Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 15)

Good morning.  What about the course made it so much "fun"?  From what I have read about it, it looks like a lot hills; is it like the IMWI course, where it is really hard to get into a rhythm because the hills make it difficult to manage momentum?

By my calcs, week one for the Finksters starts next week... who's with me in that boat?  Are we ready and excited?!

I'm two weeks into marathon training. I'm used to doing an end of season marathon where I can just concentrate on running, adding in the winter bike training is a real challenge. I hope my body gets used to it soon, IM training is coming!

Ok--I need to figure out heartrate zones. I think Fink gives the age formula which is not reliable. I did read the indepth heartrate thread from Mike Ricca. My cheap polar does not have a lap button to figure out the average of the last twenty minutes of a thirty minute run and I can't find my Garmin strap. Will the Garmin work with a polar strap? I just want to make sure I am training in the correct zone. A bit concerned about going slower to get faster business. I hope it prepares to complete LP.

The only reliable way is to get tested.  Hands down.  Everything else is going to be approximation. 

Garmin will not work with a polar strap.

I went out and did a 10 minute warm-up and then I ran a 5K all out to get my estimated max HR and then for the bike i did a 30 minute all out spin on the trainer to get my max HR.  (195 run/191 bike).  I didn't use the lap button at all.  Over 3 days I took my HR in the morning (avg. 49) and then used the Krakovian method to figure out zones.  

Target Heart Rate = ((HR_max − HR_rest) × % intensity) + HR_rest

As far as "going slower to get faster", it has definitely helped me this past year.  I started HR training in February of this year.  My target HR was between 150 and 167.  At first, I was averaging about 8:30/mile to keep this HR.  This was frustrating, since prior to HR training I was a 1:29 half marathoner/3:15 marathoner.  In about a month I could already see my HR go down and my pace improving.  By the end of the year, my personal bests improved to a 1:22 half marathon and a 2:59 marathon.  It was incredible to see the improvement.  I don't believe HR training was the only thing that helped, however, it did allow me to train smarter to let me know when I was going to hard or too easy.  In an endurance race like Ironman, I buy in 100% to HR training.

Can't wait for day 1 of the Fink plan and good luck everyone!

Thanks for the heartrate monitor info. Most of my riding has been in spin class or on the spin bike at the gym. I put the bike on the trainer today and downloaded one of the sufferfest videos. I will do my swimming tomorrow since the pool is closed January 1. I think the Fink plan has us swimming and a 30 min run.

Happy New Year All--May we all be smiling as we cross the finish line at LP!!

Denise

adamjbosley - 2012-12-31 10:02 AM For the fink plan users...happy 1st official day of training!  It's going to be a tough training day

It's not training if it's not tough.

Happy New Year all!  First real day of formal training activity!  May this be a great year, with health, happiness and a sub 17 hour time.  We will do this!

With that, let's roll!

I would not worry about it.  Get healthy and get back at it.  It's about consistency over the next 209 days.  A few days right now will not make one bit of difference....I had to take five days off due to illness last week.  I'm back at it this week and don't feel like I missed a beat.  In fact...I feel even better and stronger than I have in a while.

A little motivation for Jan. 1st!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4b4DJFStVQ&list=PLVo7rShh0Qubxh7jiI0bgL42gjGeo6DOI

Happy New Year all.

I did the Fink for IMFL and want to do the same for IMLP.  I want to get stronger on the bike but since time is limited I need to take something off the schedule.  So my plan is to do the "Just Finish" swim, the "Intermediate" run, and the "Competitive" bike schedule.  I am the weakest on the bike and the IMLP bike course has a reputation for a tough bike so I want to train up.  My bike split was 7:30 on a day the winner took 4:04 so I have a lot of work to do.

Anyone experienced on the Fink plan think this is a good idea or stupid idea?

I will probably end up in about the same place with my training; this is my first full training cycle with Fink.  I find my bike fitness drives everything else, but the tricky part is hitting the key long rides on the weekends given time constraints.  We'll see what happens in the 2nd 10 wk block!  Good luck with your training!

I'm doing the Fink competitive plan with an added 12 week marathon build that culminates with a Memorial Day marathon (I'm leading a pace group,  not racing it).

Today calls for 45 min on the bike followed by a 15 min run. I'm sorry, but if I'm getting dressed to run in this weather, I'm not only going for a 2 mile run. I'll probably do my 5 mile loop at a recovery pace after yesterday's 5k. 

I'm actually swimming tonight too ... and have already decided to tweak the schedule and get my swims done as they work into my schedule each week. I swim from 5:30pm - 6:30pm with my Masters group, so I'll end up moving them around to accommodate family schedule. But I'll get in at least 3 per week on most weeks. Sometimes 4.