Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 158)

PennState - 2010-06-24 10:31 AM



True, but as James mentioned, the issue is the refill water bottles they hand out. They don't fit in snuggly and people launch them like crazy.

Again, I don't care that much but it would really suck to crash because of a bottle etc.
Lots of people use the rear bottle holders, so I'm likely in the very small minority here that doesn't like them

jazz82482 - 2010-06-24 11:29 AM

I did 1 super concentrated nutrition bottle for loop 1 & just took water from the course.  Stopped at SN for my second nutrition bottle for loop 2. 

PennState - 2010-06-24 9:46 AM

I have never missed a bottle but you are free to do what you want. There are no rules against rear bottle holders, heck Bryan uses them so what do I know?

bryancd - 2010-06-24 12:59 PM You know a lot. Yes, I have alway had rear hydration and have never lost a bottle in a race although it does happen to some folks. Honestly, I have had to dodge a handful of them in my 4 years of racing, but it's not an epidemic at least as far as I can see. I used to use the cheap metal cages I could sinch down and now use those Gorilla Grip carbon cages from X-Lab. Those suckers are tight.

KathyG - 2010-06-24 11:53 AM
My guess when you are in the FOP you don't really see the carnage left behind of dropped stuff from other racers...but then again AZ is three loop course.

PennState - 2010-06-24 12:17 PM Kathy it almost makes me want to do LP 2011 hearing that you are in. Almost I agree with the first aid station. My setup will be 1 cage on the frame and the PD aero bottle. I will have the aero bottle full at the start, but nothing in my frame cage as I will pick up 2 bottles (water and powerbar drink) at the first aid station.

KWin - 2010-06-24 11:02 PM 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! 

Dream Chaser - 2010-06-25 8:33 AM

What's on the Training Menu this weekend peoples?

I've got a 4-mile road race tomorrow morning (then taking my son to a Toy Story 3 Movie birthday party!) .  Sunday is a 112-mile Bike, followed by a 10k transition Run.  Good times ahead!  

Marvarnett - 2010-06-25 9:02 AM

Sprint race on Saturday followed by a 2 hr bike

Sunday = 5.5 hrs in the gaps (think more climbing than the LP course).  Gotta work on my VI baby!!!!