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 2011-01-02 5:31 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert  1143    Wellington, Florida |  Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official ThreadDid a 1hr 7min basement trainer workout today. Taking my TGT for its first GPS run in Santiago Chile on Tuesday. fingers crossed, so far watch looks great and did fine on the trainer and locked in on a Sat even in the basement with the NEW firmwear update. |
| 2011-01-02 5:38 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 1128 Fort Riley, Kansas | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Welcome Nate! I went to the YMCA and did a 2000 meter swim, felt good. Couldn't help but to notice the front desk was packed with people buying new memberships to the YMCA, must be that time of year again. |
| 2011-01-02 5:49 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 868 CALEDONIA/MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread |
| 2011-01-02 8:29 PM in reply to: #3272851 |
New user 12 Seymour, Indiana | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread byrdnj, I received the Huddle / Frey book for Christmas, (it was on my wish list). It looks like it will be a good plan. Some people think it is a little light on the bike. So, I may beef that part up a bit. This will be my first IM. I've done a 70.3 and lots of sprints and a few Olympics. The reviews on Amazon were very favorable. I'm going to stick with this plan. Good luck in your training and see you in Louisville! |
| 2011-01-03 7:33 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Elite 3060 N Carolina | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Got in 46 miles on the bike over the weekend (26 on Sat, 20 on Sun)!! Masters swimming tonight at 6:30. |
| 2011-01-03 8:18 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Elite 3371 | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Ran a 38:39 10k on the 1st. 3rd place overall. Sweet!! Apparently I'm in better running shape than I thought.  |
| 2011-01-03 8:36 AM in reply to: #3271422 |
| Member 70 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread jillian_o - 2011-01-01 4:32 PM I ordered the book "be iron fit" off of Amazon today, looked like a good book. Anyone read it? Very good, and detailed plans. I have loosely followed it in the past w/ reasonable results. This year I'll follow it through Boston, and then plan to increase my bike more than they prescribe, but that's because I'm weak on bike. It got me through both my last tri's, and both under bad weather conditions. Good luck. Nancy |
| 2011-01-03 8:37 AM in reply to: #3269887 |
| Member 70 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread jillian_o - 2010-12-31 12:15 PM 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. Have you tried rolling out your IT band? It's helped me in the past. A foam roller works wonders on many aches and pains. Good luck. Nancy |
| 2011-01-03 8:40 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
| Member 70 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Welcome to Lilly, Adam and Nate. Misery loves company. Just kiddding. We're going to have a great time. This will be quite a journey. Nancy |
| 2011-01-03 8:43 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 1128 Fort Riley, Kansas | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I don't own a foam roller, but I will invest in one, I don't want this IT band to get the best of me. |
| 2011-01-03 8:44 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
| Member 70 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread As a group we've listed several training plans. Huddle, Be Iron Fit, and Tri-fuel to name three. I've compared them all, and they aren't that different. I think the key is to be consistant and build slowly from now until August. If you do that, I don't think you can go wrong. I don't see that any one plan is significantly different or vastly superior to another plan. |
| 2011-01-03 9:05 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 868 CALEDONIA/MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread STEVE- You da' man! Nice runnin'! Regarding training: Nancy...good point regarding the various training plans. For most of you this is your first Ironman and what I would mostly recommend is this: Work your way gradually up so that you can cover 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of cycling, and 26.2 miles of running. Having said that, although I would actaully cover the 2.4 miles of swimming before the event, covering 112 miles is a good confidence booster, however, I would not recommend running 26.2 miles before the event. 20 is plenty...I might only go as far as 16, but I might go 18. My point...if you do nothing else, simply prepare yourself to be able to go the distance in each discipline, and do it gradually. ...Boy, it's really high up hear on this soap box. I'll be stepping down now. Peace, ~Sam |
| 2011-01-03 10:29 AM in reply to: #3273189 |
Veteran 244 London, England | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread bcornn - 2011-01-02 9:29 PM byrdnj, I received the Huddle / Frey book for Christmas, (it was on my wish list). It looks like it will be a good plan. Some people think it is a little light on the bike. So, I may beef that part up a bit. This will be my first IM. I've done a 70.3 and lots of sprints and a few Olympics. The reviews on Amazon were very favorable. I'm going to stick with this plan. Good luck in your training and see you in Louisville! Glad to see someone else is using this training plan - wanted to be sure I wasn't the only one out there on this book! Bret, what do you think about the swim? I will be beefing up the bike and keeping the run about where it is, but the swim seems a bit intense - any thoughts? Am I just seeing it too much through the eyes of a 70.3, or do you see the same thing? |
| 2011-01-03 11:29 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Extreme Veteran 683 Cleveland Area | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I bought the Huddle book the day after i signed up, three days ago. The swim looks pretty heavy, but manageable. I'm gonna look into Be Iron Fit as well. Now to get back to the gym, I pigged out over this last month, have some pounds to shed. |
