Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 3)

I'm probably off by a week!  I guess I'm on the 21 week plan! :-) 

I'm in... back for another after doing it in 2013.  Actually started the Fink plan 10 weeks ago, but wanted to make sure all systems were "GO" before pulling the trigger.

Drove the bike course on the way to my parents house last weekend, the shoulder is in pretty good shape for this time of year - I even saw a guy riding it in the wind and rain... in early February - hardcore!

I'm feeling great as well!  I've had a few 'holy crap, what have I signed up for' moments when thinking about the enormity of the distances.  Buuuut...I know I can do it!

Howdy all!

I'm a few weeks into training and so far, it is going well.  I have done a few fulls in the past and look forward this this race.  Anyone on here complete Ironman Canada (Penticton and Whistler) and can give me a comparison between those races and Coeur d'Alene?  I completed Canada(Penticton) in 2010 & 2012, then Canada (Whistler) in 2014.

Happy training!

TW

Training going great for me! 

Bike and run are going well.  All of my bike training has been on my trainer, but I don't mind that.  Won't be long before I can get outside on the weekends.  The run is good--I'm on the slow side but solid!  My swim time is lacking, but now that it's lighter later I can make it out to Blue Lake to swim twice a week instead of just once. For now I can only focus on my swim endurance, which is fine.  I'm not looking to be first out of the water!

Originally posted by smithe68

Originally posted by ingleshteechur

Training going great for me! 

Bike and run are going well.  All of my bike training has been on my trainer, but I don't mind that.  Won't be long before I can get outside on the weekends.  The run is good--I'm on the slow side but solid!  My swim time is lacking, but now that it's lighter later I can make it out to Blue Lake to swim twice a week instead of just once. For now I can only focus on my swim endurance, which is fine.  I'm not looking to be first out of the water!

Can I just say I am totally jealous of your ability to ows? I don't believe there is a lake in the area that would be warm enough to swim in, most are probably still in the 40's

I second that!  The ice typically is off the lakes around here late May so not too many ows to prep for this race.  

Crashed my bike in Thailand a month ago, but I'm just about back to normal.  My training partners are going nuts because my training schedule is out of whack and they never get to see me anymore!  I can't wait for the snow to melt so we can get our road bikes off the trainers. Lesson learned for next year: Own a fat bike. Life in Alaska...

So, those of you that do training rides out to Higgins Point - do you ride on the road or the Centennial Trail?

I recently road out there on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  The trail was full of kids, strollers, dogs and people so I kept off the trail - it wasn't safe at all.

As I'm flying down the hill at Bennett Bay, a car passes me way too close and then pulls in front of me and slams on his brakes.  I hit my breaks and almost ended up in his rear window.  He opens the window and starts yelling "there's a bike path over there".  I yelled back, "there's a speed limit - it's too crowded for bikes".  We repeated this a couple of times with a few other pleasantries. You could tell this probably wasn't the first time he had confronted a cyclist out there.

You should see my heart rate data for those few minutes!

Hey Scott, good to hear from you!  Would love to have you back in the med tent this year, you can sign up on the IMCDA website like last year if you'd like.  Are you racing Calgary?