Ironman USA Lake Placid (Page 12)

So your bike is not going to look like this?

Mmmmm. I LOVE enchiladas. I might be there for dinner on Monday night! Just won't be eating it beforehand .

I don't think I'd be able to drag that thing up the hills!!!

o.k. so 6:25 does make sense. I'm confused. Damn pros  

docswim24 - 2008-07-09 9:33 AM

rollinbones - 2008-07-09 9:29 AM Pros start at 6:45 according to the Athlete Guide too. 6:25 doesn't make any sense to me but what do I know?

6:45 would mean they would have to swim through all the AG. I think 6:25 would allow them to be on there 2nd lap prior to the AG start. My first IM so I have no idea what they do with the Pros.

Hey Rob,

Did I miss something? Is the bike 1,112 miles and the aid stations are every 100 miles? I feel really unprepared now

Alright, enough of this "I just want to finish" bullsh-t ...... every single one of you has numbers in your mind of where you'd like to be.  Let's get them out there and on the table.  There will be no accountability as anything and everything can happen come race day, but we all have realistic numbers we want to hit.

Me first .........

Swim - 1:20 or better.  If I can go under 1:20 I'd be faster than my FL time and would be quite happy with it.  Hopefully with minimal effort!

Bike - 6:15-ish.  Key for me is to just stay in control and make it a leisurely Sunday ride like I've tried to do the last 4 weekends.  I was averaging from 19 - 19.4 averages for this rides which would put the time under 6, but those rides were not 112 miles, and not quite as hilly.

Run - big mystery for me ...... because I have zero long distance running since before Boston with my longest run only being 15 miles and a bit of a struggle.  If I do not hold back on the bike it is going to be another long marathon stroll.  BUT ...... if I can hold back then I'd like to see 4:00 on the run.

Transitions - 10 minutes max total.

Overall??  Assuming I can run some, I want to beat my FL time of 12:35.  That's the best laid plan, but anything can happen.

Post 'em people .......... don't puzzy foot around the question!!!

Okay, so I have the best wife in the whole world. Last night she asked me to come down to the garage and help her unload some stuff from the car. Figuring she made another trip to Costco I was prepared for some heavy lifting of copious bottles of laundry detergent (she loves to do laundry). When I opened the trunk, BAM!, she surprised me with a present for my first IM...a brand new set of Zipp 606s.  THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, I too will join the fast looking, slow guys club

Last year my HIM time was a 4:55 and my IM was a 12:35 ....... because I pushed the bike way too hard for the level of ability I had at the time.

So this year I am going to be very conservative on the bike.

Ok I'll throw it out there:

Swim: 1:20

T1: 7-10 min

Bike: 7 hours.  I just want to be on a leisurely ride.

T2: 7-10 min

Run:  I'm pretty sure I can go 4:30.  I'll likely start out around 9:30 pace and should be able to hold that through the half way point.  After that, all bets are off.  My goal is to run station to station and take whatever time I need walking through the stations.

So right around 13 hours total. 

In all honesty, I want to be able to negative split each leg.  I think if I do that, I'll have a great race.

Just to be very clear - that is not my bike (it was posted on a slowtwitch thread about nutrition overkill, which was pretty hilarious, especially the suggestion about filling the tubes with chewy nougat: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=1856225;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25.

I will be starting the bike with my bottle of carbopro 1200 on the downtube, and that is all. I'll pick up a plain water bottle at the first aid station.

As far as goals, I have these in my blog but here they are:

Swim: 1:15 (1:19 in 2006)

Bike: 6 hours (6:17 in 2006, riding fairly easy and stopping to pee about five times)

Run: 3:30 (3:59 in 2006)

Transitions: Under 10 minutes total (12 minutes in 2006)

Total: Under 11 hours.

I swore I wasn't gonna do this... 

Assuming (among many other things) that I will be completely recovered from my recent respiratory issues my training  indicates these numbers are within reach:

swim: 1:15 - hopefully faster

bike: 6:30 - maybe slower, but not much dammit

T1 & 2: :15  max - includes bike S/N to grab Perp

Run: 4:30 - hopefully faster

Total: 12:30

Goal is to start the RUN at the 8 hour mark.   Then RUN the entire thing. That WILL happen!

sgillen - 2008-07-09 10:58 AM My wife gave me a new 160 gig Ipod. I was really pleased until I read this. My wife stinks I'm gonna go yell at her now!!! Just kidding! Congrats! I look at it the other way, if I had the really good stuff I couldn't blame a slow ride on my stuff I might have to start blaming me!!! Yikes!

Hahaha! Very true. No excuses now!

PennState - 2008-07-09 1:19 PM I have to tell you, my wife has given me something even bigger than 606s.... she has supported my triathlon addiction and made the huge sacrifices for me. She has been selfless about it, and that reminds me.... I need to buy her something really nice with diamonds for all this

Now THAT is an awesome post! Yup, on behalf of all of us about to take on IMLP or any other challenge for that matter, I'd like to thank all of our wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, parents, friends...all of you who have supported us, encouraged us and helped us get to this point. Thank you!

And now, back to the time predictions trash talk!