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 2010-07-20 7:40 AM in reply to: #2991709 |
Master  1853     syracuse |  Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official ThreadKWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! yes, yes, yes and yes!!  it WILL go away by Sunday...... |
| 2010-07-20 8:16 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Extreme Veteran 353 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Scottgreenstone, you are awesome. I have such respect for your honesty about things like being nervous on the downhill and crying about the enormity of what we are doing, for the past year and this coming weekend. Same for all of you who are shedding a few tears this week and during the race. You have all been so open about your fears and difficulties. This is truly a great group of people! |
| 2010-07-20 8:28 AM in reply to: #2991709 |
| Member 116 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! |
| 2010-07-20 8:36 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Extreme Veteran 353 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Yeah, Kevlujohn, I think I'm on the same plan you are with the workouts this week. But my legs are so sore and heavy that I'm skipping some of them, or just swimming instead. I figure I'm not going to add any more fitness at this point but if I keep working out on tired legs, that will tear me down before the race and I will regret it. I'm with you, let's GO!!! |
| 2010-07-20 8:48 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Expert 770 Long Island, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Well said, Bryan. I'm seriously going to carry those thoughts with me on Sunday. It's so true that the hard work is done and Sunday is the result of it. Good, bad, or ugly, it is what it is.
Yeah, I'm just ready to head up there and get this sumbitch over with! |
| 2010-07-20 9:02 AM in reply to: #2991771 |
Expert 1244 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Heiserman - 2010-07-20 8:36 AM Inflammation & Pain: Like PennState said earlier, I know there's a lot that's been said about whether this is a good or bad idea, but just to offer some more information, here's a New York Times article on whether taking ibuprofen during a race is such a hot idea to begin with, as it doesn't appear to change an athlete's perception of pain, and it also seems to slow the healing of tendons and muscles after the exercise: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/ This sentence also sort of grabbed me: The ibuprofen users also showed signs of mild kidney impairment and, both before and after the race, of low-level endotoxemia, a condition in which bacteria leak from the colon into the bloodstream. Ick. If you really want to take something, I'd skip the "Vitamin I"...Tylenol seems like the better idea here. Anyway. No disrespect for anyone who wants to try this, but for me the risks do not seem worth it, especially if it doesn't really do a whole lot for you... |
| 2010-07-20 9:04 AM in reply to: #2991881 |
Expert 1244 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P |
| 2010-07-20 9:19 AM in reply to: #2991965 |
Champion 6962 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM [Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P It's those 10-20 minute workouts that are the most important IMO. It reminds your body that it can exercise and give you just enough intensity to not make you tired but keep you sharp. Like my run today: 10' EASY 5 x 1' tempo (1' recovery) 10' EASY Was it even worth me waking up for? And I felt like crap during it. But it's important. |
| 2010-07-20 9:19 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Extreme Veteran 353 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread That's it! Swishy, I'm swishing, I mean switching, to your plan NOW. |
| 2010-07-20 9:27 AM in reply to: #2991965 |
Master 1853 syracuse | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P those quick workouts are there so your frequency stays the same. your body is used to working out 1-2 time per day....you are just keeping your body in rythum while shedding fatgiue. you'll start to feel really good soon I bet.....do those 20-30 minute workouts! I dont have a single workout over 40 minutes all week. Well, except Sunday....  |
| 2010-07-20 9:49 AM in reply to: #2992023 |
Member 66 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread cusetri - 2010-07-20 9:27 AM swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P those quick workouts are there so your frequency stays the same. your body is used to working out 1-2 time per day....you are just keeping your body in rythum while shedding fatgiue. you'll start to feel really good soon I bet.....do those 20-30 minute workouts! I dont have a single workout over 40 minutes all week. Well, except Sunday.... Really? Whatcha doin on Sunday? :-D |
