we picked two great races for 2014. How's your training going so far? |
| 2014-01-09 9:24 AM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Veteran 178 , New York | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I'm in! Using it as a tune up race for IMLP. I raced Syracuse back in 2012 and am looking forward to the race again. I also did IMMT last year, and I'd say the Syracuse bike course is a pretty good primer on the IMMT course as well. |
| 2014-01-09 3:03 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by LarchmontTri I think we picked two great races for 2014. How's your training going so far? So far so good, I just kicked off my training for IMMT and Syracuse this week. I'm going with the Endurance Nation 14 week outseason plan and then I'll roll into their 20 week intermediate IM training plan following that. How about you have you officially kicked off your training yet for IMMT? |
| 2014-01-09 3:06 PM in reply to: elrasc06 |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by elrasc06 I'm in! Using it as a tune up race for IMLP. I raced Syracuse back in 2012 and am looking forward to the race again. I also did IMMT last year, and I'd say the Syracuse bike course is a pretty good primer on the IMMT course as well. Thanks and that's good to know. I did Syracuse last year. The bike course is all uphill for the first 12 to 15 miles and the run is tough with those two long steep hills back to back on the backend of the out back run. And since it a two loop course you get to do them twice. I'm hoping it helps in preparing for IMMT. |
| 2014-01-09 9:13 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Extreme Veteran 423 Frederick, Maryland | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I signed up a while back, mostly for a different HIM as I've done Eagleman 3 times and wasn't sure about going back to Muncie 70.3. Though there's more time in between, still will be good getting ready for IM Louisville which I'm planning to sign up for as well. |
| 2014-01-10 10:06 AM in reply to: sbrdave |
Member 169 Long Island, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I am in. First Tri for me for my Season building up to IMFL |
| 2014-01-12 3:33 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
| 309 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I'm in as well. It will be a first half for me. I am a cream puff and my goal is to finish without crying...  I am quite slow and injure easily so my goals are most likely different than most of you. I will be the one in nose plugs on the swim and walking the hills on the run lol! Still...a long way from the doggie paddle and 5 k I started with a few years back.  The peer pressure of friends is both awesome and terrifying! |
| 2014-01-12 6:27 PM in reply to: nadaswimmer |
Extreme Veteran 423 Frederick, Maryland | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by nadaswimmer I'm in as well. It will be a first half for me. I am a cream puff and my goal is to finish without crying... I am quite slow and injure easily so my goals are most likely different than most of you. I will be the one in nose plugs on the swim and walking the hills on the run lol! Still...a long way from the doggie paddle and 5 k I started with a few years back. The peer pressure of friends is both awesome and terrifying! Hey, we've all been there at one time or another in our own ways! And looks like you've come a long way already. The important thing is to start, then race your race following how you've trained so that you can meet your goal of finishing. Actually, that's always my base goal and I've had to readjust back down to that if other goals weren't being met. Sometimes you just never know just what you can do. See you at the start! |
| 2014-01-13 7:35 AM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Member 40 Rochester | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread If you did this race last year, I know what took so long! I reluctantly signed up again for this year after a brutal day in the heat last year. It's just too close of a race to pass up. Not having to travel makes it appealing, especially after so much traveling around last year. See you all there! |
| 2014-01-13 9:38 AM in reply to: strikyr |
| Member 763 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by strikyr Originally posted by LarchmontTri I think we picked two great races for 2014. How's your training going so far? So far so good, I just kicked off my training for IMMT and Syracuse this week. I'm going with the Endurance Nation 14 week outseason plan and then I'll roll into their 20 week intermediate IM training plan following that. How about you have you officially kicked off your training yet for IMMT? I'm not using a plan per se, but I have started my training for IMMT and Syracuse. I started base building back in October and have been increasing the length and intensity of my workouts since. I won't start a formal plan (it would almost be impossible for me to stick to one given my work schedule anyway), but will continue building towards Syracuse and MT on my own. That said, I look at various plans to get ideas to help my sketch out my training week ahead, so I guess I use a smorgabord of various plans to a certain degree. I know I won't MTQ or KQ, so I'm just hoping for a good day out at Syr and MT. |
| 2014-01-13 7:56 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Member 206 East Syracuse, New York | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day |
| 2014-01-15 8:53 AM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by LarchmontTri Originally posted by strikyr Originally posted by LarchmontTri I think we picked two great races for 2014. How's your training going so far? So far so good, I just kicked off my training for IMMT and Syracuse this week. I'm going with the Endurance Nation 14 week outseason plan and then I'll roll into their 20 week intermediate IM training plan following that. How about you have you officially kicked off your training yet for IMMT? I'm not using a plan per se, but I have started my training for IMMT and Syracuse. I started base building back in October and have been increasing the length and intensity of my workouts since. I won't start a formal plan (it would almost be impossible for me to stick to one given my work schedule anyway), but will continue building towards Syracuse and MT on my own. That said, I look at various plans to get ideas to help my sketch out my training week ahead, so I guess I use a smorgabord of various plans to a certain degree. I know I won't MTQ or KQ, so I'm just hoping for a good day out at Syr and MT. That was my feeling last year when I trained for IMWI. I loosely followed the IronFit training plans and modified them to fit my schedule. All in all in worked out well. My goal was to finish IMWI and I was able to do that. I think you'll be fine training for IMMT and Syracuse. |
