Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 21)

u guys are NUTTZ running in the cold weather LOL

I have been hitting the TM consistently!

Now doing the Tour of Suferlandria #Ouch

1 month in the books, 6 more to go

I hear you on the hunger; ate approximately 40 meals today.

Just got the powermeter; tomorrow is my first trip down trainer road.  Unfortunately, the numbers won't lie!

Morning, LP peeps...hope everyone has a good day of training.  I was on the bike for a little over an hour this morning.  Short run for the evening...chance of 5-8" of snow to fall during the day.  Could be a pretty run through the snow!

Happy training, my friends!

Finally starting to get my swim to come around.  For the month, I'm a little under 18,000 meters and today did 31x100 short course meters.  The best signal that the fitness is coming, the average time for each 100 hovered pretty consistently within a second to second and a half of each other.

Now, if I could just figure out how to bike and run everything will work out fine.

TR is the the bomb.

You need to have an ANT+ usb stick for your computer and your HR monitor and cadence/speed sensor need to chat with it.  

The program will talk to the ANT+ to retrieve the information from those other devices.

What model Garmin do you have?

http://www.clevertraining.com/p-11-garmin-usb-ant-stick.aspx?CAWELAID=1318491703&%22cagpspn=pla%22&gclid=CLS71s-Dk7UCFQSf4Aod7AwAdg

Yup, you plug the ant+ stick into your computer. I use a laptop and connect it via HDMI to the big TV so I can watch videos while collecting and monitoring the TR data.

Had some pretty decent gusts in Maryland but our running group took advantage by doing a speed workout on the track against the wind.  Made for a pretty tough work out (did 5 miles + 2 miles with WU/CD).

Had a major breakthrough in my swim today.  Got in 4000 meters and felt great.  It was just one of those days you get in the pool and feel great.

Hello All,

I've been secretly stalking the forum for the past couple of months and thought I would introduce myself.  I am a newbie to endurance sports (one sprint tri, one duathlon, and one half marathon) but signed up for Ironman Lake Placid. 

I chose to sign up for an Ironman after I had a procedure completed to fix two heart conditions, SVT and A-Fib.  Once my doctors cleared me for activity, I wanted to test what my body can do and nothing will challenge me more then the Ironman.  I chose Lake Placid because I am originally from Syracuse and have a very big family in upstate New York.   

I am currently following the Trifuel training program and am on Week 11.  I like the program and it is plenty challenging.  I am not a runner at all and it is really pushing me in this sport.  After reading the forum I bought Don Fink's book so I can possibly hybrid my training plan. 

My first of many questions is since I have no race experience, how much should I plan to race and what distance before the Ironman? 

My current plans are:

April 7th - Half Marathon (St. Louis GO!)

May  5th - Olympic Tri (I havent found one yet)

June 1st - Half Ironman (Toughman Half, Richmond IN)

July 28th - LAKE PLACID

Do you think I should plan more or less races? Possibly sprint tri's just so I can learn transitions etc.  I am very nervous for the swim so I would like to get more open water race swimming experience.  I'm 25 and on a tight budget so I don't plan on traveling too far for any races other then the big one. 

Thanks!!

I think that is plenty of racing.  For skills, you can set up a transition in your backyard or at your favorite open water swim site.

The races will give you a sense of how you deal with breakfast, nerves of the start line, and the confidence that when something goes wrong you can deal with it and keep moving forward.  You can master nutrition during long workouts.  Too many races and you could overthink Lake Placid.

Hi everyone...changed my 2014 IM plans to IMLP and signed up to volunteer for 2013 just yesterday. I just booked Edelweiss Motel on Wilmington towards the bottom of Mirror Lake.  They have ZERO on line presence so I was wondering:

1) how is this location (was told it was 10 min from start/finish)

2) as we're only volunteering, we're making this a little anniversary trip for ourselves. With that being said, is there a lot to do in the LP village?

Any info is greatly appreciated. Look forward to cheering you all on as you race this summer!