Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 126)

versed2mg - 2010-05-14 4:20 PM Sad news... 6cyclists were struck by a pickup truck near sherbrooke quebec... 5female and 1male... 3 have passed away from their injuries... they were part of st lambert triathlon club...

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/justice-et-faits-divers/201005/14/01-4280416-accident-a-rougemont-trois-cyclistes-tuees.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B4c_video_1086353_accueil_POS2

cusetri - 2010-05-14 6:15 AM I agree with Fred on the above.

the course is not the limiter......pacing is.

alan couzens wrote a cool blog post about being fitness limited or nutrition limited.....good read and kind of ties in to what we are discussing.  Running out of glycogen is the limiter for all of us at an IM...so conserve it!

on another note, whats on tap for the weekend?  I have a long ride and long run, than recovery week, which is needed!!

also gonna convert my bike to 10 speed and going to an 11-28 cassette....pumped for that...I could use the 11 and the 28 on some of my rides out here, plus I think the 28 will be great to have in LP!!

PennState - 2010-05-14 6:09 PM terrible

JoshKaptur - 2010-05-14 7:15 PM

Ugh!  That is so sad!  Did you know any of the riders?  Prayers for their families/friends.

Dream Chaser - 2010-05-14 8:41 AM

I have the years first OPWS tomorrow morning!, followed by a (hopefully) 4-hour Bike.  Sunday morning I have an EZ 2-hour Bike, 30 min run.  Next week is a Recovery/Taper week for me so I can be ready for my first Half Ironman of the year on Saturday.  Tuesday I'm having my 12-25 casette replaced with a 12-27, and I'm going to have the Bike all tuned up and ready to rock!!

JoshKaptur - 2010-05-13 8:00 AM
Yeah, don't panic.  I hate to climb....& i love the LP course.  It's totally fine.  There's one part I'm not real fond of (Jay to the start of the out & back), but even that is fine.  Really.  Getting back into town it's very gradual and flattens out in enough places that it's not that big of a deal.  You will ride it & be surprised.  Unless you're out of shape like i currently am and then it will suck.  But if you get miles in on the bike like you should, take loop 1 easier than you think you should, it's really fine.

The LP bike course is my favorite 56 miles I've ever rode in my whole life.  Not to say it comes anywhere close to my love for the swim.  But there's nothing that drags on about it.  The time flies by b/c the course is broken up into very distinct sections.
1.  Climbs out of town.
2.  Keene descent.  This is so badass & so gorgeous with the water on your right.
3.  Flat part to Jay.
4.  Jenn's not so favorite part Jay to out & back.  OTOH, it's probably tasr's favorite.  I save my choc mint deliciousness gu for the end of this as a little reward.  But really, even this, not hard if you just chill. 
5.  Out & back rollers.
6.  Slow gradual climb back to town. 
7.  Cherries & bears at the end that if you paced right are no big deal.  In my blow up training ride these were a big deal on loop 2.  But again, for someone in shape & who paced well, no big deal at all.

Voila!

No freak outs needed.  Course looks worse on paper as you said.

LazyMarathoner - 2010-05-18 9:22 AM Just got back from a magical weekend in LP. I got some nice time in on the course as well as some new rides I haven't done before. The buoys are out but you'd have to be made of neoprene to swim, the water was f r i g i d. The weather was spectacular, highs near 70 and clear skies with sun. We ended up staying until 8pm last night and getting home ridiculously late because we were enjoying it so much. I'm heading back in 11 days, can't wait!

The out and back has a bridge out so that road is temporarily closed, not sure when it will be open. Otherwise the course was in very good shape. I wasn't really there to train, this was a vacation, so I'll try to fit some real training in next time!