Timberman - Half Iron : Official Thread (Page 3)

Welcome Cory!  Congrats on your first HIM.  This will be my second, I did the Austin HIM last year.  As far as housing.  Many of the events for the weekend are actually held within the Gunstock Mountain Resort.  If you go to their site you can seach for lodging.  Many of the options have suites and cabins that can house more people.  They will vary on location and price.  They also vary on level of accomodation from resort and spa to bare bones. 

D.J.

Anyone knows how many people are signed up already for the race by any chance? 

Anyone who has been there before that could give me a hint or two about which hotel to choose?

Which one is close to the start line and not too expensive? 

Thank you in advance

After obsessively thinking about this race since this time last year, I finally registered!  Will be my first half ironman.  My heart sank a little when I pushed the registration button (out of both fear and excitement).  Next step is to find a place to stay....

I am also trying to figure out the best training plan for me, and need to do it quick since next week marks 20 weeks until the race! Does any one have experience with the BT beginner half plan? 

Kaitlin

Welcome to the club!!!  I'm in the same boat as you, said "what the heck" and pressed submit - we can do it though!!!  1 hour each morning before work 4x a week, 1 hour after work 3x a week and a big day on the weekend.  That's my plan - I'm not sure I can follow the BT 20 week program.  Goal to get in tons of miles on the bike, build the run slowly up to 13 miles by July 15th, and swim, not to get faster, but to build endurance so I'm not tried when I hit the bike.  There nice and simple, right?  Best of luck, let me know how you are progressing every now and then...

Todd

I found this place to stay for $89 a night:

Rodeway Inn Tilton
788 Laconia Rd
Tilton, NH  03276
603-524-6897

It's a little ways away from the starting line, but within reason.  Not sure if they have any vacant rooms left.

I used the BT 1/2 Iron last year and it worked well for me.  I completed the Austin 1/2 Iron in under 7 1/2 hours.  I am following it this year as well as I have added in some plyometrics due to chronic calf injuries.  (Not a result of the program). 

I would also suggest that you put another smaller race in your schedule.  Like a Sprint or olympic distance.  Then you can gage how the program is working for you.  I had my Olympic race at week 9. 

Good luck and have fun... DJ

Day 1 done! 2500 yards in the pool was a little boring. Can't wait to get outside to swim and only have to do 2 really long laps out and back across Walden pond!

That plague is a rough one.  Everyone where I work was passing it back and forth for most of feb and march.  You'll come back and be ready to go in a week or so!

Kaitlin

Hi All.  I am registered for this bad boy.  It will be my first HIM as well.  So looking forward to the experience.

I've had a good winter maintaining my run fitness and working on my swim but about a month ago I pulled my back out playing catch with my son and just back at my training now.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back up fairly quickly.

This yr is only my second yr particiopating in triathlons.  Last yr I had the hardest time staying calm in my OWS when training.  Race day I seem to be fine but the shadows from the deep dark bottom of the lakes get my heart racing like no other.  Any recs on how to stay calm?  Will I get over this in time?

Hi Mighty Mom,

In a similar place with my experience level, except I'm more comfortable with the swim, and not as good with the run.  I will say the swim will get better with more time in the water - that's about the only way to get over it.

Good luck, and hope to see you there.

I have only been racing one year more than you, and always have the same open water issue for the first few swims as well.  I have found that it just goes away the more you get in there.  Hopefully you can do an open water swim at least once a week to get used to the idea that JAWS does not actually live in a pond (maybe that is just my fear

By the way, halfway though week 2 and I can no longer stay awake past 9pm and want to eat everything in sight...

hmm.  I did at least one OWS a week all last summer (June-Aug).  I was just as anxious the last swim as I was the first.  It's not just the fear of jaws (yeah, me too).  The thought od snakes and the news story about jellyfish at Walden do not help my anxiety levels.