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 2009-04-18 5:22 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
Master  1376    Chicago |  Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official ThreadHey Everybody, The wife and I are going to be in Louisville next weekend for the Derby Marathon (I'm doing the half) and I'm looking to ride a loop of the course on Sunday morning. If anybody is interested in riding shoot me a PM. I plan on heading out from the Galt House around 6:30am on the 26th for a loop through LaGrange and will probably do the out and back on 1694 as well. According to the map I should be able to take River Road to 42, but I thought the bridge was out around there. Can anybody confirm that and if it is can you shoot me directions on how to avoid it? I appreciate it. Matt |
| 2009-04-19 8:57 AM in reply to: #2087843 |
| New user 8 Louisville | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread That should be a good ride. This will be my first Ironman so I am looking for something like this. Do they have a website for more details?
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| 2009-04-21 11:54 AM in reply to: #1742108 |
Member 20 | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I see most of you have started racing already...I thought I would be in shape for it too... but I think the weather is affecting my 'optimism' lately. I keep focused on IMKY but I would love to do some racing before... So far just thinking about 1 Sprint, 1 Oly and 1 Half... any opinions on the effect of 'over-racing' before the IM? And... I know there are fanatics out there who do 6+ IMs a year... but I need to keep my day job ;( |
| 2009-04-21 1:49 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
Member 11 Indiana University | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Well, despite what the website says, all the community foundation slots are gone, so I'm heading over to IMWI....next year though, I fully expect to see all of you in Louisville If any of you are doing Steelhead, I'll be there too....but best of luck to all of you! |
| 2009-04-21 2:02 PM in reply to: #2094297 |
Champion 8540   the colony texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread mattb1 - 2009-04-18 5:22 PM Hey Everybody, The wife and I are going to be in Louisville next weekend for the Derby Marathon (I'm doing the half) and I'm looking to ride a loop of the course on Sunday morning. If anybody is interested in riding shoot me a PM. I plan on heading out from the Galt House around 6:30am on the 26th for a loop through LaGrange and will probably do the out and back on 1694 as well. According to the map I should be able to take River Road to 42, but I thought the bridge was out around there. Can anybody confirm that and if it is can you shoot me directions on how to avoid it? I appreciate it. Matt I'm almost positive that the bridge is out.. hopefully someone local will chime in for you.. I"m not sure if I have the modified route from last year when they didnt' think they would be able to use the bridge... but so far I'm not having any luck.. it might be on my home computer |
| 2009-04-21 5:22 PM in reply to: #2100455 |
Extreme Veteran 510 Louisville KY | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread The bridge is out just continue on River Rd. you will see bridge closed signs, follow Wolf Pen Branch Rd. (the new course route) up to US 42 and turn left. Be very careful once you get on 42 traffic is very heavy and fast on this section until you get past Prospect. Good luck with the mini it will be hot with temps. in the low 80 highs for this time of year. It will pick up most of the IM route except for the hills of the park about mile 3-5 the rest is pancake flat, have fun. Gaarryy - 2009-04-21 3:02 PM mattb1 - 2009-04-18 5:22 PM Hey Everybody, The wife and I are going to be in Louisville next weekend for the Derby Marathon (I'm doing the half) and I'm looking to ride a loop of the course on Sunday morning. If anybody is interested in riding shoot me a PM. I plan on heading out from the Galt House around 6:30am on the 26th for a loop through LaGrange and will probably do the out and back on 1694 as well. According to the map I should be able to take River Road to 42, but I thought the bridge was out around there. Can anybody confirm that and if it is can you shoot me directions on how to avoid it? I appreciate it. Matt I'm almost positive that the bridge is out.. hopefully someone local will chime in for you.. I"m not sure if I have the modified route from last year when they didnt' think they would be able to use the bridge... but so far I'm not having any luck.. it might be on my home computer |
| 2009-04-22 6:31 AM in reply to: #2101073 |
