Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 124)

AdCo - 2010-05-11 2:12 PM Hey All,

I'll be up there 5/21-22 and riding on Saturday.  I get in late Friday. I'm planing to do 2 loops so I know I can do it and I'm slow.. I'll probably go too fast the 1st lap and suffer the 2nd, but i'll be up there if anyone is looking for me I know, I'm not here much.  

Shoot man, based on your avatar pic, nobody is gonna miss seeing you on the bike!!  I can't see how all that hair is Aero either.  No wonder you always suffer on the second loop.  It must also get really heavy and wet when you sweat.

JoshKaptur - 2010-05-11 10:19 AM 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.

Josh, HUGE CONGRATS on a HUGE PR and SUB 5 HOURS.  Sub 5 at a HIM is one of my Dream Goals.  Way to go man!!! What a HUMONGOUS, GIGANTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!

Dream Chaser - 2010-05-12 7:09 AM

JoshKaptur - 2010-05-11 10:19 AM 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.

Josh, HUGE CONGRATS on a HUGE PR and SUB 5 HOURS.  Sub 5 at a HIM is one of my Dream Goals.  Way to go man!!! What a HUMONGOUS, GIGANTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!

X2 - Fantastic race.  Congrats

seriously! 

I'm tired.  Yaaaawn.  I just need to make it through one more 10-hour+ week and then I can Taper for my HIM, Harryman.  And, well, It's actually a little bit longer than a HIM cause due to a Bike course change, the Bike is going to be 61 Miles!! So it's actually a 77.3!!  Which is for the better in the long run, as far as LP training is concerned, but I'm sure during those extra 7 miles of climbing I won't be too happy!!  

Anyone else doing Harryman?  I know a bunch of you are doing Jerseyman and then Eagleman.  Lot's of ****man races   What the heck.

Does Jerseyman have crazy hills? 

I'm also doing Rev3 June 6th, which I heard is even hillier than Harryman.  Not sure how that's possible, but I'm gonna find out.  Mental Note: Learn to Love Hills.

That's all I got people.  Cue the crickets.

No doubt IMLP has some "serious" climbing (though IMSG apparently shames us), but I've always found that graphs like that make the climbing seem worse than it is.  Because the x and y axis are arbitrarily defined, that graph makes it look like you are climbing straight up the side of Everest.

Not trying to downplay the importance of being ready to climb for IMLP, but I also don't want someone who has never seen the course (um, me) to see that and panic.

If you've worked on climbing in training, I've actually heard that the climbs at LP are "not really a big deal"

Until I ride the course, I'm choosing to believe that... but keeping my compact + 12/27