Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 102)

LazyMarathoner - 2010-04-14 12:15 PM

Dream Chaser - 2010-04-14 8:39 AM

Oh, and I know we are barely halfway through the April 600-Mile Challenge next month I am already thinking of laying down a MAY SWIM CHALLENGE.  Any thoughts on some distances?? 

p.s. I will not be issuing a Run challenge, ever, as I don't want to be responsible for the myriad injuries that would occur.

I'd rather do an 800 bike challenge than a swim challenge

8-Hundy!!  Yikes.  Hmmm. . .If we have at least FIVE BT'ers hit the 600 mark this month, I say we go for it.  Absolutely.  I mean, it is all about the Bike, right?  I mean, Chrissie Wellington even says she doesn't do any long runs over 1.5 to 2 hours ; Natascha Badmann has come out of the water 20 minutes down at Kona and still won 1st place.  It's all about the Bike.   Eight hunnnnndddreeeddd miles ... wow that's tempting LM.  Very tempting indeed.   Oh wait, Grandpa Fred said us whippersnappers need to get threw this Challenge first.  Let's talk in, say, 16 days, k.  :

bryancd - 2010-04-14 3:12 PM 65,000 yards swimming in May, that's what you guys should do.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I haven't swam that far in the last two years COMBINED!

Maybe I should get to the pool...

PennState - 2010-04-14 4:19 PM

thelunchbox - 2010-04-14 3:26 PM

bryancd - 2010-04-14 3:12 PM 65,000 yards swimming in May, that's what you guys should do.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I haven't swam that far in the last two years COMBINED!

 

Maybe I should get to the pool...

You are kidding about not having swum that in 2 years aren't you?

No he's not.  The best all time quote was from JamesG in Charlies Montauk HIM RR.  And I quote from JamesG (I can hear his English Accent as I read this)

Classic Quote.  James is the Man.

Charlie is 150 lbs soaking wet, so he gets away with a lot of things some of us bigger boys can't.

PennState - 2010-04-14 4:17 PM Grampa Fred says "dont get ahead of yourself DC" But yes more challenges in May sounds about right. I will lay down this challenge: Swim 36,000 yards (20 miles) Bike 700 miles Run 100 miles I'm in for this regardless but welcome anyone silly enough to join me

I may do the Swim and Bike numbers, but I would likely be around 80 miles.  We'll see next month.  You so crazy Grandpa Freddy!

Unfortunately, it was not a joke at all.

However, my yardage will be WAY up from anything I've done before.  I wont fake this one, though I won't be swimming fast, either.  1:20-1:25 will probably be my estimate come race day.

The wife had back surgery three weeks ago, which put the kabosh on getting out of the house much for several weeks leading up to it, then through recovery.  It was a stretch merely getting done the little I was able to do.  I'll be taking a dip once this week, and thrice next week.  That'll be the norm from then on out as my life will regain some semblance of a routine.  Shift work BLOWS sometimes.

I take the family to Tokyo Disney for a few days and you guys whip out 5 pages!  Wow.

Nutrition:  I've switched to Infinite and it's been nice only worrying about one thing.  The races here in Japan give out random items (hot noodles and tea during my last marathon) so living off the course is a bad idea.  I still can't believe people dipping their hands in plates of salt then onto their tongue.  I'm no germaphobe but blaah.

Socks:  No socks on the bike and I wear Injinji toe socks on the run.  Sure they take a few extra seconds in T2 but I've had zero blisters since switching.

Great job on all the races and PR's.  I can't wait to start running again.

I love my lbs.  I don't know what it's called, I just know how to get there.  Anyway, I just had my cassette changed, bike cleaned, and a full tune up for 4000 yen, about $40.  Komesu doesn't speak any english and there are no reciepts or slips of any kind.  You just drop it off and pick it up a few hours later.  Komesu refuses to let you take your own bike off the rack or put it back on your car.   He also cleaned my old cassette and put it in the packaging so well I thought that he forgot to swap it out for the new one. 

Komesu is never too busy to get your bike in and out within a few hours and he is good at what he does.  Last year right before IM Japan the bolt to my brake's hub quick release stripped not allowing it to hold the brake cable.  Komesu re-threaded the hub then made a screw that fit, fixing the quick release.  He did this for about $5 and saved me from having to order parts online and wait until they were delivered here.

I sense a DC freak-out coming.  100 Days?!? Arggggghhhhhhhggghhhhg!!!

You're lucky, I only have 99!