Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 12)

 I feel your pain. I was doing great but maybe a little too great early on; early February I hit the wall. I also gave up Coffee for Lent - I wanted it to be a meaningful sacrifice, you know? - and toss in the winter blues and the proverbial wheels fell off. I don't have medical set backs, so it's not quite the same, but I am having trouble getting it all back together. Good luck with things!

Southern 'Sconnies - kick your azzes out and ride this weekend!!

Got a 10 mile run in this morning and this was my first 30 mpw running in a long time. I'm going to get my first outdoor ride this season tomorrow. A planned 50 mile ride with a small group in the morning. If I get that in tomorrow I'll have put a really nice week together. I'll be over 14 hours of training this week, not bad.

Chris congrats and awesome job in finishing the HM. You killed it, finishing under 1:30 is great. Congrats again.

I got my first outdoor ride of the season in on the bike, 48 miles in 3 hours riding up and down the hills of the north shore of Long Island. Beautiful weather today made for a great ride and the hills made for a lot of pain and suffering but much needed work in prep for Wisconsin. Also had some head winds in there as well to make it more challenging. Overall a really good ride for me, need many more of those. A very nice way to wrap up my training week with 14+ hours this week.

Yesterday I rode the longest I ever have.  71.5 miles.  I learned a very good lesson on nutrition.  Bring MORE!  I bonked at or around the 56 mile mark on the ride.  I only brought 410 calories with me total plus some salt pills.  It was a somewhat worrysome ride after the 60 mile mark.  I though about stopping at my parents place since I go by it otw home but knew if I stopped there I would not want to get back on the bike so I pushed through the last seven miles and made it home.  My garmin said I burned 2k+ calories on the ride so either way "lesson learned". 

I guess thats why we do this training thing huh.  To learn how to nail our nutrition down before race day. 

Here's the race report from Saturdays half marathon.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=486174&posts=1&start=1

Good point about nutrition.  I'm still trying to tweak my nutrition as I've had some serious issues on longer rides and dead legs.

I rode the loop last night and took in 2 bottles of infinit (about 275 calories each) and a full clif bar ~ 240 calories over 3 hours.  That put me at around 260 calories an hour.  From what I read, especially for my size I should be closer to 300-400 calories per hour.

Overall the ride felt great and I felt that I still had a ton left on the legs so it's good to see progress.  They do say that nutrition is the 4th discipline

I was surprised that this race was televised live in Central IL. I went to my Dad's this weekend and watched the race. Pleasant surprise.

There's a lot of painted arrows on the course before the turns, but, I wouldn't truly rely on them.

Here's the bike course map:
http://www.ironman.com/~/media/266670e22b4447fdbc8456309e417bbb/wisconsin%20bike2013%20tbt.pdf

Turn by turn directions:
http://www.ironman.com/~/media/8b4d79cb98d54715981f1b1345cc75a8/wisconsin%20tbts.pdf

Last night was a 2500 yard schwimmy-schwim and then a 5 mile run (indoors).

Howz yas doin', eh?

Hit a pothole this morning and went down.  I got plenty of road rash, a crushed helmet and a bruised ego.... and a torn up horribly hilly jersey.  Nothing broken on the bike or on me, which is nice.

That is horrible. Glad you are not hurt. Road Rash is the worst !

Glad you are ok! When I was out riding last weekend I noticed all of the potholes and cracks that were long and deep and thought how easy it would be to get caught in one and go down. Bonus that you didn't damage your bike either.

Glad to hear that both you and the bike are alright. I can relate to the road rash I went down in a sprint tri last year in the rain and that is no fun at all. Take care of yourself and feel better.