Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 117)

I was hoping this email was race numbers.  Will have to read that guide thoroughly.

citaltfort - 2011-06-02 6:31 PM

spudone - 2011-06-02 10:18 AM Western Australia Dec 2011 for me.  Logistically... not easy

Seriously? Now that's cool!

Gonna be weird biking on the left-hand side

That reminds me of a video of the bike mount line I saw a few months ago.  It definitely drove home the point that it's worth walking or running up the side a ways before mounting the bike, as opposed to stopping in the middle of the road just past the line and causing a log jam.  I know people are in a hurry about want to get going, but doing a running jump mount will save people maybe five seconds out of 10+ hours, but could very well end in disaster for them or another rider.  I think this link to that video will work - https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=406018017283

"flips bird to final peak week"   I am officially done.  Sunday is a FREE day and then taper madness starts on Monday.  Party on!   

Not quite sure when my taper starts--hopefully the coach tells me something on Sunday! BUT, just had a killer bike---last week the bike put me in a dark place, today I did just shy of 70 miles (so, I guess tapering a bit, haha) and just nailed it with some tough hills, hammering hard and I am done now and NOT TIRED AT ALL...which is good cause I have a 20 mile run tomorrow morning, but oh such a better place to be than after my bike last week!

Congrats on the PR.  I got tipsy off 6 oz of beer last week.

CdA Lake is open to regular swims as it is, so unlike IMTX and IMAZ, where swimming is only allowed for actual events, and due to Gatorade not longer being a sponsor and holding the pre-race swims, you can pretty much swim whenever you want--no need for an official swim.   

What say you BT CdA peeps--set up some practice swim meet ups on Thurs and Friday?

i say we set up swims at 8am each day. need a meeting point.

also, still looking for a 5/10k for my sherpa and cant find anything other than in Montana 2 hours away. anybody know anything?

Don't know of any races--but since I spectate the last two years while in training mode, I also did some running out there, and if you hit the Centennial on the west side of town near Post Falls--OMG--some of the most beautiful running ever.  So if you don't find a race, but she'd like a gorgeous run, it's amazing there--in fact, just on that same trail in CdA that we'll be on is amazing too.  

I'm up for 8AM, I think there is a Moose Statue just there near the Lake that makes for a nice meeting spot. Locals/vets can help me remember if it is actually a moose.

Mine is 14, 11, 5 hours.  It's sad when 14 hours seems like a walk in the park.  What's interesting is the extra speed work on the bike and run as I taper.

FINALLY... beautiful weather here in the Seattle area this weekend.  I hope race day is like this!

leopard8996 - 2011-06-04 5:14 PM Indeed it's almost 87 here in PDX right now and I thought "I'll do my 90 minute hilly run in the sun...." OMG - we Pacific NW'ers really need some warm temps to train in. I just about died between the wind and the heat. Crazy thing is my legs felt great! Thank goodness for free ice water at Starbuck's

Yeah after my brick today, I want to change my vote to "overcast, please".

Today's weather is almost exactly what we had at CdA last year.

Well if you're the fastest age group male in the swim, you'll win a new Tyr wetsuit and some spending money

I'd probably try to repair it first, then cut it as a last resort.

She could bring a team to Hoopfest