Vineman Full Ironman : Official Thread (Page 2)

I have an admit 1 ticket to Vineman IM woot.  Um now what?

Ok what I read on the river thing is that you can expect to swim 1 minute faster for the 2nd half of the swim (down stream) than for the 1st half of the swim (upstream) so not very much of a current at all.  It will feel like the first half is 50 yards longer and the 2nd half is 50 yards shorter out of 2.4 miles. 

The bike can't be as bad as Silverman hill wise.  Please let it not be that bad. I think the hot factor will be a big suckage factor though.  Most of the race reports I read included the omg where has my strength gone it is so hot! somewhere in them.  For us slow first timers it should be very pleasant after it gets dark and settles into an 80F for the remaining hours of the race. 

So has anyone actually started their training plan yet for the IM? How many and what distance other races are you guys planning on doing prior to the IM?  I have a full mary um Sunday, but nothing planned other than this yet for the year.   

I did 70.3, basically the same course as the full.  Very little if any current in the river.  Warm water so no need for a westuit.  At the turn-around the water is really shallow, I stood and turned around and i'm only 5'3"! 

If you did Silverman this should be a piece of cake!  Lots of rollers, so you'll be shifting quite a bit.  The "big hill" is Chalk Hill, it's not awful, but can seem to go on for a while (keep in mind I'm no speedy on the bike).  The course is really pretty lots of vineyards, but the road surface is not always perfect.  watch out for pot-holes, especially when you are in the shade with sunglasses on.

The run is similar but a bit different for the full, I think.  Hills and not too much shade.

Not sure where in Ca you live, but I will be biking the course for training this year.  If you are in the Bay area let me know, I can always use the company   Good luck and happy training!

I didn't actually do the Silverman, but I did the Las Vegas HIM, which I think overlaps some, 100% hills kicked my butt.  This will be my first full IM.  I have a wetsuit for the swim and would use it just to decrease the energy output from the flotation if allowed. 

I am thinking of Full Mary January, 10 miler March, Oly April-May, HIM late May then the last harah training for the IM.  It works really well on paper 8).    

So, looks like I need to train in 100 F weather, run and bike hills and work my arse off this summer.

I live about 350 miles NE of the Bay area, so not so close.  Swimming is still problematic as there is no place to swim within 100 miles of where I live during the winter months.  

Yay just did my first marathon last Sunday, Redding Marathon in 3:48:45, very stoked.  And ya I am still planning on doing the IM, but those last 2-3 miles of the Mary did suck.  I took some days off cuz my legs were um sore and figured I would get walking back down before running again (tonight I jog). 

So what do folks "base training" weekly workouts look like?  Now that the mary is done I need to settle into a training week for the pre-IM Plan workous.  I still have to drive 100 miles each way to swim, so I was thinking something like 30 or so miles run, 100 or so miles biked and 6000 or so yards swam per week.  How's that compare to what you guys are doing for base workouts? 

I am shifting my workout schedule starting this week to help with family time.  Morning bike 15-20 miles, Noon run 5-8 miles leaves only single, shorter workouts for the evenings so 1-2 hours instead of 2-3 hours.  I am also flexing an hour here and there to get out early to get my workout started sooner.  So out at 4pm instead of 5pm allows my workout to be done by 6pm for dinner. 

Now if you were a real morning person you could get in more before work while she is unconscious.  I struggle to get an hour or so in before 7am myself.  This will result in going to bed earlier... which really hurts us night owls.