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Originally posted by Hot Runner

"Cold weather gear" here (that comes out maybe 2 days a year) consists of a single pair of capri-length tights and one long-sleeve tech shirt with a zipper top that I can pull down and sleeves I can roll up when I get warm after 5-10 minutes. Yes, you can hate me. But you might not enjoy trying to do a tempo run or long brick with heat index pushing 120. That would be our "spring" weather in April and May.

Originally posted by JBacarella

I can't do hot. I will melt like Frosty. Give me a balmy 50 F any day.

Originally posted by glfprncs

It was SO nice to run in short sleeves today!!! That said, 20 miles is a LLOONNGG way to go. Good news is I had a GREAT run for 18.5/20 miles today. Bad news? I made the mistake of looking at Training Peaks for next week and I'm going 22 on Saturday. The silver lining? NO HILLS!!!

Originally posted by glfprncs It was SO nice to run in short sleeves today!!! That said, 20 miles is a LLOONNGG way to go. Good news is I had a GREAT run for 18.5/20 miles today. Bad news? I made the mistake of looking at Training Peaks for next week and I'm going 22 on Saturday. The silver lining? NO HILLS!!!

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Ugh....this is what's really giving me pause about full IM. Never thought I'd say it, but the run! The idea of a 3.8 km swim, unless we are talking some sort of big shore break situation or sharks or icy water, doesn't bother me at all. I am not super fast but I have been a distance swimmer since I was a tween and can keep going at a decent clip for 2-3 hours if needed. The bike would have scared me five years ago, but not now. Just like a long day on a bike tour. But the run......I have not done a marathon in--I think--18 years now, nor any training run or race leg over about 2:15. I think that a 2-hour run, actually anything over about 90 minutes, is "long".

Keep thinking about what a 3-hour run might feel like here, or a four-hour plus run anywhere. Long runs were long enough when I was young and fast and a 20-mile run was a matter of 2:20 or something at a pace so fast I could not maintain it for probably one mile now. And then there is the small matter of the 112 mile bike preceding it. OMG.

Originally posted by StaceyK I survived the hills and the heat But I will say that it was the hardest "run" I have ever done. The kilometre that included the very steep hill took me 24 minutes to complete - I have to get faster on hills.

Originally posted by StaceyK

I survived the hills and the heat

But I will say that it was the hardest "run" I have ever done. The kilometre that included the very steep hill took me 24 minutes to complete - I have to get faster on hills.

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Ugh....this is what's really giving me pause about full IM. Never thought I'd say it, but the run! The idea of a 3.8 km swim, unless we are talking some sort of big shore break situation or sharks or icy water, doesn't bother me at all. I am not super fast but I have been a distance swimmer since I was a tween and can keep going at a decent clip for 2-3 hours if needed. The bike would have scared me five years ago, but not now. Just like a long day on a bike tour. But the run......I have not done a marathon in--I think--18 years now, nor any training run or race leg over about 2:15. I think that a 2-hour run, actually anything over about 90 minutes, is "long".

Keep thinking about what a 3-hour run might feel like here, or a four-hour plus run anywhere. Long runs were long enough when I was young and fast and a 20-mile run was a matter of 2:20 or something at a pace so fast I could not maintain it for probably one mile now. And then there is the small matter of the 112 mile bike preceding it. OMG.

Originally posted by Hot Runner Ugh....this is what's really giving me pause about full IM. Never thought I'd say it, but the run! The idea of a 3.8 km swim, unless we are talking some sort of big shore break situation or sharks or icy water, doesn't bother me at all. I am not super fast but I have been a distance swimmer since I was a tween and can keep going at a decent clip for 2-3 hours if needed. The bike would have scared me five years ago, but not now. Just like a long day on a bike tour. But the run......I have not done a marathon in--I think--18 years now, nor any training run or race leg over about 2:15. I think that a 2-hour run, actually anything over about 90 minutes, is "long". Keep thinking about what a 3-hour run might feel like here, or a four-hour plus run anywhere. Long runs were long enough when I was young and fast and a 20-mile run was a matter of 2:20 or something at a pace so fast I could not maintain it for probably one mile now. And then there is the small matter of the 112 mile bike preceding it. OMG.

Originally posted by StaceyK This photo pretty much sums up yesterday’s hills (I’m not in this photo)

Originally posted by StaceyK This photo pretty much sums up yesterday’s hills (I’m not in this photo)

Originally posted by Hot Runner That looks like an expedition, not a race!

Originally posted by StaceyK This photo pretty much sums up yesterday’s hills (I’m not in this photo)

Originally posted by melbo55

Wow, great job getting it done!  That does look quite steep! 

Originally posted by Hot Runner

My thought is I probably wouldn't know if I liked that distance until I tried it. It's less the race day and more the reality of training for it here in the tropics (particularly the run--I detest treadmills and they don't agree with my body, so we'd be talking long runs outside) that scares me. Endurance is my forte and I'm really good at holding a steady pace for a long time; tend to really struggle with the high intensity of sprint and sometimes Only (cramping and especially nausea). Those issues are a lot less with HIM most of the time if I pace properly. I would definitely like to do a full IM at some point; I think I wouldn't know until afterwards if that would be a "one and done" bucket list kind of thing, or something I'd want to do more in the future.

I think I would probably do well if I was properly prepared and no unforeseen issues with illness, nutrition, etc. Mentally it is easier if I think of it more like a long hike--I have done plenty of 12-hour days on the trail. Debating maybe trying an iron-length Aquabike (either as a race or in training) this summer, at least to get a feel for how I might feel after riding 180 km.

Originally posted by StaceyK

This photo pretty much sums up yesterday’s hills (I’m not in this photo)