Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 14)

amyleigh - 2010-12-19 10:51 PM

Hey Tri-Sam!

I enjoy your blog and your videos!  Also enjoyed your post about the little girl in your classroom.  That was classic!  I can really appreciate it as I am a first grade teacher. The kids always say the cutest things.  One day someone brought me a cupcake from another class.  One of my students said "Hey, that's not fair....are you going to eat it?"  And before I could say anything one of my students replied, "Hey she can do anything she wants...she's an ironman remember?!?!"

I've been running in lots of snow and cold but it's a nice change from the heat this summer!  Anyone else enjoying the cold and snow???

japarker24 - 2010-12-20 10:11 AM We are having the coldest December on record here in NC.  I just got back from Florida and guess what.....it was cold!  By the way, I hate the cold.

japarker24 - 2010-12-20 10:11 AM We are having the coldest December on record here in NC.  I just got back from Florida and guess what.....it was cold!  By the way, I hate the cold.

jillian_o - 2010-12-21 12:58 PM Ran my first marathon on Sunday in 4:17:00. So now I feel better about the run portion in Louisville, I know I won't be close to that time in the IM run,but now I have a good idea of what 26.2 miles feels like.

Tri Sam - 2010-12-16 8:23 AM Hit to pool again today. Bilateral breathing is coming along, but it is taking a lot to get used to it. I recognize this is only day 2, but I'm used to get more air. So currently, there is very little effort on my part to go fast, but a great deal of effort on getting this right. I took in more water than I would've liked early in this morning's swim. I'm hoping this will eventually become second nature and I will be able to go faster.

I still need to adjust to getting up so early as well. Whew...movin' on.

Peace,
~Sam

Tri Sam - 2010-12-22 7:06 AM Carrie-
I went to the pool again this morning. I don't usually go on consecutive days, but the pool is closed the rest of the week, so I decided to give it a go.
Anyway, I warmed up with bilateral breathing and it went fine. It was slow. However, I also went in this morning with the idea that I was going to do a fast-ish session. So after my 100 yd. warm-up I did another 100 yd. finger-tip drill. This was followed by a steady-to-fast-ish 500 yds. During this time, I "cheated" and only breathed out of my right side. The difference this time was that I was more aware of what my left arm (elbow in particular) was doing and I concentrated on hip rotation. It was not correct form every single time by a long shot, but I was more aware of my form. This has been one of the benefits of me learning to bilateral breathe...to fix my form. Now after the 500 yd. set, I went back to working on bilateral breathing, but at a slower rate of speed. What this workout did for me though is allow me to feel a little fast again and to work on developing some good habits.
I had my swimming coach video me and comment on my swim stroke yesterday. This will be the main segment of the Road to Ironman Louisville, Episode 3 video journal, which I hope to get out today or tomorrow. If you want to check it out, you can see that I am certainly a work in progress.
Keep at it.
Peace,
~Sam

jillian_o - 2010-12-20 12:58 PM Ran my first marathon on Sunday in 4:17:00. So now I feel better about the run portion in Louisville, I know I won't be close to that time in the IM run,but now I have a good idea of what 26.2 miles feels like.

jillian_o - 2010-12-21 11:58 AM Ran my first marathon on Sunday in 4:17:00. So now I feel better about the run portion in Louisville, I know I won't be close to that time in the IM run,but now I have a good idea of what 26.2 miles feels like.

steveseer - 2010-12-20 10:54 AM

Yep, "cold" here in SC also.  I couldn't resist riding outside yesterday though.  Probably the last outdoor ride for the next couple months.

golfpro - 2010-12-14 2:57 PM I haven't sat down and committed to any kind of schedule for the 2011 season. Reading a lot your planned schedule races makes me feel like the slacker but here pretty soon I'll have it down. So far I am definitely committed to two races:

June- 70.3 Eagleman
August- IM Louisville

All I have to do now is build around it... we'll see what I can come up by the end of the week..

cheers,

thomas

japarker24 - 2010-12-21 1:17 PM Great job, Jillian!!!!  For someone who is running his first marathon in Feb, can you describe what 26.2 felt like for you??

carrie1 - 2010-12-22 10:54 AM


I'm in the same boat.  I'm feeling like a disorganized slacker looking at all of your 2011 schedules already planned.

So far (signed up for):

March - Hat50K
June - Eagleman
August - Louisville

Tentative:

May: Zofingen (some silly hilly event 5mile trail/84bike/15mile trail)
July - Possible local sprint
Early August - Steelman Olympic
September - 12 hour run in Reading
November - looking for a 100 miler that speaks to me

steveseer - 2010-12-22 4:24 PM

Nice!  Thats makes (at least) three of us doing Eagleman and Louisville.

My first "race" of the year is the Krispy Kreme Challenge at NC State.  Run two miles, eat 12 donuts, run 2 miles back.  Its like a triathlon...except you puke more.

Tri Sam - 2010-12-22 4:41 PM

Road to Ironman Louisville, Episode 3
(pool swimming episode). See link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Es3p-V3vBQ