Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 20)

Thanks to all of those who have supplied course updates and other info. Training has been going pretty good for me. The winter here in Portland, OR has been pretty mild all things considered but have still had to do a lot of time of the trainer.

My February totals were

Swim 9.5 hours 20,300 yards

Bike 21 hours 366 miles

Run 14 hours 100 miles

Feeling really healthy and the most exciting news on my front is I got a killer deal on a Powertap so I am now training and will be racing with power.

Wow.  That was a fun weekend.  I'm jealous of all of you that could actually work out outside. We were pounded with 3 feet of snow overnight on Friday, lost power for 30 some hours and had many local roads completely impassable from snow drifts, downed trees, and power lines.  Many around here still don't have power and some schools are still closed. Winter came all at once and now spring can't come soon enough.

On a lighter note, my Feb totals

S:  23,050yds     B: 349 miles    R: 62 miles

What is the run course loop like? hilly, flat , rollers...probally not flat huh.

I would say mostly flat although there is one pretty good hill that will have to be done twice.

For riding Saturday, hard saying, I don't want to hold anyone back, my longest ride so far is 40 miles on the trainer, no idea how I would perform.

Seconded!  I would love to be able to compare it to some of the "hills" around here so I know where to do my repeats!

Got back into town too late to meet for the ride but did another route and finished up with 62 miles.  Weather wasn't great but not too bad either.  And yeah, I need a lot more days on the bike to get back into shape.

I rode a loop+ on the CT this morning and... oh boy.  I have a lot of work to do before June.

I hope that like every other course I've ridden on the CT and then in real life, that the CT is a lot harder!

Jealous of you guys that get to do it for practice.  I'll be doing a lot of hill repeats from here on out.

Toughest weekend so far.  45 min high RPM, Z1 ride yesterday morning followed by a HM (PR by over 2 minutes!).  Then 4 hours on the CT this morning riding the IM Canada course and a 30 min brick run.  My legs didn't want to move during the brick run and felt like jello walking up there stairs in the house.  Looking forward to a rest day tomorrow!

For those following the 30 week Finke plan, we're halfway there!