Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 19)

Totally unexperienced with hills and I am quickly learning that my 53/39 & 12-23 are no going to cut it.  My plan at this point is to throw on a 12-27 and try it out.  If I need a little more I will add the compact crank as well.  Man, these Ironman's always end up more expensive then I plan 

50/34 and 11-28.  I went to get a 12-27 but the shop didn't have one so they convinced me to go with an 11-28.  Every little bit helps on the hills I suppose!   I'm an average rider and wasn't likely to ever use the 12 so going to an 11 didn't make a difference to me.

I'm heading up to Madison this weekend to get some ride time on the course so hopefully my current set-up is good to go come race day.

Did anyone else get a random case of the new Powerbar Ironman Drink in the mail yesterday? Is the race switching to the Powerbar drink? The website still says Gatorade.

I haven't tried it yet, any opinons?

Just got it yesterday.  IM Wi and several others are switching over, so they sent a case to try.  Haven't given it a whirl yet.

Has anyone seen it for sale anywhere yet? Our local shops haven't got it.

50/34
12/27

Are we slackers or just training harder than those IMLP folks who have over 120 message pages?  I prefer the "training" answer.

Heading into what should shape up as a great training weekend - end of a recovery week and going into a taper for CapView Tri.  Looking forward to my first "long" brick of 3hr bike/30min run.  I didn't want to start that craziness with the 4hr bike and 90 min run on separate days last weekend.

Nursing a tweaked back - could be stress related.

I might be up for a "brick".  I'm signed up for the 2.4mi w/ wetsuit.  I've got a 5hr bike scheduled that day as well.  However, I am doing either 50+ mile or 98 mile course of the Dairyland Dare the weekend before.  So I may be shot or feeling great.

That race is in less than two months so it's pretty active over there! It's certainly not for lack of training. There have been a lot of really good, helpful discussions, especially for first timers.

On the gearing, I did it with a compact and 12-27 last year and it was perfect, I'm using that same gearing for IMLP and IMWI. It works great on both courses.

99 Days 22 Hours 44 Minutes

That's 14 weeks people!  Have a great training weekend 

Hey, that sounds good.  I also signed for the 2.4 w/wetsuit.  I figured if I wimp out, I can get out of the water after one loop  Let's hope you are feeling great!

14 weeks sounds way too close!



Edited by DB 2010-06-04 8:24 AM

I emailed Ironman Wisconsin and their response was:  " The 2010 Ford Ironman Wisconsin swim course is open to the public prior to the event. Please let me know if you have any additional questions."





Edited by DB 2010-06-04 8:28 AM

LindaKC and I are doing the 2.4-mile swim and then riding the entire race course afterwards. Anyone is welcome to ride with us, I'm sure there will be lots of peeps out there that day!
 

I'm in as well.  Not sure what my coach has on tap for me as we don't plan that far out.  I'm guessing it will be the full 2.4 swim, 5 hour ish ride and some type of run afterwards.  I think we are going to use it as race simulation. 

I'm also doing the full Dairyland Dare the weekend before.  I think I should just move to Wisconsin for the summer

So something about 20 mph west winds got "go ride the course today" into my head.

Fare warning to those riding this weekend. Heavy rains and HUGE potholes are on Sugar River Road. This is the second big hill after Verona. I missed the potholes but hit a bunch of gravel at 30mph. That gave me a good pucker.

Hopefully the townships fill the plethora of holes along the course.

I have been hearing a lot of horror stories from people riding the course that the roads are getting pretty bad  in areas and they have yet to address them. Hopefully there is money in the budgets (ha ha) to get some road work done in the next few weeks.

As someone who lives in the area, I would not count on any money to fix any roads.  Middleton turned down building a bike lane on Old Sauk due to funding....I rode the course last week and didn't think the potholes were any worse than last year.  Of course, they sucked last year too.

PS I agree 99 days seems way too close...I'm thinking over three months to go!

Just a heads up to peeps I am in Madison mostly on Wednesday and am selecting that as my day to ride the course throughout the summer. So if anyone wants to join me send me a pm.

The new Powerbar Perform drink went on sale today.  Has anyone found a cheaper place to buy it than powerbar.com?  They want 17.99 + 11.99 shipping for a case of 12 bottles.

Last year, Wisconsin was my first full Ironman. At the post-race meeting, they had the athlete & volunteer videos, which were awesome. Especially the music. But when my husband downloaded them from the website, they changed all the music!

Does anybody know the songs they used for the 2009 athlete video? I remember they used "Closer to Fine" for the bike portion, but I don't remember the others.

-Marci

Another IMWI 2010 Training Opportunity:

OKAY BT-Nation! I am sending out a reminder for the Dairyland Dare/Verona loop cycling "Camp" that I am presenting as part of my coaching service "Ironbrick Training".

 I have rooms blocked out in Verona but space is somewhat limited....I've made arrangements for water and a porta potty on the Verona Loop and obviously the Dairyland Dare is a supported ride........
The camp will include a bit of "classroom time" on Sat evening to review race strategy and do a Q&A about what to expect at IMWI.  I have volunteered there enough times to have seen plenty of examples of good and bad plans/executions so let me help you plan for a great race!

Details of "camp' are on my website:

http://ironbricktraining.com/CampInformation.aspx

Low key....good chance to ride the tricky part of the course as well as put down some serious miles the day before......

Hope to see you there!

Our local running store called their powerbar rep and he said it wasn't available to stores yet. Sucks not to have easy access to it to train with.

Do we assume if we have not received a complimentary case of the Perform, we are not going to get any?