Ironman 70.3 Boise : Official Thread (Page 16)

I am not doing a whole lot of work either unless you count trying to plan out my meals or at least what I should be eating between now and the race and thinking about what gear I need to pack, unpack and repack, plus looking at the weather, and looking at taper week to figure out which day is going to be cut out because of travel. 

I just had to change a flat . . . on my car.  Hopefully that is my allotment for the present time.

Going to put on new rubber on my wheels, but I haven't sprung for nice race wheels yet.  Would really like to though.

I usually carry one tube and a patch kit. Two CO2s. 

Looking forward to flying to Boise.  Hardest part for me is always trying to remember what I need to pack with me. 

Tapering sucks.

Man trying to keep the packing list down to fly would be a challenge!  Since I sit in front o f a computer all day I actually have my list in a spreadsheet and it's definitely not short.  Good thing there are only two of us making the trip, my poor little Civic will be loaded down

I am leaving about 6am Thursday morning.  Booked wife and the 3 girls flight down on Friday. They get in about 4. My wife was going to drive down on Friday but after figuring out the cost to drive 2 vehicles down, it was only going to save us maybe $100 and the $100 is well worth the time she has to spend driving.

Yeah, it is somewhat hard flying to the race from that perspective.  I try to tell myself as long as I remember my bike, helmet, shoes, running shoes that really, I should be fine.  I know, I know, there are a dozen other things I need to remember, but that is what Wednesday night will be for!

I had two flats on my ride today...haven't had a flat in probably 1500+ miles and today I had two. First, my back tire had some shard of metal and 43 miles in my front got hit with a monster GOat Head. Such a bummer since today was last long ride before. BUT on a positive note, I realized that my CO2 pump doesn't work and got a little bit of practice just in case. I will definitely be bringing 2 tubes, 2 CO2. 

Was going out for an easy ride around Sauvie Island to keep the legs loose and everything.  Holy head win!  I checked my phone when I was done and it was only 10 MPH according to the weather app.  I really really hope theirs not much wind on the bike. 

My kitchen table has become my packing and organization spot and it feels good to be on top of things.

Can't wait about one week from right now (give or take a couple hrs for each of us) we will be putting back some cold ones!

So excited!

I'm trying to put a relay together.... I need a runner.  WTC sucks and wants to charge me fee after fee.... to upgrade from athlete to relay, it will cost $100 for the relay upgrade + $25 late fee + USAT fees if the runner isn't a USAT member.

I will pay HALF of the upgrade and late fee ($62.50) and the runner would pay the other.  That's pretty cheap for a half marathon entry.  I am slow, but my sherpa group is super fun and there will be beers at the end.

If I can't find a relay option, I'll just swim/bike and DNF and won't get a medal.  I kinda want the damn medal.

Thanks!

Do you think they'd still charge the fee, if it was just two athletes joining together as a relay?

My roommate might still come to hang out and support. The entire reason she was dropping was b/c of lack of total training time.  But she's a soccer player and runner and could EASILY pull off a stand alone half.  I've texted her to see if she's interested.

Email me on my yahoo - [email protected].

I paid to race, but didn't train enough, so I was just gonna support. But I can run. It was the swim that probably would have done me in. :-P

Sucks we have to pay more though. They just like to stick it to you wherever they can.

:-)

Liz

geauxtri and emclain -- You guys are awesome. 

Went for a quick dip at the site today.  Temp report appears below.  Come on in, the water's fine!  It was pretty choppy at 9:00 a.m., but by 11:00 it had settled down. 

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Uh oh, guys...That Boise weather sure is crazy!!

http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Boise-Idaho-weather-news-156911995.html

So far, the models look pretty good for a high in the low-70s for Saturday.  Most are also saying pretty breezy.

This is my first long distance triathlon.  What do you all eat the week of the race?  I know I need to start hydrating this week but as for meals I'm trying to plan that out and any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Be careful not to drink too much plain water and flush the electrolytes out of your system.  I try to eat less during the week so that I don't gain weight during my taper.  But that may be a personal issue.  I, for one, think if you eat healthy, you don't need to do a ton of carbo loading.  Just eat good healthy food.  Maybe a little more carbs, but not too much, and I put NUUNs in my water to top of the electrolytes.  Good luck to you.

I'm eating pretty much the same stuff this week but taking in a touch more to account for what I burn off during exercise this week.  Fluid wise?  Well going to have to change that a bit since I will try to cut out my pepsi max pop/caffeine this week until Saturday. So I might have to top off my water with some salt or endurolytes since I get sodium from the pepsi max.

But this week I am forcing myself to track what I am eating.  I was doing pretty well with it but got in a slump for the last 3 weeks.  Tracking my foods makes me eat better by staying away from candy etc.

So for you I'd stick to what you normally have been eating.  One of the main rules is to not change what you have been doing so far.  Well if you like beer or whatever, cut that out this week until the race is over.

My first long-distance tri as well.  I'm a veteran marathoner, though, and will likely follow my usual race-week plan:  Eat normal things with reduced portions the first three days, then heavy pasta on Thursday afternoon and Friday night.  Avoid too much fiber and refined sugar.  I'll probably have my Friday evening meal fairly late due to the late start on Saturday.

Gettin' excited!  (And a little scared -- that chop during yesterday's swim was no fun.)