Beach 2 Battleship Iron Distance : Official Thread (Page 10)

PMacca - 2010-08-13 6:19 PM at Titeloops.   Thank you sir.   She was my baby for years - her name was "el Jeffe" (meaning "the boss" -for the spanish challenged, like me).   Not because I bike like Lance or anything but because I made the mistake of ordering a large borrito with my friends named "el jeffe"  the name stuck.  They even bought me a nice sticker for the bike.    But she is now gone. 

I have replaced her with a new (2009) TTX 9.9sl.  (orange).   She is named "cheffe", meaning boss in Portuguese.   Paying my respects to the ol girl and because I manage our sales department in Brazil.  

 And yes all my bikes are named.   I have a 2005 trek Madone - it is named "Madonna", just so I can tell my wife that I am going to go ride Madonna.  

More than you asked for - but it is all fun!!!!!    

PMacca - 2010-08-12 4:52 PM

Hello all!   Just found this discussion.  Lot's of good feedback on this thread.   I am definitely looking forward to the B2B Full.   This will be my second ironman (Ironman Lake Placid 2008 was my first).   Looking forward to a bit flatter course. 

My wife has ran the B2B half and then last year the B2B Full.   Both proved to be great races and I am excited that it is my turn on this course.  

Only concern is potential cold weather.  Better than being blazing hot but I do not do cold well. 

GaryRM - 2010-08-14 2:45 PM Hey all,
I need to start looking for lodging for the group thats going to the race.  Will start looking tonight but anyone know a service out there that handles renting beach houses, condos, etc?

[email protected] - 2010-08-14 8:41 PM

[email protected] - 2010-08-14 7:41 PM How was your training?

Porfirio - 2010-08-19 9:43 AM

Swim: 0 (just swam 1/2 mile yesterday... first time in a month & half to hit the water).

Long run: 13 miles.

Long bike: 15 miles.

Man... I'm in bad shape. But looks like you're on target. Awesome. 

lakeview - 2010-08-19 11:08 AM

wow, u guys are worrying me w/the run base & long runs already.  I've been following the BT intermediate plan and haven't done more than 10 miles long run yet.  I've done 60 mile bike and have a 3.5 hr ride tomorrow, but most long runs in the 7-8 mile range.  Maybe I'm just too slow as the plan is time based, so if you run like duck, you don't get the miles in.  

DanielG - 2010-08-19 1:00 PM I prefer to say I run like an arthritic water buffalo. I've done a single 9 mile run but the rest are 6-8 miles for long runs. I start in on the 5 hour bikes Sat.

ahfarlow - 2010-08-19 6:56 PM There's a book I just read by Robert Shuler-it's called OnehourIronmen sold on ebay.  It's about how you can train for an Ironman on just 1 hour per day.  It's got a lot of great advice.  It's geared towards people wanting to finish an Ironman not necessarily trying to qualify for Kona.

[email protected] - 2010-08-19 1:02 PM



I am with you.  I will be attempting a 5 hour ride.  I did a 4 hour last week and felt pretty good afterwards. 

lakeview - 2010-08-19 2:08 PM I looked ahead at the BT Intermediate plan schedule for the rest of August: these long workouts remain: 

RUN:   two 1:10, one 1:30, and only one two hour run (@ 9:30 pace = 8.35, 8.35, 9.5, & 14 miles)

BIKE: ? one 2:20, one 3:30, and one of 4 hours (*18 mph = 42, 63, & 72 miles)

Is this really that much behind ya'lls training programs?
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shellabree - 2010-08-19 7:53 PM

IronBob is an amazing dude and the real deal.  When I blogged about my HIM hours last year, he told me that I could have done an Ironman.  I totally believe him. 

louiskie - 2010-08-20 11:17 AM



I'm curious about this. This is from his webpage: With a 75% time focus on the bike (lessons from the failure) and several 100 mile training rides, I tackled IMAZ 08 and finished with 7 minutes to spare. Not a great feat, you might think, until you realize that race had the 3rd highest DNF rate in IM history due to heat and wind. This was all done on less than 1 hour per day average training.

The bit in bold is what seems odd to me. IronBob seems to not be ultra-fast (finishing in 16:53 is not fast) so I am assuming these 100 mile rides took 6/7 hours, which is about 1hr a day for a wekk. So is that ALL he did that week? I suppose there might be some weeks with more hours and some with less and I can almost believe the 1hr/day thing (I'm not a big fan of volume- prefer quality over time) but when you are throwing in long rides like that it makes it harder to buy. Any thoughts on how to reconcile this? I'm just curious more than anything else. It sounds a lot like "6-minute abs to me", or "eat yourself thinner" :-)

GaryRM - 2010-08-21 3:04 PM Hey all!
My training is lagging just a bit.  Lots of swims in the 1800-2100 meter range with time being an issue. Tried for a long swim yesterday and got about 2300 yards in when lightning/thunder closed the pool.  My long rides have been in the 2-3 hr mark but still building up and plan Sept/early oct as my long rides/swims.  My rides have been in the 18-19 mph range.  Have been considering finding a group to ride with but so far just been riding occasionally with another person from another relay group doing B2B.  Overall feel comfortable I will finish my parts of the relay. 

Our group found a nice place to rent in Wrightsville beach, not too far off of T1 (I think the swim portion doesn't go directly by us but it is close.  Should avg about $300 per person and with having a kitchen the savings on eating out should keep the price in line with staying at a hotel.  Supposedly has a BBQ on the dock so one night will be steaks and beers (steaks are considered carbo loading and I won't hear otherwise! ;>

[email protected] - 2010-08-21 3:14 PM

Gary,
Bring some boudan, oysters, and shrimp and I will meet you.  I would tell you crawfish but I know they will just be coming into season and small.  Are the folks you are staying with also from Lousiana?