Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 28)

I swim in Lake CDA 3 or 4 times a week during the summer (May through Sept) and I always wear ear plugs.  Just got in the habit years ago to prevent dizziness and have never had a problem since then.  Any silicone type plug should work fine. 

I've been watching this thread so I can live a little vicariously through all of you.  Won't be racing with you this year but am captain of the Medical tent.  Hopefully none of you will need to come see me but if you want to hobble by after the race and say hi that'd be great!  Good luck in your training and travels.

You can maintain cardio fitness equivalent to running via aqua jogging, but not muscular fitness.  I would recommend a combo of aqua jogging and run/walking when cleared from your doc. Keep your chin up-you never know what will happen.

My family and I do not do a lot of travelling in RV parks, so I anted to throw this question out there becuz it seems a bit shady....

We made a reservation at the Cedar Park Motel & RV Park a few months ago. The agreement was we would send in a cheque for 50% of what we owed for our 4 night stay, I got some bizarre story about why they do not take credit cards... but whatever, sometimes smaller businesses do that. So today, I receive an e-mail from the owner that our payment is due, in full by May 15th, again via cheque. Is this a normal operating procedure? I'm guessing at a busy time like IM the businesses are trying to cover their butts... but seems weird and I really do not want to drive all the way there from Canada to find out we've been screwed over. If anyone has experience with travelling and could let me know what they think I'd feel much better... have enough to worry about in terms of training, I don't want to worry about our accomodations too!!

You might check online with the Better Business Bureau to see if any complaints have been logged against them.....

Foam roller and stretching the hips!

I fought IBT issues for 7 months last year.  I know your pain.  The pain may be in the outside of the knee, but the cause is in the hips.

Hope things turn out with te ITB.  If not you can join me on the walking the marathon club 8).  Injuries for huge events like an IM sooo suck.  Huge time, mental energy, $$, just sucks to be such high stakes and then have something go wrong.  Have heat on my calf atm, I also feel your pain.  Was able to walk 3 miles today woot !

I guess now's as good a time as any to post up.  Are we 8 weeks out now?  The toughest part of training is about to come up, but I am very excited. 
The only major setback I've had so far was a spectacular solo crash last Friday.  I'm mostly healed up, but the bike shop is still inspecting my frame *fingers crossed*. 
IMCDA is going to be
awesome.  I get jazzed just reading the St. George posts right now and trying to imagine what some of them are feeling. 
Soon enough!

Has anyone heard anything new on the practice swims?  Will we still be able to swim on Friday and Saturday even if they are not officially sponsored?

58 days and counting!

I was up in CDA last weekend at the multisport camp led by Paula Newby-Frasure.  Some of the people involved in organizing and running the race were there too.  They told us that the bouys would be up each morning for swim practice (starting Thursday, I think), but that it wouldn't be sponsored by anyone due to insurance reasons.  Thus, you can practice the swim course, but can't check your bag in or count on a kayaker to save you.

The multisport camp was great by the way.  We did a long hard ride in the wind and rain, (one loop plus some).  It was tough, but gave me a good feel for what was in store (a whole lot of steep climbing)!  We also did one loop of the run.  Not as flat as it looks by the way.  There is quite a long climb before the turn around, so I highly recommend doing hill repeats and running some courses with long gradual elevations (you've probably heard that before!). 

They told us other stuff about the race, so I may be able to answer some questions (but then again, maybe not).

Happy training!

Brandi