Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 157)

thelunchbox - 2010-06-23 2:09 PM

Not I.  Not for a couple of years when both kids are in school.  That, and I need to work on having more control over the chaos that is my life.  I'm not there yet.

swishyskirt - 2010-06-23 9:47 PM I actually promised my bf, like, swore up and down, that this would be my one and only IM. Then, last weekend, sitting on his deck, sipping a beer and watching the sunset, I mused, "If I ever do another IM..."

"Wait, what do you mean, 'if I ever do another one'?"

Whoooooops. lol.

I just don't want it to be a "bucket list" kinda deal, you know? Tri is a way of life for me. Maybe not IM distances, but I don't want to feel Anyway, I had to promise him that it would be many years from now and that I would be focusing on shorter (ish--HIMs and such) races from now on and maybe BQ'ing. He did not seem convinced.

:-P

Honestly, I'm lucky that I can do this now. I have an evening shift job, so my training is all during the weekdays, so very little impact on family and friends (hey, I can do my 6 hour bike rides on a Wednesday!). No kids. Just two cats who are borderline not recognizing me when I walk in the door these days ("heeeyyy...you look familiar...."). I told the bf if we are married with kids in a few years, then it becomes a joint decision if I ever decide to do another Ironman again. (I think I can convince him, though....).

Either way, this is my first and only-thus-far-that-may-change-we'll-see Ironman. SO excited!

Hartamophone - 2010-06-11 11:13 PM Hey Folks,

So I live in LP part-time and have a ton of family and friends there.  Pumped to be doing the race this year for the first time.

Anyway, just a plea from a local to please share the road when doing your bike training in the area.  And no, sharing the road does not mean letting cars deal with it while you ride three across.  You have to remember that Lake Placid is not the most bike-friendly area in the world and road biking in large numbers is a relative new phenomenon to the village, so you can't ride like you would in Boulder and just assume that people are content with riding behind a cyclist for four miles.  Some of the locals are really getting testy about this, and it seems to get worse every year (especially after last years anecdotes about a group of cyclists not ceding to a fire truck).  It sucks that there aren't decent shoulders on many of the roads (especially 73 between Keene and LP), but for the sake of goodwill and a future home for the race, please think about pulling off every couple of miles and keep in mind that no matter how much we feel like rock stars on race day, we don't own the roads.  I'll do my part to try and calm down some locals - many of whom I will admit are short-sighted and irrational about this issue - but a little goodwill goes a long way.

See you all next month.  Can't wait.

Peace,

Hart 

swishyskirt - 2010-06-24 11:47 AM I actually promised my bf, like, swore up and down, that this would be my one and only IM. Then, last weekend, sitting on his deck, sipping a beer and watching the sunset, I mused, "If I ever do another IM..."

"Wait, what do you mean, 'if I ever do another one'?"

Whoooooops. lol.

I just don't want it to be a "bucket list" kinda deal, you know? Tri is a way of life for me. Maybe not IM distances, but I don't want to feel Anyway, I had to promise him that it would be many years from now and that I would be focusing on shorter (ish--HIMs and such) races from now on and maybe BQ'ing. He did not seem convinced.

:-P

Honestly, I'm lucky that I can do this now. I have an evening shift job, so my training is all during the weekdays, so very little impact on family and friends (hey, I can do my 6 hour bike rides on a Wednesday!). No kids. Just two cats who are borderline not recognizing me when I walk in the door these days ("heeeyyy...you look familiar...."). I told the bf if we are married with kids in a few years, then it becomes a joint decision if I ever decide to do another Ironman again. (I think I can convince him, though....).

Either way, this is my first and only-thus-far-that-may-change-we'll-see Ironman. SO excited!

PennState - 2010-06-23 2:00 PM BTW, as I have said many times before I am not going in for LP 2011. Who aside from Josh is likley in for 2011. Yes I know it's too early, just making conversation

PennState - 2010-06-24 6:49 AM



I always use questions like this to plead with people NOT to use the XLAB rear bottle carriers. The LP course is fast and can be bumpy on those fast parts. This leads to rear-bottle launching on the course and can result in causing others to crash.

That being said, I am aware that many people are gonna use them anyway, so rant over

Personally I only use 2 bottles holders total on my bike, one in the aerobars, and one on the frame.

You are planning on 4 bottles at the start (aerobars, frame and 2 on the rear bottle launcher). This is EXCESSIVE extra weight that you really don't want or need on the climb out of town. I would switch to fewer bottles IMHO.

