Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 113)

I don't race with a power meter.  I also stopped using my heart rate monitor last month so I don't really have any meaningful data to leverage.  I have just been going by feel for the last 30-45 days.  Most of my rides and runs have all fallen into the same pace range, but it's flat in Dallas so I don't know what that means for CdA.  I need to study the elevation chart on the bike a bit more and make some mental notes.       

I also recommend taking a drive around the course once you arrive, just so you can better visualize your race and so you can take note of the technical spots.

after the water, go z2 unless you are super fit (endurance pace). then run easy for as long as possible, before taking it down a notch. for me that was at mile 25 (3:53 total at IMFL).

remember that 90% of ironman marys are done at 4 hours plus so you only need to avg 9:0x to be top 10%! Assuming nutrition and hydration are fine, modulated pacing is key at this distance.

I repeated "patience is a virtue", "slow and steady wins the race" over and over and was fine especially at mile 16 on when I kept running and loads of other knuckleheads who paced poorly were in the death march part of their IM mary.

I'm very pleased with my May totals.  Heaviest training for me ever.  I still have a big week in front of me.  A 14 mile run on Thursday & a triple on Saturday 1 1/2 hour swim, 120 on the bike, and a 4 mile run. 

Well, here is May for me.  Confident about capabilities to do the course, but not sure how fast it'll be.  Different training regime than the last time I did one of these!  Have a 20 mile run on tap for Sunday...not quite sure when taper begins.  Right now I just want to end this quarter of school (10 June). 

105 hours?!! Crazy! 

Great job on Boston!!

That is INSANE!!!!!!  I could not imagine doing another 20+ hours in May.  Awesome work. 

So funny!  I just opened my training book (yes, I'm a pen/paper log guy) for the month of June and just circled June 26th.  It felt weird and it looks sooooooo close.     

Yes! Thanks for the reminder Britt!

1. its 3 weeks until my flight to Spokane via Denver from Ga

2. I hammered that long run today http://tpks.ws/t9LJaob3

3.Its just awesome work you are all turning in for May. Mega props for WaterDog66 and Gus for turning in some superlative totals.

I forget where it's attributed to, but there's a saying about going conservative on the bike.  Bike too hard and you have 26 miles of running to pay the price.  Bike too easy and you have 26 miles of running to make up for it.

Same principle goes for the first half of the mary, imho.

As a flatlander with a good sense of RPE coming to this race, my advice is to NOT let yourself attack any hills.  That's bad for everyone, but especially you.  Keep your effort at the same conservative level... and spin up those hills in tiny gears if you need to.  If anyone passes you on a hill they are either more fit than you and there's nothing you can do about it, or they are stupid executing poorly and you'll get them later.

Honey Badger don't scare Slayer. Sack it HB. Got this today from a tri-ghost:

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCOE/2009/6/26/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

My Mom and SIL are volunteering in the women's change tent and received an update email from the volunteer coordinator.  It sounds like there will be either warming yurts or hot tubs next to the tents this year.  I'm not sure if this is normal, but I didn't see them last year.

Whatever, Honey Badger don't give a sh*t about cold water.  He loves it.

Edited because BT deletes even my clean version of shiznit.

Ok, I'm admitting to not only being the slowest athlete here but also being the slowest to catch on to the honey badger.  I've been keeping up with the posts, but I didn't know where this f-in badger stuff started.  After doing a google search, I'm now laughing my azz off.  The honey badger is the perfect IM mascot!  However, I think I'm going to be one of those birds or jackals that just waits around for leftovers

my favorite quote about pacing is "remember the bike is just the commute to the marathon" (or something like that and I don't know who said it first).  if you ride it any faster you're just a stupid azz honey badger and I'm gonna steal your cobra while you're passed out in a ditch!

I think when we see each other on the course at the race, we should just say "Honey Badger"--it'll do at least one of three things :
1. Make us HTFU
2. Make us laugh or smile if things are going well and encourage us to keep going at it
3. Make us laugh or smile if things aren't go so well and encourage us to keep going at it

So, remember even when you feel gross and nasty out there, it's okay, cause Honey Badger is naassstyyy too.

So the scientist in me was wondering how the HB could go into a house of bees, so I did some scientific research.  Turns out it can invert its anal glands (like a hyena) and the smell is so strong that it keeps the bees away.  At least that's what people think.  

Maybe you didn't want to know that or maybe you did cuz you're naaaassssstttttyyyy just like the Honey Badger