Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 21)

whoa-- throwing out a real name?!  this is getting serious.   yeah, i found em.  the grey ones, not the pink pair.   :/  i'll swim tomorrow at 1 for the first time in prolly a year.   which is good b/c yeah, it's january, AND i want to swim sub 1 hour.  shall we start the smack?  i'm doing it.   can one of the math geeks among us tell me what pace i need per 100 yds to swim a 1 hour?

Way to go JeNN!!

Welcome back.  This is for you

BAM!

Very well played, sir. Very well played.

I ran in 15 degree temps yesterday.  Sounds like a heat wave compared to LP.....Brrrr!

Yes, just running aggravates it right now.  Unfortunately, this has been going on for quite sometime.  I got it while training for IMFL ('10), and had to get a cortisone injection for IMLOU this past year as well.  Thought it had cleared up a bit, but it is a very stubborn injury.  I have been seeing a podiatrist & chiropractor for more than a year.  Lot's of icing, stretching, ART treatments, heat therapy, etc..(you name it, I've done it).  Fingers crossed that I can make it through this training season.  I'm taking it nice and slow right now!

No running over the last three days, but I did ski this morning in -23 degrees at Okemo Mountain!

20 hours of skiing has to be worth something in the logbook...

If not, my 3K swim tomorrow at 5am will begin the real count again after this little break in training...then trainer in the pm...

Keep up the good work all!

Dale

I wish I lived somewhere south!  I dont even know what im doing up here, I mean I dont even ski or snowboard or snowball fight!

Question about cassettes

With the hilly course in lake placid which cassette would you guys prefer?

Sram 1050 11-26

or

Sram 1070 12-25

I know very little with those numbers.  I just need one thatll help me climb the longest hill without running out of gear.

Thanks!

Tdotnew2tri - what size crank are you running, standard or compact? Any idea what your average "all day" speed might be on 100 mile rolling course?

Tdotnew2tri - 2012-01-16 9:17 PM

kristinc0916 - 2012-01-16 3:08 PMSwim start!

Kinda happy It's frozen! Hoping for a wetsuit swim. How many times have they have a nonwetsuit swim? Kinda scared without my Batman costume.

At the start of last years race, im pretty sure they said it was the 1st time it had ever been non-wetsuit legal. (but most people still wore them, just couldnt qualify for a kona slot if you did.)

Based on that info, I would strongly recommend switching to a compact crank and most likely a 12/27 cassette. If you have a stock SRAM rear derailleur I *think* a 27 may be a bout as large as you can go, but defer to the techs in the group who know better. I seem to remember somewhere last year Fred-who-wishes-he-had-signed-up-for-Lake-Placid-this-year-instead-of-Mt-Tremblant-and-that-is-why-he-is-lurking-in-the-group-D* posted up a really good analysis of gearing options for Lake Placid. His contention (I think?) was that if you are going to run 6+ hours a compact crank was the way to go. I have to agree based on my own 6 hour experience last year.

*and you know I am kidding Fred - really glad you are contributing to the group - it is really ME that wishes you were racing IMLP this year!

Another slightly cheaper option is change out you chain rings to a 52/38 run the same crank and get a 12-27 cassette. IMOdo this as soon as you can so you can train with this gearing.

btw Rusty’s option is another viable one.

Yes the material in helment breaks down in time.  Not really sure of the expiration date though.  If you ever drop a helmet you should also replace it.  Unseen cracks weaken the helmet severely. 

I've been to races that have checked helmet integrity very well (SavageMan and others) Both Lake Placid Ironmans I've raced they did not check my helmet.