Full Vineman Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 15)

For race day last year I used Perpetuem (a concentrated 6 hour bottle) in one cage, water bottle in the other cage that I swapped at the stations and a bento box with Honey Stinger waffle pieces and Honey Stinger chews to mix it up.  Perpetuem covered my bases, the others were little rewards/extra calories depending on how the day was going...

Ken I think with a 6 hr. bottle of Perpetumn it is highly concentrated mixture of powder and a water.  You drink the Perp. mixture and follow it down with some water.  I have been using two hr. bottles of Perpetumn; 2 packets of powder in a water bottle mixed with water.  In my case I drink the perpetumn and drink water at other times as well. 

Yep, enough scoops for 6 hours- it's pretty concentrated, but not too bad.  A sip of my bottle and a splash of water every so often and I get calories and fluid.  I leave a bottle in special needs with half the powder in case I drop my bottle for some reason- good to have a back up plan! 

It works for me since I'm used to training with Perpetuem and when we do long rides around here I can just duck into a gas station to grab water if needed.  

My answers

How long have you been doing triathlons (of any distance)?
I did my first triathlon in 2010 and haven't stopped

What number of "140.6" or "Iron-Distance" race is this for you? 
This will be #3 for me - I've done IMAZ (2011) and Full Vineman (2012)

At registration time, what's your finish goal?
sub 12:30

Any words of wisdom about this race specifically or this distance in general?
Preparation & Discipline & Patience

amy, can you quantify 'big week of training' for you?   and how many of these 'big training week' do you do before you start to taper?

thanks,

Joe

Hi Joe -

I tend to do well with a high training volume.  My big training weeks range between 22-26 hours.  Vineman will be my 8th full iron distance race.  I am building my volume now.  My training for this race is going to be a bit different since I am using it as a long training day and prep for my race in October (double ironman).  I will hopefully be building more volume than I have had in the past. Feel free to check out my logs for the previous years.  

A typical "good" training week: 3-4 hours swim, 200 mikes bike, 40-45 miles run.

Hope this info helps. :-)

That is amazing.  I take my hat off to you.

The swim was great!  It is nice to have the distance done so that mentally I know I can do it.  Good job on your swim too, Brian! 

Tried to go buy the Perpetum that you all were talking about, but our local bike shop doesn't have it anymore.  They only carry Accelerade.  I didn't get it because it was a lot higher in sugar.  I guess I will have to call around to try and find it. 

Hopefully things are starting to turn around for me. I had a couple weeks where I was mentally in a low spot.  However, yesterday I read a gal's race report from her first ironman and it totally lifted my spirits.  She was the last female and the 4th to last person to finish, but she was so positive and excited that she finished.  It made me remember that finishing is my goal.  Who cares what my watch says as long as I make the cut-offs.  Perhaps one day I will want to work hard enough to be faster, but right now I just want to stop dreading each workout and the race itself.  I want to enjoy the journey.  Then to top off my attitude shift, I had a pleasant 10 mile run last night.  That is a miracle because running and I just don't get along. haha.  My knees and hips still ached, but I wasn't dying. Yay!

Brian, way to keep plugging along!  How is your wife stressing you out?  Too much time training or she wants you to train more?

Hope the injury heals fast.  It is hard when your partner does not fully understand the sport and our drive. 

Great attitude!  Glad you are starting to enjoy the journey.  Nice run yesterday.