Master 2301 Rogersville, Alabama | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread timdude - 2009-04-21 5:22 PM The bridge is out just continue on River Rd. you will see bridge closed signs, follow Wolf Pen Branch Rd. (the new course route) up to US 42 and turn left. Be very careful once you get on 42 traffic is very heavy and fast on this section until you get past Prospect. Good luck with the mini it will be hot with temps. in the low 80 highs for this time of year. It will pick up most of the IM route except for the hills of the park about mile 3-5 the rest is pancake flat, have fun. Gaarryy - 2009-04-21 3:02 PM mattb1 - 2009-04-18 5:22 PM Hey Everybody, The wife and I are going to be in Louisville next weekend for the Derby Marathon (I'm doing the half) and I'm looking to ride a loop of the course on Sunday morning. If anybody is interested in riding shoot me a PM. I plan on heading out from the Galt House around 6:30am on the 26th for a loop through LaGrange and will probably do the out and back on 1694 as well. According to the map I should be able to take River Road to 42, but I thought the bridge was out around there. Can anybody confirm that and if it is can you shoot me directions on how to avoid it? I appreciate it. Matt I'm almost positive that the bridge is out.. hopefully someone local will chime in for you.. I"m not sure if I have the modified route from last year when they didnt' think they would be able to use the bridge... but so far I'm not having any luck.. it might be on my home computer Someone posted a link to a video of the new route a while back in the thread. The video was by Heather Gollnick(sp?) and it included some commentary. Edit: g shotts posted it. Edited by BamaDC 2009-04-22 6:36 AM |
| 2009-04-22 7:49 AM in reply to: #2099953 |
Master 2014 Ohio | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Bernabe - 2009-04-21 12:54 PM I see most of you have started racing already...I thought I would be in shape for it too... but I think the weather is affecting my 'optimism' lately. I keep focused on IMKY but I would love to do some racing before... So far just thinking about 1 Sprint, 1 Oly and 1 Half... any opinions on the effect of 'over-racing' before the IM? And... I know there are fanatics out there who do 6+ IMs a year... but I need to keep my day job ;( One sprint, one oly and 1 HIM should be fine as long as you leave plenty of time to recover after the HIM. I'd say 6-8 weeks before your IM should be fine. You're spending all this time getting into great shape, you might as well enjoy it as much as you can. For me that means racing. |
| 2009-04-22 3:14 PM in reply to: #2101073 |
Master 1376 Chicago | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread timdude - 2009-04-21 5:22 PM The bridge is out just continue on River Rd. you will see bridge closed signs, follow Wolf Pen Branch Rd. (the new course route) up to US 42 and turn left. Be very careful once you get on 42 traffic is very heavy and fast on this section until you get past Prospect. Good luck with the mini it will be hot with temps. in the low 80 highs for this time of year. It will pick up most of the IM route except for the hills of the park about mile 3-5 the rest is pancake flat, have fun. Gaarryy - 2009-04-21 3:02 PM mattb1 - 2009-04-18 5:22 PM Hey Everybody, The wife and I are going to be in Louisville next weekend for the Derby Marathon (I'm doing the half) and I'm looking to ride a loop of the course on Sunday morning. If anybody is interested in riding shoot me a PM. I plan on heading out from the Galt House around 6:30am on the 26th for a loop through LaGrange and will probably do the out and back on 1694 as well. According to the map I should be able to take River Road to 42, but I thought the bridge was out around there. Can anybody confirm that and if it is can you shoot me directions on how to avoid it? I appreciate it. Matt I'm almost positive that the bridge is out.. hopefully someone local will chime in for you.. I"m not sure if I have the modified route from last year when they didnt' think they would be able to use the bridge... but so far I'm not having any luck.. it might be on my home computer
Thanks guys. I plan on going fairly early on Sunday morning, hopefully the traffic isn't too bad on the way out on 42. |
| 2009-04-23 10:25 AM in reply to: #2099953 |
Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Bernabe - 2009-04-21 11:54 AM I see most of you have started racing already...I thought I would be in shape for it too... but I think the weather is affecting my 'optimism' lately. I keep focused on IMKY but I would love to do some racing before... So far just thinking about 1 Sprint, 1 Oly and 1 Half... any opinions on the effect of 'over-racing' before the IM? And... I know there are fanatics out there who do 6+ IMs a year... but I need to keep my day job ;( for the races I do leading up to IMKY, are just fun races to remind me why I'm training and visit with the friends I've made. I don't taper for the races and do my normal IM training. Sometimes that means doing the rest of that days training after a race even. Obviously I don't have great race preformance but I did PR the bike and run for a sprint tri (as well as a 5k) last year while IM training. |
| 2009-04-23 10:54 AM in reply to: #2099953 |