| 2010-07-20 9:55 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Master 1989 New Jersey | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread i must be weird. I'm reading about the emotions that one feels when crossing the finish line, but for me last year, the victory moment came at the start of the race. Getting to the starting line was the battle for me. The race itself was just the victory lap of all that hard work I had put in. And actually the race felt like a no-brainer to me. Perhaps because my goal was simply to finish, and honestly, I never had any doubt on race day that it would happen. Good luck to you all!!! Savor the moments. |
| 2010-07-20 9:57 AM in reply to: #2992023 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread cusetri - 2010-07-20 10:27 AM swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P those quick workouts are there so your frequency stays the same. your body is used to working out 1-2 time per day....you are just keeping your body in rythum while shedding fatgiue. you'll start to feel really good soon I bet.....do those 20-30 minute workouts! I dont have a single workout over 40 minutes all week. Well, except Sunday.... Technically, Sunday is next week so your statement is correct. My guess is that you also don't have a single workout next week at all, except Sunday |
| 2010-07-20 10:04 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Expert 1244 New York | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread The hardest part, honestly, is getting ready to go for the workout (oh, wait. That and the fact that my pace just sucks these past two weeks and it's demoralizing). Once I'm out there, I'm fine. The other issue is that my body still believes we are doing 3 hour workouts and needs to refuel constantly. Ohhh...I can't have those extra three Oreo cookies for no-darn-good-reason-just-'cuz-I-felt-like-it? Shoot. Anyway. You guys are great. Won't let me off the hook even with less than a week to the race. Thanks for reminding me to stick to the plan. It's the extra convincing I need to get my tushie in gear. Speaking of which...Enough procrastination. To the bike! |
| 2010-07-20 10:08 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Extreme Veteran 596 Worcester, MA | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread I'm having wicked taper-ITIS.. I feel sluggish, and tired and miserable, but I felt the same right before Boston, and I had a pretty good day. SO, I'll stick with the plan headed up tomorrow! |
| 2010-07-20 10:24 AM in reply to: #2991960 |
| 5 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Thanks, Swishy. I will show her the NYT article. |
| 2010-07-20 10:27 AM in reply to: #2992125 |
Master 1853 syracuse | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 11:04 AM The hardest part, honestly, is getting ready to go for the workout (oh, wait. That and the fact that my pace just sucks these past two weeks and it's demoralizing). Once I'm out there, I'm fine. The other issue is that my body still believes we are doing 3 hour workouts and needs to refuel constantly. Ohhh...I can't have those extra three Oreo cookies for no-darn-good-reason-just-'cuz-I-felt-like-it? Shoot. Anyway. You guys are great. Won't let me off the hook even with less than a week to the race. Thanks for reminding me to stick to the plan. It's the extra convincing I need to get my tushie in gear. Speaking of which...Enough procrastination. To the bike! too funny swishy! yes, controlling my appetite has probably been the most difficult part of this..... yeah, my pace sucks as well.....I think that's the test. refusing to push the pace even though you know you can dig deep and push the pace.....really key this week to "stay in our box" as my coach would say...... |
| 2010-07-20 10:28 AM in reply to: #2992109 |
Master 1853 syracuse | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread JoshKaptur - 2010-07-20 10:57 AM cusetri - 2010-07-20 10:27 AM swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P those quick workouts are there so your frequency stays the same. your body is used to working out 1-2 time per day....you are just keeping your body in rythum while shedding fatgiue. you'll start to feel really good soon I bet.....do those 20-30 minute workouts! I dont have a single workout over 40 minutes all week. Well, except Sunday.... Technically, Sunday is next week so your statement is correct. My guess is that you also don't have a single workout next week at all, except Sunday what, you're not going join me for a whiltface climb Monday morning??..... |
| 2010-07-20 10:30 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Quick question about the bike course (I didn't scan through all 230+ pages of this thread): How much climbing is lost with the new route this year? I plan to ride the course on Saturday as a look ahead for 2011 but I just read about the change in route due to construction. I'm guessing the original route will be back for 2011 so I want to know what I'll miss. Is the bridge closed or just not race suitable? I supposed I could ride up to the bridge on both sides and see how far I get. |
