Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas : Official Thread (Page 23)

QT2 loves them some Texas.

Hahahahaha

. I'm doing IMFL this year too. I've got a really soft goal for this race, so I'll be trying to just have fun with you guys.

You are not kidding about your auto-sig quote, are you?

Nice sessions to wrap your peak up!

Oh awesome!! We will have a HUGE group at IMFL...Maybe we will meet at IMTX! More people I know, the more fun I have!

I will be staying at the Hilton Homewood suites in TX and Laketown Wharf in FL.

Only two of us racing IMFL in our group, the others are going to get in for 2014.

For IMTX I hope to get sub 12:30hrs, but will be OK with sub 13hrs, and will really just be happy to finish and not feel like dying....IMFL I will be going for low to mid 10hr. I am taking 3 months off work just to train for FL.

Oh come on....You HAVE to go into this with more than that! Just get through your swim, go EASY on the first 40-50 miles of your bike, give a little more 50-90 miles, then whatever you have left for the last 22 miles...Then just run/walk the run, and you will still have a good time...

Just think EASY, and then go a little bit easier than that for the first half of the bike and run, then try to finish stong...Or just finish!

Glad I can help. There were a lot of disappointed swimmers on Saturday, so a 1.3 mile loop makes sense. I was under the weather (still am) so I didn't get in to compare.

I had it confirmed on very good authority that the road would be fixed, so I'm not worried. If you remember, 149 got a new coat just a week or so before the race in 2011.

Oh and water temp was 74 this morning...but all of you already know this since you like my Swim Shops FB page!!

Yes, but that leaves 80% that you won't be.  A finish is a finish, though...

Prior to Saturday, I was hoping for sub-14 and would have been happy with a sub-15, but truly would have been happy with sub-17.  I know three weeks is a long time to work out whatever I did to my shoulder in my fall, but my range of motion is crap right now, so I'm most worried about the swim.  I think the bike and run is not going to be affected even if I feel the same way then as I do now.  I'm in the same boat as Bradley from a 1 and done standpoint, so crossing the finish line is most important.  If you see a guy with two arms swimming with just one, you've probably found me!...hopefully it doesn't come to that, but I was undertrained on swimming to begin with having only gotten in one 4000m straight swim so far (last week).

I did see that...I like the person who said to put Ice in the lake on the 17th! Can you handle that for us

Please stay cool. I need all the help I can get to get through the swim!

Thanks to everyone for their comments RE: my bike crash. The last couple of days have been a bit of a haze but I am feeling better. Still black and blue but already in negotiations with my fiancee as to when I am returning to my (tapered) training. I need to get on the bike and get the nerves / anxiety out of the way before IMTX

bradleyd3 - 2013-04-29 10:34 AM

pprice72 - 2013-04-29 10:29 AM

bradleyd3 - 2013-04-29 10:22 AM

pprice72 - 2013-04-29 10:18 AM For IMTX I hope to get sub 12:30hrs, but will be OK with sub 13hrs, and will really just be happy to finish and not feel like dying....

All kidding aside here....there is about a 20% chance that I will be Mike Reiley's last call out of the night. No, smileys...no LOL's.....real talk.

 

Oh come on....You HAVE to go into this with more than that! Just get through your swim, go EASY on the first 40-50 miles of your bike, give a little more 50-90 miles, then whatever you have left for the last 22 miles...Then just run/walk the run, and you will still have a good time...

Just think EASY, and then go a little bit easier than that for the first half of the bike and run, then try to finish stong...Or just finish!

After this weekends workouts, I'm confident that I'll finish.....barring something out of my control. I had some good workouts this weekend...... I avergage about 16mph on the bike and running is in the 12-12:30 range.....unless it all comes shockingly together on race day, we're looking at a 15:30 race. I'll be estatic with anything sub-15. Y'all just save some food/beer at the finish line!

Last year was hoping to finish and best case would be low 15 hrs. I had barely gotten into triathlon 8 months prior to doing IMTX. Ended up sub 14hrs and would have done better except for some cramping on run. Your times are exactly what I was thinking I would be doing in 2012.

If anything like my wife, best of luck with the negotiations with the fiance...that might be your biggest obstacle!

Apparently the rain on saturday warmed the water 4 degrees. Water was a little chilly getting in but decided to go without the wetsuit. Once I got going the water felt great. I dont know how people do the wetsuit in 76.2

Ya, I think something is floating around. I was sick all last week too. I figured the lake water wouldn't help, so I scrapped the practice swim. Also, Lake Woodlands doesn't have a hot tub and that where I do most of my swim training, so ya... 

You're asking the wrong guy! I'm pouring all my hot coffee in there every morning!