Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 109)

I went up to LP for a training weekend a few weeks ago w/ my roadie and clip on bars.  Loved it and was comfortable for sure.  Everyone I speak to says go Tri bike so I am doing the rest of my rides on my tri bike and will probably ride that one come race day ~ with 11/28.  That was just fine for the hills up there. Long, yes. Steep, no.  What's nice about the hills is they don't pitch up - it's more of a steady climb with no steep pitches.  And I second the notion the climb to the Keene decent is a beyotch and a half. Luckily we're done with both rounds by mile 65 or so.

Question about the changing tents for transitions. Do you have to wait in line for a room/spot? Or is it an open changing area (one for men, one for women)? How much time will this add to transition? I am planning on doing the whole race in my tri shorts, but in case I need to change, I want to know how it's set up.

I swam in Mirror Lake this afternoon (about 5:00 pm) and didn't wear a wet suit. I was entirely comfortable for the hour I was in the water.  Some in the group wore their w.suit and were saying they were not overheating.

All I can say it's more than 70 at this point.

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Team,

If anyone is looking for a place to stay Friday through Monday I have an extra room at the Summit. They won't let me cancel, but I can transfer the reservation at no cost. The room rate is 269 per night. Please PM me if interested. Thanks

Kevin 

On Saturday do a quick workout and do some short intervals that will waken your legs up!!

TRUST THE TAPER

One-thousand percent normal. 

Maybe tri an ice bath or  get a good sports massage! Do your legs feel like it's sorta like restless leg syndrome??? I hear there are trigger points that a massage therapist can release to relax them. Good luck!

are you doing Syracuse?

I believe it's a free for all but someone correct me if I am wrong.

People,,... just promise me no one in here will be one of the 30-40 min total transition times!!!!! lol. I could not believe it when I saw it on the results. (Hopefully I am not in that camp though.. haha)

Have you ever been to Wal-Mart on black Friday?

I have never tapered for an Ironman as this is my first but for marathons I have, and your mind will make you develope new "injuries" before the race that will go away for the actual event. I have tapered and started to get shin splints, stress fracture type symptoms and my coaches from college who train olympic marathoners have seen much worse so it is probably all in your head but what everyone else said is a good way to just waken your legs up again. keep your mind off of it and you should be fine!

I thought this was what the swim was like? but the changing tent too?!?!?!

Have to chime in...do not keep running on "shin splint, stress fracture type symptoms"!  Tired, heavy legs is one thing, but sore, achy shins is completely different and shouldn't be taken lightly (coming from someone who just learned this the hard way...).  

 I will be

nice.. We will be riding the course bacwards that day... good chance the swim will be wetsuit optional. We have our training club there Wednesday nights and I believe they said it was 78. they did not allow wetsuit for that OWS part of the night

Thanks for the advice!  I listened to those on here and hung the road bike up a few days ago and I'll be 100% on my tri-bike between now and when I start the 1200 mile drive towards Lake Placid!  Can't believe it's a month from today.  Good luck and thanks again!!

I got spot-on 3 miles in 1:20:51, almost my exact time from last year's race for 2.4 miles. What a difference a wetsuit, no crowds, and a year of swim focus makes.

Wow!  Great swim!!

Funny you say that, cause today I started to question if I did enough SBR to cover the distance.... Then I went into my garmin log and saw 4,000 miles log since oct, that made me feel a little better.  I wish I could shake this taper funny feeling im experiencing soon!