Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 22)

Last month when I went to my hairdresser she tried to talk me into growing my hair out. Last year I finally cut off my pony tail and now have a pixie. The hairdresser thinks it would look good a little bit longer. I told her I was not going to even think about growing my hair out until November. She didnt understand why I didn't have "time" to fix my hair in the morning. I kept telling her I had a triathlon in November and hair was the last thing on my list right now. When we were checking out she asked me (I thought Id already told her) which triathlon I was doing. So I said Ironman Florida. She gets this stunned look on her face and says - Like the Ironman in Hawaii?  Yeah- that would be the one. Hopefully she now understands why I don't have time (or the desire) to grow my hair out right now. LOL

Me too! I am very excited to return to IMFL and, this time, be part of the wonderful "concierge" service I experienced as an athlete last year.

A have a multi part question for any experienced Ironmen racers out there.

A little background:  I have done plenty of sprint and olympic races, but never anything longer.  My training is going well, I feel comfortable with completing the distances, I am currently up to 100 miles on long rides and 16 miles on my runs with my plan getting me three 20 mile runs before a taper for IMFL.

On the weekend of Sept 26/27 I have two race options to choose from:  The Duke Liver Half or The Chesapeake Man Aqua Velo.

My question is which would be better prep for IMFL?  I have heard that a half to a full are two diffent races and that mentally it is tough to imagine doing the distance 2x as your pacing is different.  But then not sure how the swim and bike without the run would translate either?  Or should I save my entry fees and travel money and just make it a long training weekend instead?

Who knew there would be so many things to think about!!  Geez I like sprints, much simpler.....you sign up, you train, you show up that morning and you go as hard as you can!

Counting down the days!

Thanks for the repost and input Anne!

Anne- I'll see you at Redman, though I am doing the HIM.  I'm good with the bike right now and need to see how my running off the bike is feeling, so putting it all together in the 3 is what I'm looking to get out of it.  Interested in seeing what doing a HIM with very tiny taper (if any) feels like, but excited too as I know that the distances won't demolish me either.

Thanks for all the feedback.  I am signing up for Chesapeakeman AquaVelo.  I also convinced a training buddy of mine who was already signed up for Naylors Beach Oly the next day to do it with me, so I guess in fairness I will do Naylors with him on Sunday.  (I got a flat on that course last year, so I owe it one!)

Sorry if this question has already been answered. What is the closest airport to Panama City? Does Southwest fly anywhere near Panama City? Hubby and son may fly out instead of driving.

How is everyone's weekend going? I had a long training day today. Sprint tri tomorrow morning with a 16 mile run tomorrow. I'm probably going to run home from the race since it is close to our house. I'm looking forward to having Monday off as a rest day.