Mcluvin22 - 2010-06-23 11:12 PM What is everyone's plan for bottles on the bike? I have been debating if I should start the race with 2 bottle on the xlab wing, one on the frame which is my nutrition and then an aero bottle on the handlebars, or if I should just go with the aero bottle and my nutrition.

If I went with the second option and took bottles while on course, what are the bottles like? I recently raced Mooseman 70.3 and they gave us regular plastic bottles which were way too small to fit in a cage holder. There were bottles all over the road.

Hartamophone - 2010-06-11 11:13 PM Hey Folks,

So I live in LP part-time and have a ton of family and friends there.  Pumped to be doing the race this year for the first time.

Anyway, just a plea from a local to please share the road when doing your bike training in the area.  And no, sharing the road does not mean letting cars deal with it while you ride three across.  You have to remember that Lake Placid is not the most bike-friendly area in the world and road biking in large numbers is a relative new phenomenon to the village, so you can't ride like you would in Boulder and just assume that people are content with riding behind a cyclist for four miles.  Some of the locals are really getting testy about this, and it seems to get worse every year (especially after last years anecdotes about a group of cyclists not ceding to a fire truck).  It sucks that there aren't decent shoulders on many of the roads (especially 73 between Keene and LP), but for the sake of goodwill and a future home for the race, please think about pulling off every couple of miles and keep in mind that no matter how much we feel like rock stars on race day, we don't own the roads.  I'll do my part to try and calm down some locals - many of whom I will admit are short-sighted and irrational about this issue - but a little goodwill goes a long way.

See you all next month.  Can't wait.

Peace,

Hart 

tasr - 2010-06-24 8:15 AM

In my last race I had to bunny hop over a can of tire sealant while on a descent, which was a little scary considering I was doing over 35 and it was pouring rain. I thought I was going down, thankfully I didn't.

KWin - 2010-06-24 9:02 AM Things have been "good news, bad news" around here and I am having a sort of involuntary "pre-taper week" before going back to training.

Rode my first 100-miler (on a FLAT course) last week and felt awesome at the end. Not tired, not sore, nothing, could easily have gone for a long run or biked many more miles. But like I say, the course was pancake flat! Felt fine the days after too, no tiredness or soreness. So that's something.

My mother died last week after a very long illness. She was 82 and had a good life, except for the 9-month hospice stay at the end. She died peacefully, never had any pain during her illness, and I was able to say goodbye to her and tell her how much I loved her shortly before she passed.  She lived in Wisconsin, so we went out there for a memorial service; her actual burial will be in the upstate NY town where she was born, and where my dad is buried. So, I'm in the middle of traveling, grieving, and now am fighting a respiratory infection and it has all cut down my training drastically. I hope to get back to it by this weekend and plan to do IMLP in memory of her and my dad.

This will be my last IM for a while--like Witty said, it takes too much time away from other things in life. But, I plan to do half-IMs and Olys, and/or get back to ultrarunning and get into long-distance swimming, and continue biking. 

On a lighter note, I gotta check out that "Are you GAY?" thread that tasr said might be beating us for the title of "Longest BT thread ever." Since I am gay, it should be good for a few laughs! 

KWin - 2010-06-24 9:02 AM Things have been "good news, bad news" around here and I am having a sort of involuntary "pre-taper week" before going back to training.

Rode my first 100-miler (on a FLAT course) last week and felt awesome at the end. Not tired, not sore, nothing, could easily have gone for a long run or biked many more miles. But like I say, the course was pancake flat! Felt fine the days after too, no tiredness or soreness. So that's something.

My mother died last week after a very long illness. She was 82 and had a good life, except for the 9-month hospice stay at the end. She died peacefully, never had any pain during her illness, and I was able to say goodbye to her and tell her how much I loved her shortly before she passed.  She lived in Wisconsin, so we went out there for a memorial service; her actual burial will be in the upstate NY town where she was born, and where my dad is buried. So, I'm in the middle of traveling, grieving, and now am fighting a respiratory infection and it has all cut down my training drastically. I hope to get back to it by this weekend and plan to do IMLP in memory of her and my dad.

This will be my last IM for a while--like Witty said, it takes too much time away from other things in life. But, I plan to do half-IMs and Olys, and/or get back to ultrarunning and get into long-distance swimming, and continue biking. 

On a lighter note, I gotta check out that "Are you GAY?" thread that tasr said might be beating us for the title of "Longest BT thread ever." Since I am gay, it should be good for a few laughs! 

PennState - 2010-06-24 10:28 AM You would be fine with that setup. How many rides do you go on where you get to refuel every 30-60 min? There is more than enough aid stations for even ust one bottle IMHO. I use 2 as I like to use water to dilute out the gatorade/powerbar drink etc.