TOTW: Kona Discussion Thread: Georgia (Page 2)

Reading J22's blog is a vicarious trip to Kona..

If I ever was to be so lucky as to get a lottery slot for the big dance, I would want to go about training exactly like he did..

Gonna be fun watching the day unfold - Can't wait!

What's left:

Wed

· Registration

· 20 min swim

· 10 mile bike

Thu

· 10 min swim

· Off feet

· Hydrate

· Pack transition bags

· Get to bed early

Fri

· 2 mile run

· Off feet

· Hydrate

· Bike checkin

Saturday

· Race Goals

· Finish – at all costs

· Sub 5:00 marathon

· Sub 12:30 overall

· Mental Plan

· Smile

· Race my race; not someone else’s race

· Patience on the swim and bike so I can run the run.

· There are two ways to get home: in an ambulance or across the finish line!

· Pace Plan

· Easy swim - Find feet to draft off of.

· T1 (apply sunscreen to legs, neck, face; gloves and arm coolers for upperbody sun protection)

· Bike – Keep watts around 160 on the flats and under 235 on the hills; keep HR in 140 to 150 range on flats and under 175 on hills

· T2 (apply sunscreen to legs again; take sunscreen and apply to arms, face, etc. while running)

· Run – Run aid station to aid station (keep pace slow until turn around on Ali'i); thank volunteers

· Nutrition Plan

· 2 gels before swim start

· 3 hr feed bottle on bike at the top of every hour

· Gel with water at the bottom of every hour

· water on bike (3 mouthfuls) every 15 mins

· Gel every 2-3 miles on the run (or whatever I can get down – Gatorade, coke or chicken broth)

Edited by jonathan22 2008-10-08 12:36 AM

You guys might want to check out some of the pics from tribullbutter's blog. He has some good pics already (unlike our sorry pics).

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/index-weekly....

Just wanted to throw my $.02 in.

JC & I and couple of others have been doing long runs on Sunday together for the last 6 weeks or so. The kid is ready both physically & mentally. He has told me alot about his journey and it has been pretty inspring to hear about his and his family's committment to this thing.

I wish you all the luck in the world and will be sending you some good race karma from Chicago. It'll be hard to complain during the marathon knowing that I didn't swim 2.4 miles & ride 112 before it. Kill that thing!

JC: Do me a favor. Ride up next to D. Ficker and tell her Jason Hux said hello. My brother was a college housemate of hers back at U of Alabama. He had no idea till recently that she had gone on to become famous..... or atleast to famous to us.

Focus time.. like everyone said, have fun first. This is the big dance of our sport, and you get to play. After the training you put in, you certainly deserve to be there. Good luck on the course.

Another way to look at it.. is that you may have more people watching you do this one event, than at any other time in your life, past or future.  No pressure.

Good luck J22..and all other Kona racers. J22-you put in crazy training hours and volumns. You are more than ready to tackle the distance. Have fun. And remember, we are all watching you

Good luck...do your race and finish with a smile.

Go Get 'Em Jonathon.  Have a great day. 

I'll be thinking about you all day - I know you will have a fantastic race and you'll have all of us from the ATL cheering you on!

Go time baby! Time to start unloading some of that hay!

Just watched the live start of the pros on the website www.ironman.com .  How cool is technology?  Andy Potts is off to a GREAT start.  I'm so pumped to watch this all live (throughout the day).  Go racers!

Jonathans swim posted: 1:14:37!!

18.54 mph thru the first 5.5 miles

his GPS tracker is not working or still in transition.  oh well.  Go Jonathon

Another 18.54 mph split through 28 miles. Great pace Jonathan!

Friend that did Kona last year said that the bike course can be brutal.  Jonathan has a great pace going after posting a sweet swim time!

Headed out for a while now. Keep up the good work Jonathan!
Tracking him in this race is very inspiring ... makes me really want to do one.