Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas : Official Thread (Page 22)

papson14 - 2013-04-27 9:12 AM It was supposed to say post up pictures of race ready bikes. I like your orange calve sleeves idea. I made the switch to bright green shoes last year to help my family identify me as well. As an average sized white guy wearing black, I tend to blend in

As do I. My white/grey kit stood out, but with the dirty water we will be in I figure I better go black. I just ordered some of those "ON Cloudracers" which are white and orange, so I will match on the run. I will totally not match on the bike as mine is red/blk/white, my bike shoes are bright yellow, and if I wear those orange calf sleeves...Well, I will stand out for sure lol. I think I will wear my black sleeves for the bike and change them to the orange for the run...I am sure I will need the break anyway, so what is another minute

I aint going to 'win', so its all about look good right haha

maybe he was telling you to take it easy.... Rest well and recover. By this point most of you have done the work, just stay healthy.

Forecast this morning said winds NNW at 6-9 ... THERE IS NO WAY THOSE WINDS WERE 6-9! ... easily blowing 15 with gusts higher than that! Got my 100 out of the way, had lunch, and will be heading off to the lake for a 1 hour OWS. Tomorrows run should be fun. Supposed to be at least 80 and I am waiting till the heat of the day to head out. race prep at its finest!

Jte, it happens to all of us (and to me a few weeks ago. Long story involving a Miata) so I feel your pain. A few easy days is probably all it needs to feel right again.

1 hour OWS this morning and then last long bike ride. 5 hours in the Marin Headlands (steep, long hills/ Mt. Tam) and then back over to SF.

<1 mile from my house and I get t-boned by an SUV coming from the opposite direction and pulling into a street "to pick up his pizza from Roundtable"! Everything happened in slowmotion and I was just braking, screaming for him to brake and bracing for impact. He hit me hard on the left side of my body, went flying and luckily he broke. I don't know how I landed but I didn't hit my head, nothing is broken and I am just black and blue from the impact. Cops, fire dept and paramedics came which I thought was a lot of attention for me. I declined the ambulance ride but did go to the ER with a friend after my shower. They are not worried about anything too bad but did tell me that i am going to be very sore for about a week. 

A bit of a monologue but I know I am SUPER SUPER LUCKY! My poor fiancee is out of town and super worried but I am fine. I always wondered what it would be like to be hit by a car and now I know!

Phew.

20 miles run and 2 miles swim yesterday...

Today...my last long ride!!! I have planned 6 hrs ride today thru the IMTX route... any words on the weather/road conditions this morning after the that crazy rain from yesterday and last night?  Would not like to set my mind to ride in the trainer for that long, but, we are so close to the end and don't won't to risk it either... 

And once again, perspective is gained.  So glad it sounds like you'll be ok in relatively short order.  Take care of yourself.

. Wow, that's terrible. So glad you're okay. How do you feel? How's the bike? Rest up.

. 350 a night! Wow.

Crazy hearing about everyone's issues with the peak training but glad to hear there is nothing too serious!

Done with my peak! Worst part was driving 1.5 hours to do my ride and forgetting my shoes... No bike stores nearby that had shoes so had 120 clicks on flat pedals w/ toe clips!

Ready for taper! For the first time all training cycle, I blew off my 4500 yd swim and 30 min run yesterday. Just didn't feel good and kept falling back asleep. Everything I've read says the big risk is sickness/injury at this point, so I just decided to listen to the body. Today was a 101 mile ride and 5 mile run. Felt good. Big time negative split and then the fastest 5 miles I've seen in awhile with the same effort. Guess my body liked the extra food I consumed on the ride and the extra rest. Mentally, it really helped me to feel good at the end of the ride instead of beat up like I did earlier in the cycle.

This is my first IM. I'm so nervous! The training volume is killing me! I'll be so glad to get back to shorter stuff. It's way too hard to train for an IM with 2 kids, a husband and a full-time job! Ugh!

Good luck everyone! I love reading about everyone's training. Although the volume some of you put in freaks me out! Makes me feel underprepared for sure!

Oh there will be NO TALK of "almost"...You gonna DO IT!! I will be right there with ya having fun and just enjoying it! I am going to do IMFL also this year, so I am using this one to 'get my feet wet'....What ya going to wear? If I see ya slackin, I will give you a pep talk and get your butt movin lol.

You cant miss my bike, it will be the only one with Batman Symbols on the rear disc I bet

^^^ This. 

Oh and my buddy runs a punisher logo on his disc and I have another with a Superman logo (pretty ballsy if you ask me) on his wheel cover.  So don't be so sure.  LOL.

Ha, we might have all the super heros covered ...Batman is the coolest though haha

What kind of taper are you guys looking at?  I have no coach or plan, so winging it.

I'm ending 16 weeks at pretty consistent at 2-3 swims/wk (shoulder issues), 180 miles bike, and 45 miles running/week, capped with 100 mile rides, 20 mile long runs, and 2 mile bricks of each ride.  

I'm thinking maybe 30% reduction this week, another 20% next week, then coast in race week. 

What kind of finishes are you guys looking at?

Thanks TJ for having the open water swim on Saturday in Lake Woodlands. I was lacking in my swim confidence so needed to tackle this demon. Went without wetsuit and completed two loops in 1:33. One loop was supposed to be 1.2 miles but everyone was getting 1.3+ . Having barely learned to swim two years ago, I will take that time. Just looking for 1:30-1:35 in the race. With the overcaste conditions, found some good landmarks to site off of as all the splashing in the race sometimes hides the buoys.

For those looking at the longterm forcast...Race is cloudy in the morning and warming up to 90 in the afternoon. That is more like it

What is the update on the chipseal section?

Mike - All that rain Saturday afternoon thwarted my long ride and had to sit inside on the trainer. I don't have an update for you as I also haven't heard from the guys I know who rode Sat am on the course. I'll reach out to them and see what they saw.

I will be riding the course beginning at Bear Branch Middle School this Saturday with my coach and his athletes. Planning wheels down by 6:45 if anyone is interested in joining or following along.

This weather is ridiculous. I ran the Green 6.2 in CityCenter on Saturday and I believe that was my first tempo run in some decent humidity. Body was seriously sweating but felt great. Set a new PR on 10k. Nothing compared to last year's weather at this time.

I was still holding onto the hope of it being wetsuit legal given the forecasted cool weather even late into this week in The Woodlands.  I know I can wear the wetsuit and take the penalty, but I didn't want to miss out on the mass start...that's part of the fun, right?