Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 3)

Just checking in.

How is the training going?

i'm doing a marathon on Mar 20. anyone else training for a spring marathon?

I'm doing the Shamrock marathon in Virginia Beach.

I'll see you at both races.  :D

Doing CdA as my first (my dad is doing it as well), then AZ with my brother (his 4th), dad, and a bunch of friends.   Should be quite a party.   It will either be an attempt at retribution, or a fantastic PR.

 I agree.  I am also still building base but if I go with the 30 week plan it should start next month.  With this plan I am worried about burn out and it starting a little on the light side with the bike and run.  Just curious what others are using.

 I too am confused with the lack of post.  Maybe others are concerned with earlier races.  Happy training Velcromom!

I've been focused on IM Cali coming up this weekend.  After that, will be doing my first 100 mile run in June, which has me a little anxious. 

Then it's all IMAZ.   Should leave about 5 months of focused training. 

I started training back in January.  I've using the BT 1/2 plan for the Marquee race on April 10 then will take some time off from structured training and then start with the BT IM plan.  I feel like the strategy is working great so far.  I did an Olympic distance race last weekend and had a great race.  Body is feeling good and so far happy with the year.

I am not racing at all over the summer.  Where I live it gets to 120 over the summer.  This will be my first IM and plan on sticking to the plan and seeing how it all turns out.

I'm focused on training for Wildflower Long Course right now and will start private coaching in June for IMAZ.

Did head down to Lake San Antonio to ride/run the Long Course this past weekend (I did the Oly at Wildflower last year) and had the most miserable ride of my life on Saturday. It poured the whole ride and the winds and hills were merciless. I'm so glad that IMAZ is a flat bike course!

I will use the ironfit plan (competitive version). starting a week early so the oly and him prep race line up with the plan.  Over the past couple of weeks, I have been "acclimatizing" to the ironfit routine.  

This is my second IM, with my first being IMAZ 2010.  I am looking forward to overcoming some mistakes from last year.  

Happy Training to all of you....

Chris

Funny, I just found this thread.  It showed up when I dropped IMAZ into my race log.

I'm in for this November!  I have dedicated this whole year to get ready for it and to set a PR (third IM).  My first goal was to drop some extra weight to get faster this time around.  The second, was to get a better base.  So far so good on both.  Down 25 lbs since Jan 1, and been really solid with training.  I have my first set of races in a couple weeks...