Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 21)

"For those of us that don't happen to have one yet what are the grades for the hills at CDA?"

I've posted a plot of the elevation and grade vs. distance here:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1tt9NTzW7KnNTI0Y2M1YzMtZGY1NC00MzM...

It looks like the grade tops out on the climb between miles 25 and 27, with a couple of really steep short sections right around 25 while heading north away from Hayden Lake.

Thats exactly what I was looking for I just couldn't seem to find it.  Thanks for the info thats awesome

I Have to get one of those!!

40 Weeks to go

20 week marathon plan starts tomorrow for me!

Planning on the Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans

Wow, how far I have fallen. Did my first LT run workout in a few years today. My LT pace was slower than my former marathon pace. Glad we have 8 months left, gonna need everyday of it to get to where I want.

WOW ONLY 8 MONTHS ALREADY??!!?! Time is flying by! I think it will go faster the second time.

Is anybody planning on running the Arizona RNR Marathon in January?

No, but I'm doing IM AZ in November.

Thinking about Surf City Marathon in Feb (Huntington Beach, CA).

Had my first good swim workout in over a decade, and I'm pretty stoked about it. Looking forward to getting back where I was in high school.

I did that one a few years ago.  It's great!  Gorgeous scenery.

Hey Shermbelle!  I'm doing the Mardi Gras half.  Maybe I'll see you there  

JERRY! Nice to see you on  here!

I'll probably do RnR AZ too (if Jerry does it)...

Great! Maybe see you guys out there! My tri team is making it a team race so there will be a lot of us CDA-ers out there.

Cool, I have never been to New Orleans. Excited to finally get there.

So leave it to me to let triathlon dictate our vacation schedule, but I'm thinking of taking two weeks off from work this fall or winter.  Possibilities include over Thanksgiving, or in early to mid-January.  Would the latter end up interfering with training too much?  It's my first IM, but I'm coming from a distance-running background, and will be running the Portland Marathon in a week and a half.  I'm hoping to take some time off from serious training for the rest of October, then gun it up again in November. 

If I took that approach, how harmful would it be to take half of January off from training completely?  I haven't decided on a specific training plan yet, but I'm guessing something along the lines of 20-30 weeks, which the vacation would happen with 25ish weeks to go.

Thoughts?

Wow, so I'm guessing the grade given on the Mapmyride.com site is not accurate?  I got really scared when I first saw your chart because that website listed the STEEP hill from my HIM as 4%.  Imagine my panic when I saw 15% plus on a few sections   I had to search for the CDA bike course just compare apples to apples.  Turns out that site has the steepest CDA grade at 3%!

Yeah I guarantee you the hills are steeper than that.

X2...as a CDA finisher, i can say i WISH the hills there were 3%. Theres some steep stuff, but the scenery makes it all worth it.

There is a warning sign on the side of the road that says that the  hill on the first out and back section is 6%.  This hill isn't even in what people call the IMCDA hill section.

I rode that section again on my computrainer tonight. It has it at 3.6% for almost the full length of the hill going out and 3 on the way back down it.

Anyone else having trouble just maintaining and not jumping to 15 hr/wk right now?

I am starting to work on my run a little and increasing my long rides on the bike before winter comes.  Really looking forward to logging some major hours on the indoor trainer.

I am having trouble just getting in the gym! Seriously, after a long year, its nice to be lazy for a bit. But I better soak it in now, because it is back to the grind next week with run focus and masters swimming