Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 123)

hey thanks Fred!

looks like I'm gonna be OK!....we are blessed!

yeah, this May has not been good at all!

WittyCity, I have friends who are staying at the Adirondack Loj Campground. I've heard good things about that campground and it looks nice. Hopefully they still have some spots available. Good luck!

I actually like it a lot.  I have put about 700 miles on her in the last month or so and I have been pleasantly surprised.  Compared to the P2, it's much stiffer and really gets after it on the flats.  It's due to the smaller rear triangle.

My jury is still out on the climbing vs the P2.  But I can say that the Blue tracks 100X better than the P2.  It's like it's on rails.  I have a super windy road that I always have to get out of aero to do and the Blue flows through it like a Go-Cart.  And my lord can it descend!!!  I hit 50+ in my aerobars and had no idea until afterwards.   No wobbles or anything.

The weird thing is that I have it set up more aggressive than my P2 and I have less, not more, trap pain.  Go figure.  Can't wait to hit the wind tunnel!

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Glad you are ok!

Thanks for the lodging recs!  I looked into the Log last night and I *think* it was about $50-60/person/night.  Whispering Pins I *think* was $25 for the site, so it made it a more affordable option.  BUT, I'll look into Jenn's suggestion, too!

I think one of the weeknights we are at Devlin's this year it's only in the $70s & that is mid-June.  When we were there for Jorge's training camp last year it poured buckets several of the nights, weather is a crap shoot up there.  Even if the forecast says sunny, anything goes.  We pretty much just hung in the room b/c of so much rain.  Played cards, went to bed early, were perfectly well behaved at our little adult summer camp.   

If you camp in the Loj campground (not staying in the Loj itself) the price is something like $16 or $18. Check it out! I think it's called Wilderness Campground, something like that.

It's called Wilderness Campground at Heart Lake. Here is their website:

http://www.adk.org/ad_wilderness/index.aspx

Happy camping! 

Wittycitygirl

Funny you should be looking at campsites cos I've just been looking too - although for the thur/fri before the real IMLP (I've got somewhere for sat onwards with the family).
Anyway my coach gave me this site where she will be - it's on the bike course between wilmington and LP
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/24500.html

Heart Lake, and that whole area by the Loj, is so beautiful! Great suggestion.

Bored at work as well... I have a 2 hour run planned for this afternoon. Still trying to decide where I want to do it.

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Today did my 20' easy run (taper time).  And this afternoon I have a Bike MS of 4 x 4' @ 1-1.05 FTP (295 - 310W) with 1' recovery.  Total workout = 45 minutes.

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It's POURING out! I was supposed to do my long run....but then I went back to bed instead I think it was a wise decision.

Goodluck racing Dan!!

I'm still in recovery from my 55 minute PR in Saturday's HIM

So I'll be doing an easy spin tonight to try to flush the legs out. 

Oh, and I'm going to mow the lawn too, before my neighbors revolt.  I expect my lawn-mowing fitness to make a huge difference at Lake Placid.

1 1/2 hour bike (indoors, because I'm home with my son--doing a Spinervals hill/interval workout), 1 hour swim.

I'm psyched about my ride this weekend. I found a 30-mile rolling-hill route with almost no cars and featuring an 8-mile climb very much like the ones at LP. Yippee. Gonna do it twice.

Edited by KWin 2010-05-11 9:38 AM

My point is that price does not make them better.  And there are plenty of more expensive wheels that would not rate as "better", especially if durability is your primary consideration.

Again, we're just talking about training wheels here.  If they ride true and the spokes aren't breaking, then the wheels are "good enough" for training.  If you want "nicer" wheels for training, that's your call.  Otherwise, the stock Shimano wheels are perfectly servicible for training--and even racing--until they do start to "fail".

If I had to replace the stock wheels from either of my Cervelos (including the dreaded Shimanos on the P2C), my choice would be a handbuilt 32-spoke with something like a velocity deep v, mavic open pro, mavic cxp33, etc. rim on an Ultegra (or comparable) hub.  My PT wheel is just such a wheel (Velocity deep V, 32-spoke, PT hub) and has 15k+ miles on it without as much as having to touch a spoke wrench during that period.

Sorry for the side track to all the good training talk.  Carry on & good luck to all at LP!