Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 16)

To JHouse.

I have the same setup as you do,,and love it a lot..on my Trek Speed Concept 7.0 frame.  The best gear setup I have ever used.

To true my email lit up today from here.

White Lake Half Iron this Saturday (5/5/12).  Forecast is for 91 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!  It's gonna be a real challenge, for sure!!

I will be cheering friends on at White Lake half on Saturday, but I will be on my bike as I have a nice 5 hour workout in the 90 degree heat, let the heat acclimation begin!

I'm running a 50/34 also.  Right now, I've got an 11-25 on H3 trispokes for a flat HIM course this weekend.  After that, I'm switching to Jet 50s (a little weight savings over the trispokes) and I have an 11-28 cassette on those wheels.  Gonna use that set up for hilly courses.

So out of curiosity what is everyone’s long runs up too at this point?

11 miles so but will be up there by race time.

26.2 Nashville Rock n' Roll marathon this past Saturday. Now switching gears to more biking miles. I sprained my ankle just over 3 weeks ago and used KT tape for the training runs leading up to the marathon and during the marathon. Very comfortable and worked wonders. Highly recommend it.

amymengel - 2012-05-03 1:20 PM 26.2 miles - Boston Marathon on April 16th.    Another 26.2 mile run coming up on May 19th at Texas IM. 

Amy,

Are you doing both IM Texas and IM Louisville?

Alan

Just did 10 miles this past Monday and 13 on tap for next Monday.

Regarding KT Tape, I tried it when I had IT band issues but it didn't help too much for me.  My boyfriend swears by it for his knee issues though.  Look for Rock Tape though, it sticks and stays better.

For me this has been the hardest part of following the Iron FIt plan.  Running by time and not distance.  3x week still in the 1hr to 1hr 15 min range. not including the 30 min bricks 2x week.

japarker24 - 2012-05-03 2:07 PM

amymengel - 2012-05-03 1:20 PM 26.2 miles - Boston Marathon on April 16th.    Another 26.2 mile run coming up on May 19th at Texas IM. 

Amy,

Are you doing both IM Texas and IM Louisville?

Alan

That is my plan as of now.   :-)  I have done two ironman in a year before and have never had any problems with recovery.  I started taper for IM Texas this week.

This is from the FAQ on Ironman Louisville's website:

With a time trial start, what is the official finish line cutoff time?
The finish line cutoff time will be 12 a.m. midnight regardless of start time.

As a side note your finishing time will be different than the time you see when you pass under the Finish line clock.

My longest run so far is 14, but I've done lots of 12 and 13 milers in the last few weeks.   26.2 on June 3rd will be my longest.     Other than that the longest I'll run is probably 18.   Longest bike will be 60 miles or so (3 hours on the trainer since I do ALL of my bike training on the trainer.)  I've found the key to happy training and a good race is frequency as opposed to distance.   I hate to do long training rides, so I ride the trainer 6 or 7 days a week for an hour to 3 hours each time averaging 150 miles a week.  Runs are similar...I'll peak at about 50 mpw on 6 runs a week.  I do know that my fitness has continued to improve over the last 6 months since I didn't take any time off, and my shorter distance times have come way down.

I'm really hoping to go sub 11 at this race.   Did 12:23 in my first in CdA last June, then 11:36 in AZ in November.   Both races I had runs that were less than stellar (CdA due to IT band pain that was brutal the last 12 miles, and stomach issues in AZ).   If I can pull together the 4 hour marathon I know I'm capable of (as opposed to the 4:45's I did), it shouldn't be a problem.  :fingerscrossed: