Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 25)

Originally posted by ultramike

You can officially count me out for Coeur d'Alene. It has been 3 weeks since my injury (tibialis anterior tendonitis). It is getting better though. I ran for 15 minutes yesterday without any pain. And it doesn't hurt to walk anymore.

I'm turning my focus toward Ironman Canada in Whistler on July 27th. My bike and swim fitness is stronger than ever, and between short runs and water running I feel like I can do this.

Good luck to everyone. I'll be following you guys online on June 29th.

Originally posted by ultramike

You can officially count me out for Coeur d'Alene. It has been 3 weeks since my injury (tibialis anterior tendonitis). It is getting better though. I ran for 15 minutes yesterday without any pain. And it doesn't hurt to walk anymore.

I'm turning my focus toward Ironman Canada in Whistler on July 27th. My bike and swim fitness is stronger than ever, and between short runs and water running I feel like I can do this.

Good luck to everyone. I'll be following you guys online on June 29th.

Originally posted by ultramike

You can officially count me out for Coeur d'Alene. It has been 3 weeks since my injury (tibialis anterior tendonitis). It is getting better though. I ran for 15 minutes yesterday without any pain. And it doesn't hurt to walk anymore.

I'm turning my focus toward Ironman Canada in Whistler on July 27th. My bike and swim fitness is stronger than ever, and between short runs and water running I feel like I can do this.

Good luck to everyone. I'll be following you guys online on June 29th.

Originally posted by rbhancock1

Rookie question: At the bike aid stations, are the bottles of Perform(TM) given out in cage-ready bottles? How many ounces do they hold. And, in your collective experience, is the solution properly mixed -- not too weak or strong?

Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by citaltfort

I saw a post on the CdA Facebook site that explained the number thing. It has to do with categories of participants. Blocks of numbers are reserved for certain things, some of which cross over the age group boundaries.

"Pros are numbered 1-99. Then PCs, then numbering goes to
Ironman Foundation (YJYC, slot entries, Team In Training, etc)
Lastly (why age groupers are spread) we have gifted Kootenai County Residents with a group of numbers as a thank you for supporting Ironman"

Originally posted by rbhancock1

Hi, all. Hope everyone's finishing up their major training, and transitioning to peak/taper.

Last long ride today. It was going great until the last mile, when a young man turned left in my path while I was moving about 20mph. I hit the brakes hard and did a beautiful full somersault endo. Right elbow and hip are pretty banged up. Nothing broken, though. And Sasha (my P3) appears to be okay.

Feeling lucky. That could have been much worse.

Originally posted by rbhancock1

Hi, all. Hope everyone's finishing up their major training, and transitioning to peak/taper.

Last long ride today. It was going great until the last mile, when a young man turned left in my path while I was moving about 20mph. I hit the brakes hard and did a beautiful full somersault endo. Right elbow and hip are pretty banged up. Nothing broken, though. And Sasha (my P3) appears to be okay.

Feeling lucky. That could have been much worse.

Originally posted by johnson

58.7 degrees was the lake temp this morn! Cool weather over the weekend did not help our cause. Supposed to be hot there this week. My fingers are crossed for some 90 degree days for the next 10 days.

You all stoked or what??

Originally posted by Baowolf

Grats on all the hard work and racing going on, good stuffs.

Just checking in here, This is our 25th wedding anniversary and may go for a run with my wife in a bit. There are a bunch of things I "should" be doing, like changing the cleats out on my bike, putting on race tires, etc.... but I really don't feel like doing it. I'm at that point in taper where I don't really have any energy back and the workouts are getting shorter, but I really don't have any motivation to do them. It is a normal part of the taper process and you just do them, but it is the kind of limbo part of the training. The lake is up to 58F in CDA, so.... not sure how much warmer it is going to get in 12 days. I will be meeting up with Samantha there and hopefully Mitch can meet us at her house for a meal or just to hang out for a while.

Yesterday I went for a short ride, but it was odd because there were several trucks just parked in the middle of the lane. Ya we don't have shoulders so much around here, but a hay truck and a horse trailer take up a lot of realestate on the road when they are just parked there. There was also a cow that "ran with me for a while" on the bike before he tried to jump the fence to get back to the less greener grass. Poor little guy took a spill, must have been watching how the deer do it and he couldn't quite clear the fence with no moon present. The big cows duck through the strands, so he needs some lessons. I fear I have lost faction with the cows today. There was a snake on the road a couple days ago, but he wasn't coiled. Keep your head up as much as you can on the bike.