Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 27)

This morning had to be one of the most miserable rides I've done on the IM Texas course. I was cold and wet the whole time, with temps in the upper 40's & low 50's and drizzle for the first three hours. In five hours, I think I only saw one other bike. I did see a couple SAG vehicles for some group ride....but no riders. The lady working the counter in the store at Richards said a group came through yesterday and decided they were too cold. They called for a ride home and hung out in the store for a while waiting.

Based on the extended forecast, this could have been the last day for a cold ride in this area until next winter. In another few weeks I'll be whining about the heat instead!

I'm so ridiculously undertrained its pathetic.  I don't really have a safe pool to swim in right now and have been sorting thru some life stuff and dealing with an injury.  I'm a mess.  I can probably make it thru the swim and bike without difficulty.  Might be a catered aquabike for me

Just FB friend "Outrival Racing" and RSVP so there will be enough support for everyone who shows up.

Me too.

wow.   I have only ran 17 miles since friday.  no swim, no bike!  Family had a great vacation, but I did miss me some training!  I plan on doing 4k in th epookl tomorrow and a 3hr ride.  I also plan on 4-5hr ride saturday to make up for lost time.  Biggest key now is not to overdue it by trying to make up time.  I may try to meet up with the folks riding Saturday if it falls into place.  Time to get it going and get my peak weeks on

9 weeks from now I hope to be kickin back with a ton of food and cold beer, but between now and then must be a ton of training.

Finally got in my first century. Had to do it on the trainer due to kids issues. Absolute sweatfest but I think that was probably good for what is to come.

Whats on everyone elses docket this weekend?

my main goal is to get back into the groove.  I am so off right now it stinks.  I need to get my butt in gear if I want to improve my time from last year!!!

hey vacation is over now and its back to normalacy right? you'll be fine

Honestly, I'm not the best one to evaluate your training logs as this is my first Ironman as well.  However, I did race bikes as a kid and have done many full and half marathons over the last 6 years.  I have used several coaches but have only found one that I consider to be any good.  This guy is a former elite runner (olympic marathon level) who is a master at helping you build volume without getting injured.  I never realized what a good coach was until I started with this guy.  He's all about not getting injured but building your volume in a way that the race day is a cakewalk. 

Now for this race, I didn't hire a coach (which may be a dumb mistake), but I was pretty successful in my first 70.3 last year using the free program from BT.  Since my only goal for IMTX is to finish and not die, I decided to use the free BT program as well.  The only thing I do different is that I ran 3 marathons in the off-season (under my running coach's supervision) and have maintained pretty good run volume and I am doing more cycling than BT asks for because I have fun with it and don't get injured. 

My overall point is that if you hired a coach to get you in shape for the race but you're sitting here 8 weeks out, injured and not ready, then that might not be the best coach in the world.  I'm not a great expert or anything like that though, so take it for what it's worth.

That being said, if I were in your shoes, I would definitely add more cycle volume and get up to 2-3 100+ milers ahead of the race!  I've seen your other posts and with your good attitude I have no doubt we will see you on the finish line with a medal and a big smile on your face....I just hope I'm there to join you!