Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 19)

I agree.  < 2500 is a short workout now.  

Do you mean Galveston? The Woodlands doesn't have a 70.3.

IMTX will be my first IM. Can't pass it up since it's right in my backyard, literally!

Week one of training went well. I'm a little disappointed my base isn't where is I would like it to be starting out. I was sick and injured part of Nov and all of Dec. So I feel like I'm starting all over, but I'm sticking to the training plan, so far, so good.

I hope it was a good training weekend for everyone, it's going to be quite a journey!

I am ready for another week to the grinder.  I have had 2 good weeks only because my wife wants me to beat last years time. 

I have been using trainrroad.com for my trainer work outs for the past week.  I look forward to doing trainer workouts because I have a number to chase instead of just hitting zones.  I even had a 3hr trainer ride Saturday with perfect weather because I wanted a challenging ride and boy was it brutal.  This week I may buy a suffest video that is linked up to the website to get some good workouts in.

I still need to swim more, but it is feeling a little better.     

I am doing Galveston as well. I enjoyed it last year and it does fit into the training schedule pretty well. Nice to knock the cob webs off of transitions and racing a month out from IMTX.

So far, no missed training sessions here. 2 weeks in and all is going as planned. I have a 10 mile run scheduled for this afternoon. Lots of changes to my plan this year as opposed to last year. its a littel too early to tell how it will all pan out, but it feels right so far.

As for the sickees, hopefully it has run the course through my house without getting me. Both the wife and squid had boughts of respiratory infections the last couple of weeks, but now both are fine. I made sure and scrubbed EVEYTHING in the house!

It is worth every bit of the 10.00 they charge a month.  My understanding is right now, instead of custom workouts, they have a free ride.  A free ride basicaly gives a 0 for the target power and allows you to ride as you feel.  People who have custom plans do these and ride as thier plan is written. 

I tried it out last night and it is awesome! I normally struggle through an hour on the trainer, but the session last night flew by.

patrick/brent/others... you using traineroad hr or power based? i see you can use either, just curious

keep up the awesome work everyone!

I am using power, but I glance at HR and make a mental note. I found watching the power number keeps me from over cooking trying to get my HR up real fast during an interval.  

I'm using power also. I haven't looked into it but, there is an option to calculate power based on your trainer. I don't think it will be acurate, but it could give you data points to track improvement.

Watching the graph of my actual power output vs planned will hopefully help me keep constant efforts. It's much easier for me to watch a graph instead of checking my 3s and 30s averages every couple minutes.

Hello everyone. Just thought I would check in as i have not posted in a while. Last week was a little lite on the training as I was getting ready for the Houston Marathon. I did the half and suprised myself by how well I did. going in I hadn't run longer than about 7 miles. I was able to finish the half in about 2:10.

I don't know the exact time because they screwed up my bib numbers. I had originally signed up for the full but as the race approached I didn't feel like my training was there so I switched to the half. Appantently they gave me the wrong bib and the bib number I wore was not activated.

I remember the first mile gun time being 25 minutes and finishing at 2:25. I was in the 10.5 minute group so that is how i figure I ran 2:10 plus or minus. it dosn't bother me much but Zi do think they should give me a refund on the $40 they charged me to switch races.

Anywa, no running ofr me this week. Got masters swim tonight and thursday and Spin classes Wensday and friday with a bike ride Sunday.

Have a great training day everyone!

Nice job on the half, that race is on my to do list someday. Still hard to get a spot? I have heard it sells out super fast.

I never rode up there during the week so I can't help you there. We always parked at the Wal-mart just down the road. We never had any problems. Here a link;

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wal-Mart+near+Montgomery,+Texas&hl=en&ll=30.391682,-95.654354&spn=0.086475,0.139732&sll=30.390127,-95.686455&sspn=0.021619,0.034933&oq=montgomery+texas+wal-mart&vpsrc=6&gl=us&hq=Wal-Mart&hnear=Montgomery,+Texas&t=m&fll=30.390794,-95.645428&fspn=0.086475,0.139732&z=13

You could also park by the store in Montgomery.  There is a little candy store in the strip center there that sells pickel juice snow cones.   Also, the historic district in Montgomery would be good.  People are always antique shopping around.  I do not hear of any crime, but I would still move my parking around a little.