Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 18)

just read it, great Q&A.

Yay Jillian!  Congrats on taking the IM plunge!  Love the blog name, btw.

Swam at 5:15 a.m. Coach Jodi showed me a swim-on-your-side-type drill. Interesting. It helped me when I went back to swimming freestyle with bilateral breathing. So far, hiring a coach has been a good investment.

By the way, I mentioned a long time ago I would tell you about the Spinervals DVD that takes you on the IMLOU bike course. It's pretty good, but it's hard to tell inclines, etc. If I didn't know the course, I don't know if I would find it as beneficial.

Hope everyone is well. I attended a funeral today. Lots of thinking took place. Make the best of every day. Have you every heard that before? ...really? Well, I guess I put it out again.

Peace.

Louisville will be my 1st IM and I need to schedule a couple of races to gear up since I have only completed one tri Racine HIM this year.  I live in Chicago and thought Muncie would be good- HIM July 9th. Is this a good date for an HIM with Louisville at the end of August?  I will also look for some shorter distances prior.

Thanks.

I am planning to do Muncie as well.  Seems like lots of folks are signed (or signing) up for Muncie as a race prep for LOU.  I did two 1/2's during my training for IMFL this past year and was a little worried about one being too close ~ it was 6 weeks out.  It worked out perfectly; however.  I felt really good about working out some final nutrition issues at that point, too.

Welcome to the madness Lilly from Chicago!

Oops, I could edit, but not delete. Double post it is then.

Edited by Tri Sam 2010-12-31 11:39 AM

Very frustrated, went to the YMCA this morning for a 2200 meter swim with my hubby,he bought his first pair of swim jammers and goggles yesterday and was eager to go swimming with me today, as soon as we walked in and they scanned our cards, they informed us that the pool was closed today. I have been there swimming all week, they had signs up everywhere saying they would be closed on New Year's Day, fine, so I planned a bike ride for tomorrow since the YMCA will be closed, but nowhere in the place did they put out the pool would be closed today. Its just.......arg!

I would love to go for a run, but having bad IT band pain since the marathon on the 19th, went for a 7 mile run on Tuesday since I thought I was out of the woods with the IT band issues, but it reminded me of its presence around mile 4, I was able to finish the rest of the run in pain.

Since we are getting freak 72 degree weather tomorrow here in South GA, my best friend and I are planning a long bike ride, maybe I will tack on a few extra miles because of the pool issue today.

Sorry for all this, I just really had to let out the training vent.

Oh, and welcome Lilly from Chicago! I am also planning on doing the Muncie half. My best friend is from Muncie, and her parents and family is like my second family so it will be fun to have all that support. Also really looking forward to meeting some of the people in this wonderful group.

Thanks all!  Sounds like Muncie is the plan.

And yes I definitely need to work on my nutrition.  Way too much sugar during my 1st HIM resulting in a stop at every porta potty during the run.

Just a friendly reminder for those planning on Muncie......You need to register today to get the $200.00 price. Registration goes up to $225.00 tomorrow. I just signed up yesterday Happy New Year everyone!

Just signed up today, very excited!!  his will be my first Full IM, and the goal I set for myself two years ago when I started this tri thing.

Adam

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Any good resolutions out there? Mine is to be happy and to stick to my training plan. This weeks focus is to get the plan details ironed out. I'm going to base it around the competitive 30 week plan in Be Iron Fit. Seems to be fit me pretty well. 

As for today the weather is a bit crappy, 45 degrees and rain. The pool is closed and my back is a bit sore (too much skiing). So it looks like a bit of time on the bike trainer is in order. 

I hope everyone has a great year and PR's at every event.

Peter 

Welcome Adam and danes.

Peter...sorry about the back and lack of pool access. Good luck on the trainer.

The sun is out here which is an inspiring start to the new year.

Happy 2011 everyone...the year of your first IM? It is mine, LOU here I come.
?2011 resolutions?...more Fruit and Veg, more Streching, WAY less processed foods!!...I'll start tomorrow.

happy new years!

this is the year of my first ironman as well and ive just recently decided to do this one and will be joining you all along the way from here onward

i think im going to focus on sticking to my plan and follow a much more disciplined scheduled this year for my resolution

I ordered the book "be iron fit" off of Amazon today, looked like a good book. Anyone read it?

Ian- Welcome and congratulations on your entry.

Jillian & All- I have not read it. Have you read, Race Fans: My Genesis and Evolution as a Triathlete, by Samuel F. Wilkinson?

...sorry, couldn't help it.

I did a 1:15:00 ride on the indoor trainer, got off the bike, and started doing crunches. Midway through my crunches I realized I was going to do a 1:30:00 on the bike. I decided...screw it. I had a good ride, I'll take it and like.

Peace,
~Sam

Jill - great book.  I actually used the competitive plan in "Be Iron Fit" for my past 5 ironman races. 

Happy new year to everyone!

AWESOME!

I ended up going with the "Be Iron Fit" for my training guide also. I'm glad to see others on here have used it also so I can bug everyone asking questions about it!!

I read it and it was great. Very motivational. I'm using the competitive plan and this will be my fisrt IM. You won't be sorry reading it. 

Hey Guys - 

This'll be my first IM as well - did two 70.3s last year (Orlando, Providence), but I can already tell that this is gonna be a whole different ballgame!

I'm planning to use the 24-week plan in "Start to Finish Ironman Training" by Paul Huddle & Roch Frey - anybody else ever use this plan?  I keep hearing about "Be Iron Fit" - should I be checking that one out as well/instead?

I've read almost all of the 23 pages of convo leading up until today on this board - can't help but feel like a lurker, so it was time to post and get in the mix!

nate

Welcome.

This is my frst IM after one half last year.  I am following the 36 week plan from trifuel.  I wasn't doing much and needed a longer plan to get going.  I may switch to another plan later such as "Be Iron Fit" after the reviews.