Ironman U.S. Championship : Official Thread (Page 16)

Here: http://www.panynj.gov/alerts-advisories/advisories.html

hey all-  just checking in.

rolled my right ankle playing frisbee of all things July 4th and have a pretty severe grade 3 sprain.  Swelling is severe as is the bruising.  Im in a brace which restricts lateral movement, and am also wearing a jobst compression stocking (toe to knee).  Doing the RICE thing as well.

So here I am 30+ days out from my first IM and am feeling undertrained on the run.  So far my longest run has been 9 miles (same morning as the ankle sprain), and i lost about 10 weeks with a 2nd metatarsal stress fracture on the same foot.  The plan was to get to about 15 miles and then pretty much interval the IM marathon with some 30 seconds or so of walking after each mile, as necessary.

Just feeling behind the 8-ball, especially with a real tough run course in the cards here.  Coach thinks we can press on as long as I am pain free, but i just fear breaking down. 

Part of me wants to press on and overcome these setbacks, and then the other part of me is thinking that things happen for a reason and maybe i should heal up, keep training and fight a new day.  Anyone suffering at all with injuries leading up to this race? 

Two thoughts for you:

1. Be careful.  I've had many, many, many ankle sprains and have had my left ankle surgically reconstructed.  When I've tried to start running before the ankle was fully healed, I've often developed a problem in the opposite leg.  I twice developed achilles tendonitis in my right leg when I tried to run too soon on an ankle sprain in my left leg.  When you try to run on an injured ankle you often do things to your stride that results in other problems.

2.  Water running.  Its boring but very effetive.  I had an issue with a slipped disk before IMLP last year and did a lot of pool running.  I didn't have my fastest IM marathon but I was still able to run a 4:20 on a pretty tough course. 

Great site and great weather prediction.  Not that I am doubting their abilities, but I wonder how they came up with the unseasonably cool temps for that specific day.

Hope everyone is training well and safe and look forward to the big day.

OK, so if someone is going to obsess on weather, can I do it about the tides?

I checked out tides for 41st street http://www.tides4fishing.com/us/new-york/new-york-city-east-41st-street

Since the tide will be going out during the swim, does that mean it will be a favorable current?

I believe the outgoing tides will be favorable for our swim.

I did the NYC tri yesterday - outgoing tides as well.  it was incredible to see the occasional stick or branch floating downstream fast ... i'm typically a 1:50 - 2:00/100 swimmer and had a 1:20/100 swim time, which included a break to clear goggles, and a "lazy" easy swim effort. 

side note - the hudson was not that bad to swim in.  water temp was 74 degrees, it was murky, sure, but i have been in more brackish water.  it was light brown in color, salt water, felt a lot like an ocean swim.  i spoke w a guy from DC who said that the potomac was way worse then the hudson.

the absolute coolest part of the race was run from T2 up 72nd street, with the NYC buildings on either side and great crowds cheering.

Does anyone have a copy of the Facebook Q&A that apparently went on a while back?  I can't get the link to work...

Thanks

  -Andy

mrhighside, go to the Ironman U.S. Championship facebook page. Look for the following post:

Ironman U.S. Championship shared IRONMAN's photo.
May 31
Thanks for a great session! Check out all the questions and answers.

Click on the ill-fitting Aquadraat Ironman image. The picture contains 107 comments from the Q&A. I considered copying & pasting them here, but it's long and hard to follow in text format. I bet you can figure out how to access it based on my directions.

As mentioned above, the Q&A isn't too different from the official FAQ, except there are some repetitive comments from people who are afraid of the race (threats of backing out) and legit complaints/concerns about the course being spectator unfriendly.

Maybe I'll strategically place myself towards the back of the pack to enter the water!

In the city that never sleeps?  If there is one place where you would think noise would not be an issue it would be on Saturday night in NYC!  I really hope for everyone's sake that this isnt true.  The midnight scene at the finish line is epic.

I can bring a bullhorn so we can keep shouting!

Hi Everyone,

I'm heading to NYC/NJ to run most of the run course tomorrow, but I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to get to transition.  Does anyone know what good address would be to put in my GPS?  Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find that anywhere.  

Thanks in advance!

Hey All,

Trying to set some goals for this race. Anyone have any thoughts about how to account for heat or hills? I live in South Florida, so I don't expect the heat to be to bad, but we don't have any hills.

I finished IM Cozumel in 2010 in 12:37.

I finished the Great Floridian in 2011 in 12:32 (at least that one had hills).

I was hoping to go under 12:30 and am trying to get a sense if that fits. I would say my swim and run are better than they were last year for the GFT and my bike is also in good shape. I rode 6:18 at GFT and am hoping to ride something similar in NY.