Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 14)

That surprises me as they aren't very generous about deferments...very very rare.

Congrats on the Kona lottery.

 Thanks,Kathy,I'm very excited.I hope your rehab is progressing.

At first they were only going to give me 150 back for theFL IM,and 75 back for Augusta. I called the headquarters in Tampa and the lady I spoke with got  them to  defer FL, Augusta I'm only getting back 75.I'm glad they deferred, this trip is going to expensive enough. 750 entry to Kona ++

Thanks 15step ,good luck at Fl. IM.  I'll be back in 2013,Fl.IM is my favorite IM,  low cost lodging and food, my family always have a good time there.

I put my name in the hat for lottery,don't get mad,once!!!

NICE

S:  15450 Yd
B:  312.53 Mi
R:  54.14 Mi
Str:  2h 15m
Sp:  2h 10m

Solid month of building with some quality workouts.  My first race of the season is this Sunday, then look to add even more mileage heading into June.  A little over two months till my first century ride of the year!!!

Nice work! Goodluck this weekend. I'm so pumped for the race 185 days!

Had a quick reality check yesterday that I think might amuse some of you.  I had my regular bi-annual dentist appointment yesterday, and as usual, the receptionist asked me if I wanted to schedule my next appointment for 6 months out.  So, she threw out Tuesday Nov 6.  My typical response is to say 'yes', since I very rarely have any plans that far out in the calendar....but not this year.  

AAAHHHH....6 months to go....180-ish days until the gun goes off!!

Training is going well, but scheduling that dentist appointment was like having a bucket of cold water thrown on me.

Oh well, back to training....see you all 'soon'.

Not so subtle reminder of how fast time flies!!

Quick question, where are most people on your long runs and rides at this point.

I'm getting my 5-6 days in at this point and am up to 9 miles on the run and 45 on the bike at this point.  3 bikes, 3 runs and 2-3 swims.  That seems Ok for most of the plans I've seen at this point, but I just want to make sure I'm not way behind the curve.

Also did St. Anthony's OLY last weekend for fun.  GREAT race!

Think I'm pretty far behind in base building, but I'm finally training.  long run is only 6 miles at this point.  Long bike is 60 miles, and I've been in the pool twice in the last week. 

Shoulder injured and I'm trying to figure out if I'm doing an Oly this weekend.  Usually the swim is my strong suite and I don't worry much about it.  I think I can do it, and it would make a fun training day.

So no problems with wind pushing you around using a 58 on the front?  That's the setup I was looking at too so just wanted to get your thoughts.  Thanks!

1) running more times a week. 

2) Strive to get several 20+ mile runs in training before the race.   The run is my nemesis.

3) not get hurt with all the running.

4) Sleep more

Long run Friday was 12 mi and my bike today was 70.  OWS tomorrow will be about a mile.  But, I am training for Florida 70.3 in 2 weeks.  After that we will step back a bit then start to kick it back up the first of July.  I have a few sprints in there before July. 

Not sure I am going to do anything different this time around.  Last year was about as good as I could ask for.  I was worried about the run because I only did one 19 mi run and a few 16, 14 miles.  When training for a marathon I used to run a lot more than that.  But, the run was fine.  Actually about 30 minutes faster than I had hoped. 

Actually I might do 1 thing differently.  I won't take my time so much.  This time around I'll hurry in T1 and T2 a bit more and push the bike a bit more. 

enjoy,

Duane 

double post

i feel better after reading this. i've been a little worried that my coach isn't having me take my long runs out past 18. i've done 10 marathons and i've always done a few 20 - 22 milers as training runs. i'm also right about where are you in terms of training...this wknd will be 67mile bike, 13 mile run.