Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 13)

Better cold than heat.  I struggle running when its over 95-97 outside and since I live in the 7th circle of hell where it was over 100 EVERYDAY from the end of April til OCTOBER that is a problem.  Doesn't bother me as much on the bike.  i HATE The treadmil.  The trainer on the other hand no big deal can ride it all day.

What is cold? I have been to Dallas this time of year and to this Michigan boy, it seemed like perfect weather!

Are you doing Rehoboth?  I love that race.  Flat course, pretty views, not too crowded.

I agree and the worst thing about layering up is as soon as I egt a mile or two into a run I start sweating and really wanting to take those layers right off. I do best if I can tuff it out the first few minutes til my blood gets moving then it almost dosen't matter.

Yep, never been to Delaware before so excited to knock that state off my list, plus get to see the Atlantic Ocean again. I know it may sound weird but there is always something cool about seeing the oceans that surround this great country of ours.

I know its all relative. Up here 50 means shorts, t-shirts, windows down driving around. We have two seasons, winter and humid summer.

It dropped into the sixties here for about a minute and by the way people are dressed you'd swear they're exploring antartica

As for the start of training, I never really stopped this year but it'll be interesting how long I am sidelined waiting for everything to get back to the U.S.  Bike is going UPS, trainer is going in the "fast shipment", no idea of pool schedules, so it looks like running and getting used to colder weather until mid-January.  18 days until they pack us out 23 days until we fly, can't wait.

I'm taking my 4 day Vegas bender in March, lots of recovery time 

You get to run next to the ocean for a good portion of the course.  Rehoboth is a pretty neat little town.  There's all this summer shore stuff but it has a completely different vibe in the winter.

Hi Everyone!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who started a little early! I started at the 26 week mark- I'm in Colorado and have decided I'm going to enjoy the trainer and netflix for as long as I have to- there are some good movies out!!

I was on the Iamtri site for St George llast year and we all met there and got together forthe dinner ect.... Do the BT'ers do that? Looking forward to spending the next couple months with you guys and hopefully meeting a few in Texas!!

Welcome to the group. Maybe we should start a movie club while we are at it with all the movies we will collectively be watching on the trainer over the winter  

Uh-oh, you just stumbled onto my other favorite hobby. If your looking for movie to watch, try taking the AFI (American Film Institute) top 100 challenge. A few years ago AFI made a list of the top 100 movies of all time. The challenge is to watch all of them.

sulross - 2011-12-10 7:53 AM Well, I am officially on board for this I decided to do this Ironman (my first) to raise money for a a friend's seven year old daughter, who is fighting Cystic Fibrosis. My goal is to give her inspiration and encouragement through showing her that I will take on something that is a huge challenge to show her that others will fight with, and for, her. I have set my sights on raising $10K for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in her name. I created a website/blog for this called IronViolet - her name is Violet. I began training about 2 months ago - running/biking - to make sure I could get going. I've since added swims and have continued some light cross-training for strength and overall health. I've done the distance on bike and running over the years, but I've never done this type of swimming, so it has been a neat learning situation for me. I was terrified at first, but now I feel confident that I can work up to the distance ahead of time. I even checked out the swim course/start in person this week down in the Woodlands just so I could better wrap my head around it. This has been an interesting and enjoyable process so far...challenging, but enjoyable. I missed the general entry for the race before I fully committed to the idea, so I had to do the Ironman Foundation slot entry. It strained my budget, but I paid it today So...Here Goes!!! I look forward to meeting some of you in person during this training and at the race Brad

Hey Brad, welcome to the group.  Congrats on signing and good on ya for doing it for such an incredible cause.

Hey Dave, welcome to the group. Glad to see another Northerner joining up

Uh-oh, you just stumbled onto my other favorite hobby. If your looking for movie to watch, try taking the AFI (American Film Institute) top 100 challenge. A few years ago AFI made a list of the top 100 movies of all time. The challenge is to watch all of them.

I may have to do this!!!

A shout out to IronViolet! Good luck with raising the funds, I will be donating

Here is a link to the list; http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx

I've been working on it for almost 2 years and I am about half way through. As a movie buff I love the challenge because it gives me a reason to watch a movie I might otherwise never consider. watching my first silent movie or a movie with the Marx Brothers in it was a very interesting experience. Also, because most of these movies are older you'll find a lot of them streaming on Netflix.