| 2011-01-03 11:39 AM in reply to: #3142609 |
Extreme Veteran 683 Cleveland Area | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread So what is everyone doing from now until the start if their training plans, 30 weeks, or 24 weeks, or what ever. Just curious to see if i'm on the right track. Adam |
| 2011-01-03 12:19 PM in reply to: #3274303 |
Veteran 244 London, England | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread abrezo - 2011-01-03 12:39 PM So what is everyone doing from now until the start if their training plans, 30 weeks, or 24 weeks, or what ever. Just curious to see if i'm on the right track. Adam I've been in pre-training mode for about 2 weeks and am ramping up to the 24 week Huddle plan, which I should be starting in about 2 weeks. We're well over 24 weeks away, but I'm adding in a few tapers and rests with an oly in May, and a 70.3 and an oly in June. So for me a 24 week plan is going to turn into a 30+ week plan. Still playing with details right now, but for pre-training I'm mirroring my weekly training schedule for the rest of the year, just with custom distances and workouts. nate |
| 2011-01-03 12:28 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I'm training for a 50K on Feb. 27, so running is priority for me right now. But on Jan. 31 I'll start to mesh a 70.3 training plan (20 weeks) for a June 12 HIM. My coach takes over on May 9, so he will dictate everything after that. Confusing! |
| 2011-01-03 3:18 PM in reply to: #3274303 |
Veteran 118 Somerset, PA | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread abrezo - 2011-01-03 12:39 PM So what is everyone doing from now until the start if their training plans, 30 weeks, or 24 weeks, or what ever. Just curious to see if i'm on the right track. Adam My 30 week plan will start February first. Right now I'm in the post holiday pound shedding mode and dietary change. I'm going to try to lose the 8 pounds I've added since Thanksgiving and start getting the muscles moving again. Trying also to get my body acclimated to very early morning workouts. Peter |
| 2011-01-03 3:19 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Extreme Veteran 877 Pa | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread All this talk about training plans, I guess I should start nailing mine down. ugh I was able to do a walk/ run today without any pain in my foot so another few days of babying it and I'm going to build up the running again after 1/5 weeks off so I can see if I can do this 50k in March. My goal for January is: Swim 3 times, bike 3 times, run, and nail down my schedule(s) for EM and IMKY. Even though I only did a little bit of running today I was happy to get a run sweat going on - I missed that! |
| 2011-01-03 4:35 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 668 Lancaster, PA | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread First day of training plan for me - I will adjust down the road after I get the Fitzgerald book. 4000yds in the pool in the morning and wk6 d3 of Jorge's bike plan. Namaste |
| 2011-01-03 4:45 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Elite 3060 N Carolina | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Right now I am resting a sore leg, so I have a swim focus (my weak link) and am biking when the weather allows. I've got a 16 week plan that is going to start Jan 24th leading up to a HIM on May 7th. After that, I start with a coach to get me to Louisville! |
| 2011-01-03 5:08 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Veteran 671 Harrison, Oh | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I am still battling plantar fasciitis and haven't been able to run one step since IMFL (Nov 6th).....ugh! Will this ever get better!?! Soooo frustrating. Swimming 2 or 3 days per week with my Masters group. Spin class once or twice per week and lots of time on the 'ole bike trainer (boring!). Bright side ~ maybe my bike split will improve this year Happy Training! |
| 2011-01-03 7:52 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
| 22 | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Last Thursday, I rode the first 27 miles of IM Louisville on the computrainer. On Saturday, I ran 45 minutes on the treadmill at 6.0 pace and 2.0 incline. On Sunday, I swam 1500 yards. It was my first time back in the pool since Beach to Battleship Half. As far as plans go, I use triathlon coach Karen Buxton. She has completed nine iron distance races, including Kona. She is a USA Triathlon Level III coach (one of only 10 in the USA) and is a Level II USA Cycling Coach. She creates a training schedule for me around my life schedule (i.e. family, work, volunteer responsibilities). My plan starts on January 10th. Now, if I can just follow the plan then I will be OK. :-) Happy Training and Happy New Year, Danes12 |
| 2011-01-03 8:46 PM in reply to: #3142609 |
Expert 1143 Wellington, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Way to eairly to start "formal" training guys. Im looking to work my running thru Jan/Feb leading into March and the Publix/Georgia 1/2 mary. After that, I will start my "formal" IM training April 1 with my coach. Just doing "base" maintinance workouts now....trainer 1-1.5hrs, 2000 yrd swims, 10k runs. Remember its a long road and starting to eairly can lead to burnout!! |
| 2011-01-03 8:55 PM in reply to: #3274106 |
New user 12 Seymour, Indiana | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread byrdnj, The swim is my weakest leg for sure. So, I will be happy to get there by any means or plan. I guess I will just have to trust his recommendations. I know this seems like a no-brainer, but I'm going to really focus on the bike leg to make sure I don't melt later on the run. I plan on just getting through the swim with good form at an easy pace and "staying in my box." Who knows? Maybe I will adjust the swim program a little further down the road. Decisions... decisions. I'm excited to be in 2011, the year of IM Louisville. Good luck, and I will be interested to hear how the program is working for you down the road. |
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