Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 3)

It's off! I am not supposed to run for a couple weeks.  Going to start swimming and biking a bit more. I am ready I feel like a lazy bum for not doing much the last 3 months.

That is great news I am betting the last 3 months must have seemed like an enternity! I could not imagine going that long without doing some type of training.

I did a few things in here and there but for the most part I stayed relatively busy.

Did a little under 24 miles on my bike @ Speed Cycling in Madison yesterday. Computrainer through the hills of Italy. Swim today at MCP pool over lunch.

Name: Steve and thats my real name

What is your Ironman resume? Couple of 70.3's This is my first Ironman

Why did you choose Ironman Wisconsin? One of the closest to me.  Able to drive my 9hrs and not worry about shipping my bike.

What are you goals for IMWI 2013? It is very simple........finish.  Could care less on my time as long as it is under 17hrs!!!!!!

What are you most looking forward to? The finish line of course!

Veterans any advice you can give early on?  N/A but I will take any advice on fluids/nutrition.  That has been my nemesis!  I have had difficulty in 70.3 races where I was in great shape to rock the event but petered out thanks to dehydration/bonking!!!

Name: Steve and thats my real name

What is your Ironman resume? Couple of 70.3's This is my first Ironman

Why did you choose Ironman Wisconsin? One of the closest to me.  Able to drive my 9hrs and not worry about shipping my bike.

What are you goals for IMWI 2013? It is very simple........finish.  Could care less on my time as long as it is under 17hrs!!!!!!

What are you most looking forward to? The finish line of course!

Veterans any advice you can give early on?  N/A but I will take any advice on fluids/nutrition.  That has been my nemesis!  I have had difficulty in 70.3 races where I was in great shape to rock the event but petered out thanks to dehydration/bonking!!!

Did the loop+ Saturday, 17.2 average for about 58 miles.  Being out of shape and windy left me 1+ mph slower than usual summer training around the loop.  Roads in good shape little pea gravel left over from some resurfacing this fall, no issues on fast sections.  Drivers in good mood, some even cordial.  Saw hunters and heard shots on the first day of gun deer season, didn't die...flak jacket worked well.

Will continue to update road and driver conditions as long as the ice and salt stay off the roads, and darkness keeps from creeping fast.

Couple of years ago I did the WIBA (Wisconsin Ironman Brick Adventure) and enjoyed it. They organize it for free and you pay all of your own expenses. They have a dinner that you can attend and someone gives tips about the course. Saturday you can ride the course and Sunday they do one loop of the run course. Here is the link to last years website;

WIBA: Wisconsin Brick Adventure

Name: rstocks3, real name Bob

What is your Ironman resume? IMWI 2007, IMKY 2008, B2B 2008, IMLP 2009,  IMWI 2009.

Why did you choose Ironman Wisconsin? Because it's Phil's HOOD!!! It's also the best damn Ironman race in the country!!!

What are you goals for IMWI 2013? Have a blast and use Kristin as pace booty at some point in the race!!

What are you most looking forward to? BT PARTY!!!!

Veterans any advice you can give early on? Keep a smile on your face! You never know where the cameras are! Oh yea, don't forget to eat and drink.

I have ridden both the course and the Real Course Video on the computrainer. The course has slightly changed but the video is pretty close to the new course. It would give you a good idea of both the layout and difficulty. My average pace (on the  Real Course Video) is slower on the computrainer than on the actual course. I think when I trained for WI in 2011 I averaged 16 something on the trainer and about 17 something in the race.  I like my computrainer but there are lots of options out there now for trainers. 

Hopefully will get to actually meet up and have a beer or something with you while you are here!  And, I agree that this is THE best IM in the country (but it's looking like IM AZ is catching up).

Phil thanks that would be very much appreciated. I didn't realize that they have changed the course, although I can't say I'm looking forward to more hills I definitely want to become as familiar as I can with the course. Any feedback and advice from you guys who will get to train on the course will go a long way.

Thanks for the feedback and that was exactly what I was hoping to hear. Now the challenge will be to see if my wife will allow me to get one. I've already started working on that. I am hoping she gets tired of hearing me talk about it and gives me the green light to go get one. We'll see.

I would say as long as you have hills to train on you should be fine. Do not stress over not being able to ride the course.  I do have a Computrainer and find training on it is valuable, and it gets me ready for outside riding in the Spring. However, one thing the Computrainer will not do is give you all the turns on the course, but you will get a good hill workout and a general idea about the course.  I live in Madison,  have done WI 4 times, so feel free to PM me if you have questions.   

Nicole

Thanks Nicole and yeah we have plenty of hills to ride on Long Island so I should be fine there. It's funny you mention it but I was concerned more about some of the turns on the course and being able to navigate those safely. I'll have to see if there is something close to that here that I can practice with. I know it's still early but I know I will be asking more about the bike course as the year goes on.

Tony,

The turns on the course aren't bad at all as long as you are aware that you have brakes on your bike and this is an Ironman and not a sprint. If you are ever upstate and are looking for a ride I live in Binghamton and there are lots of great roads with little traffic and very similar to the IMWI terrain.

I would say I would look you up if I'm in L.I. but I'm "allergic" to downstate and the traffic down there. :-)