| 2010-07-20 10:55 AM in reply to: #2992195 |
Member 43 Upstate NY | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread mrbbrad - 2010-07-20 11:30 AM Quick question about the bike course (I didn't scan through all 230+ pages of this thread): How much climbing is lost with the new route this year? I plan to ride the course on Saturday as a look ahead for 2011 but I just read about the change in route due to construction. I'm guessing the original route will be back for 2011 so I want to know what I'll miss. Is the bridge closed or just not race suitable? I supposed I could ride up to the bridge on both sides and see how far I get. Hey MrB: The bridge is out on haselton road. This years route is a little easier, but the normal route isn't bad. Expect one decent hill at end. You can ride out to where bridge is out, but it's only two miles, but you go down the hill that you have to climb to finish the out-back. There's some rollers on the other 4.5 miles of road but nothing to bad. To see the "other" side of the bridge you would be going out of your way a little (but not too bad) and you would join back up with haselton road about half-way down from where the bridge is and normal turnaround is. I hope this helps. Enjoy your ride. |
| 2010-07-20 10:56 AM in reply to: #2992132 |
| Expert 759 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread AdCo - 2010-07-20 11:08 AM I'm having wicked taper-ITIS.. I feel sluggish, and tired and miserable, im with you guys too |
| 2010-07-20 11:03 AM in reply to: #2337428 |
| Expert 759 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Seeing as i did not have a chance to bike or run any of the course...would you guys recomend driving the course friday just to get an idea? |
| 2010-07-20 11:19 AM in reply to: #2992299 |
Champion 6962 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread dharris13 - 2010-07-20 12:03 PM Seeing as i did not have a chance to bike or run any of the course...would you guys recomend driving the course friday just to get an idea? It's always smart to drive the bike course and bike the run course. |
| 2010-07-20 12:22 PM in reply to: #2992188 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread cusetri - 2010-07-20 11:28 AM JoshKaptur - 2010-07-20 10:57 AM cusetri - 2010-07-20 10:27 AM swishyskirt - 2010-07-20 10:04 AM Kevlujohn - 2010-07-20 9:28 AM KWin - 2010-07-20 7:38 AM Thank you Bryan, that was great! Is anyone else having taper-itis? Tired, sore legs, blah feeling? Hopefully it will go away by Sunday! Anyone who wants to cry at the finish line, I'm right there with you! Yes! My plan has me doing some 1.5 hr rides and a few 1 hr swims this week and I can't get myself to them...I am so ready to pack the car and be in Mirror Lake at 6:50 on Sunday...let's go!!! Thanks Bryan, that post rules!!! Another taper-itis sufferer here. Wow, a 1.5 hour ride. I don't know what's worse. Seeing that on my training plan four days before the race--or what my actual training plan says I should be doing. Which are ridonculously short workouts. Like, a 15 minute run. A 20 minute bike. Seriously. It takes longer to get ready than it does to do the workout. It's making it easier to want to blow them off...still doing them. There's got to be some magical reason I need to do a 10 minute swim today...right? Right? :-P those quick workouts are there so your frequency stays the same. your body is used to working out 1-2 time per day....you are just keeping your body in rythum while shedding fatgiue. you'll start to feel really good soon I bet.....do those 20-30 minute workouts! I dont have a single workout over 40 minutes all week. Well, except Sunday.... Technically, Sunday is next week so your statement is correct. My guess is that you also don't have a single workout next week at all, except Sunday what, you're not going join me for a whiltface climb Monday morning??..... We can celebrate our KQs with a little Andy/Alberto-esque pedal-dancing episode up whiteface. Otherwise, I'll probably take a rest day. |
| 2010-07-20 12:41 PM in reply to: #2991195 |
| Member 85 Jersey Shore | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Thanks Bryan... that was awesome... yeah I dont know what will happen after that finish line neither!!!!! Emotions run wild.... This week... yeah alot of short stuff for me too, was happy when I finished my ride on this past Sunday it was a good one but thats it for last week that has been good.... Everyone keeps saying im ready..... I am starting to believe i too!!!!! Will be in LP TOMORROW!!!! WooHOO!!!!!!!! |
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