Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 11)

Thanks so much for the replies - I guess I'm a bit of a stickler for sticking to a plan if I've got one, but of course this would be a fantastic time to work on my run, which is definitely the weakest of the 3 for me.  Sadly, my Garmin has already been shipped so I'll just have to go with RPE. 

Thanks again! 

Sadly I fly into Vancouver on June 4th so I'll miss it - but being a born and raised Vancouverite, rest assured that I'm VERY familiar with Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton, Naramata, and the whole area... along with a LOT of the wineries in that gorgeous part of the province as well  

Got my first OWS in last night and the director hosting the event did IMAZ last year. If you've been reading this whole thread you may remember I had concerns about the water temp, when I signed up I didn't realize the water being that cold, i figured it's AZ it has to be warm right?

I prefer to do most races without wetsuit, I'm never gonna win anything so I'm not worried about the time I lose to those who do. I just enjoy swimming without. Anyways last night was probably my best wetsuit swim ever the water was 65 and didn't feel bad at all, no shock, was easy to get in, get used to and swimmimg, was actually warm while swimming, I can't imagine 60 being that much worse. I still have to train the distance, but if I continue swimmig like I did last night in my wetsuit I'll be fine.

I'm gonna go to as many of these sanctioned OWS swims as I can this year and use the entire hour they give us to get used to swimming that long in the wetsuit, last night was about 30 min worth. I can go an hour plus non-stop in the pool, same thing in OWS sans wetsuit, now that I feel this comfortable it should be a peice of cake.

I picked up one of those from IMSG and they are sweet. As pro Mary Beth Ellis tweeted from IM Texas where she had just picked up one, those are legit bags. Lots of pockets that are actually practical. Definitely a nice piece o' swag.

Brad

After seeing your comments post-SG, I was wondering how long it would be before the 140.6 started tugging at you again. 

Regarding registration, if you really want in, take the lesson learned from me and don't risk it online if you're able to be on site. I wound up at SG after missing out on AZ registration by 10 seconds or so. I got clear to the last field on the last page, entering the expiration date on my credit card when the form stopped working. I went to the top and saw the message that the event was filled. Major suckage. If I can swing it, I'm going to get there to volunteer so I can be sure of getting in for 2013.

Brad

For those of us following the Fink plan, 4 weeks are in the books and 26 more to go.  How is training coming along?

I'm feeling pretty good at this point.  I've only missed one of the scheduled workouts.  I've had to rearrange many, but have gotten them in.  I've been comparing my weekly volume/time to my 2010 numbers when I did IMFL.  I can tell that I am improving overall  and that makes me happy.

It's going pretty well over here as well. Volume isn't too much right now, so I'm doing CrossFit a couple days a week as well for now. I'm feeling really good in the pool, starting to get the endurance back up on the bike and running pretty strong (I ran the LA marathon in March, so I am in pretty good shape there.) Happy for a rest day today though!

Week 5 of the BeIronFit Competitive Plan looks like this:

Mon - Rest

Tues - :45 Run / 1:00 Swim (swims are 2500 total in Base Phase)

Wed - Brick: :30 Bike, :15 Run

Thurs - :45 Bike / 1:00 Swim

Fri - 1:00 Run

Sat - 1:45 Bike

Sun - 1:00 Run

I add CrossFit workouts on Wednesday and Friday right now. It's an hour of time, but the actual workout (or WOD) time changes depending on the day. I love it, so I am integrating it and will adjust how/where it fits as I go along in the Fink training. 

It is nice to see the comparison in plans, but don't get caught up in comparing what you are doing with what others are doing.  Even those of us following the same plan will have different volume of miles and yards due to being faster or slower.  Once you pick a plan that works for you, trust it.  The Fink plan is a little light on volume for me right now as well, but I remember from the first IM how tired I was in the later months of training, so I am enjoying the lighter load for now.  

It's also getting hotter here as well (although not as hot as some places).   I'm hoping to avoid early mornings during the week for as long as I can, but I know it's coming at some point.

If you were to survey the fink crowd, I think you would find most of us are adding volume in 1 or 2 of the disciplines.  I'm over way over volume on the bike and swim with 6 bike workouts, and 3-4 swim workouts.  I am getting all of my run workouts in, just barely.  During Base, my concern is getting re-injured running and not getting to the start line in Tempe.

Speak of the devil - Time to go run 0:45@Z2.