| 2014-01-15 8:56 AM in reply to: TheCuse |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by TheCuse Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day Last year was definitely rough, very hot and humid day that ended in torrential downpours, thunder and lightning. They actually called the race early due to the weather. There were a lot of people who wound up finishing it anyway after they called the race. |
| 2014-01-16 11:19 AM in reply to: 0 |
| Member 763 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by strikyr Originally posted by TheCuse Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day Last year was definitely rough, very hot and humid day that ended in torrential downpours, thunder and lightning. They actually called the race early due to the weather. There were a lot of people who wound up finishing it anyway after they called the race. Let's hope Mother Nature cooperates this year...and while we're on the topic, can we order up some nice strong tailwinds for this year's race? Edited by LarchmontTri 2014-01-16 11:33 AM |
| 2014-01-17 11:41 AM in reply to: strikyr |
Member 206 East Syracuse, New York | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by strikyr Originally posted by TheCuse Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day Last year was definitely rough, very hot and humid day that ended in torrential downpours, thunder and lightning. They actually called the race early due to the weather. There were a lot of people who wound up finishing it anyway after they called the race. Yep...i had some friends doing it. I remember it because i felt like death doing a training run that day. I think I ran 12-13 miles and could not imagine it after the swim and run...brutal, brutal, bad day for a half lol. |
| 2014-01-17 2:48 PM in reply to: TheCuse |
Pro 6582  Melbourne FL Gold member | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by TheCuse I was in CNY (Oneida/Syr) the week before the race last year helping my mom out after surgery and the weather was beautiful, nice and cool, given the fact I came from FL. I left before the weekend before the race and I couldn't believe how the weather changed before and for race day, status quo for me but everyone up there had to be suffering.Originally posted by strikyr Yep...i had some friends doing it. I remember it because i felt like death doing a training run that day. I think I ran 12-13 miles and could not imagine it after the swim and run...brutal, brutal, bad day for a half lol. Originally posted by TheCuse Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day Last year was definitely rough, very hot and humid day that ended in torrential downpours, thunder and lightning. They actually called the race early due to the weather. There were a lot of people who wound up finishing it anyway after they called the race. |
| 2014-01-17 7:24 PM in reply to: Donto |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by Donto Originally posted by TheCuse I was in CNY (Oneida/Syr) the week before the race last year helping my mom out after surgery and the weather was beautiful, nice and cool, given the fact I came from FL. I left before the weekend before the race and I couldn't believe how the weather changed before and for race day, status quo for me but everyone up there had to be suffering. Originally posted by strikyr Yep...i had some friends doing it. I remember it because i felt like death doing a training run that day. I think I ran 12-13 miles and could not imagine it after the swim and run...brutal, brutal, bad day for a half lol. Originally posted by TheCuse Im in. I did it the 1st 2 years, did placid the last 2 and cutting back to a half again this year. Last year sounded brutal...this will be my 1st time on the new run course...which ;looked like a on a nice day Last year was definitely rough, very hot and humid day that ended in torrential downpours, thunder and lightning. They actually called the race early due to the weather. There were a lot of people who wound up finishing it anyway after they called the race. I came up from Long Island and it was actually cool when I left there. I don't think anybody was prepared for that unless of course you were from FL lol. There was carnage all over the course. I believe the heat index was like 118. The run at Syracuse is tough enough without that type of weather it was nearly impossible to run the entire thing in that weather. I'm sure there were probably a few who did that but I think most of us were walking at some point in that race. Let's hope we don't get a repeat of that this year. |
| 2014-01-20 5:33 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
| 309 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Anyone usng Don Fink's new book that just came out? I'm confused by the lack of long swims. (ironfit secrets for half iron distance success) |
| 2014-01-20 7:00 PM in reply to: nadaswimmer |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Originally posted by nadaswimmer Anyone usng Don Fink's new book that just came out? I'm confused by the lack of long swims. (ironfit secrets for half iron distance success) What's confusing you? Are we talking about one long continuous swim or total distance for the workout? A long continuous swim isn't really necessary. |
| 2014-01-21 9:17 PM in reply to: GMAN 19030 |
| 309 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread Huh...I really did answer you today. Our internet was in and out. I will blame it on that. As I said in the other thread...Thought that all plans would include a long swim here and there. I'll just add my own so that I go into the race confident. (See my name... it explains it all.) Laura |
| 2014-01-23 2:36 PM in reply to: LarchmontTri |
Extreme Veteran 909 Westchester, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread I'm in .. Registered a while back .. Not sure how its going to work.. My Achilles is still very sore. We are supposed to HarryMan as a warm up, then go to Syracuse for a preview of the course. We were looking for another 70.3, having done Eagleman the last 2 years. Is there a new run course ? |
| 2014-01-28 9:16 AM in reply to: louamerica |
| 309 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread From what I hear it's the same course...which is not encouraging based on the reports from last year. Hopefully cooler temperatures will help. |
| 2014-01-28 1:33 PM in reply to: nadaswimmer |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse : Official Thread The course isn't that bad. The bike is tough for the first 12 to 15 miles since it's mainly uphill but after that it's really not that bad. The run is tough when you have to run the two long uphills on the out of the out and back. You have to do that twice to so that is not easy even on a good weather day. The weather last year definitely made it a lot tougher though. It's a bit of a challenging course but not really that bad. |
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