Pro 3730 NorCal | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Bernabe - 2009-04-21 9:54 AM I see most of you have started racing already...I thought I would be in shape for it too... but I think the weather is affecting my 'optimism' lately. I keep focused on IMKY but I would love to do some racing before... So far just thinking about 1 Sprint, 1 Oly and 1 Half... any opinions on the effect of 'over-racing' before the IM? And... I know there are fanatics out there who do 6+ IMs a year... but I need to keep my day job ;( Last year I raced once before IMKY and for this year I told my coach that I needed to race more often. Basically I was getting drained mentally fom all of the training and worrying about cut-off times, etc and just forgetting the fun of triathlon. This year, prior to IMKY I am racing 2 HIMs, 2 sprints, possibly and OLY and a few running races. Do what keeps YOU motivated. |
| 2009-04-23 6:30 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
Extreme Veteran 725 | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Last year before IM Louisville I raced a 15k run, sprint tri, olympic tri, marathon, and half IM. I used them all for training and didn't taper. I'm racing less this year. I was fine with all the races last year, but have found I enjoy training as much, if not more, than racing. I'm happy training, training, training... Hope this works okay for me this year. As of now I just have a marathon and a half scheduled beofre Louisville. I can always add races if I feel the need. |
| 2009-04-23 10:32 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Have had a crazy week and a half with little training and a ton of working on my house roofing (quite possibly one of the worst jobs imaginable) Need to get back on track and intend to tomorrow with 4 hrs of pavement time on my bike working on my tan |
| 2009-04-23 10:35 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread This year for races I think I will have a 25k run, 1 HIM, a few olympics and maybe some other runs and a couple of bike time trials |
| 2009-04-23 11:07 PM in reply to: #2107097 |
Extreme Veteran 464 Louisville, KY | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I better get to meet you Shermbelle....since you are like my mentor now and all  I shouldn't be hard to find. I'm working Athlete/check in Bike Catching Chip Retrieval Awards Banquet - So I can hand you that first place medal right? |
| 2009-04-24 7:42 AM in reply to: #1742108 |
Master 2301 Rogersville, Alabama | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread In 08 = 1 half mary, 2 sprint tris In 09 = 1 half mary, 1 HIM, 2 sprint tris and a training camp. I hope to work in one or two more races. |
| 2009-04-24 8:06 AM in reply to: #1742108 |
Regular 277 Holland, MI | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I didn't do IMKY last year but this year I'll be doing a full marathon (already done), a sprint, and a half IM prior to Louisville. I semi-tapered for the marathon and have slowly been working my way back to full-on training since the marathon (the last two and a half weeks). It took a lot more out of my legs than I thought (naively thought I should say) it would. I'm looking forward to my other races though... it'll make it easier for me as I've been training since Oct. ... I need to break up the routine! Edited by jboeve 2009-04-24 8:06 AM |
| 2009-04-24 9:31 AM in reply to: #2107422 |
Veteran 740 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I did a marathon in Jan and a HIM earlier this month. I felt it took me about a month to fully recover from the marathon, but felt fully recovered from the HIM after about a week. |
| 2009-04-24 10:02 AM in reply to: #1742108 |
Member 20 | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread I'm going to agree with all of you: IM should be a journey, not a destination (that came out a bit corny)... and the more I enjoy it, the better. Hence I will think about adding as many races as I can fit in my schedule (probably shorter distances, like Half marathons and Olimpic Tris with some time to recuperate)... because the second question in my head is... what do I do once I finish IMKY? Give up training? Nooo.. (I need to justify the future purchase of a cool bike for next season!) I'll probably continue racing shorter distances (at least in 09)... therefore there is no reason to apply the same thinking to the pre-IM season. All the work put on training needs to be enjoyed.... it's like buying an expensive wedding dress... and get married only once! |
| 2009-04-24 10:21 AM in reply to: #2107661 |
Regular 277 Holland, MI | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread g_shotts - 2009-04-24 10:31 AM I did a marathon in Jan and a HIM earlier this month. I felt it took me about a month to fully recover from the marathon, but felt fully recovered from the HIM after about a week. That's what I'm hoping for as well... hope that your marathon and HIM went well! |
| 2009-04-24 9:57 PM in reply to: #2107422 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread jboeve - 2009-04-24 9:06 AM I didn't do IMKY last year but this year I'll be doing a full marathon (already done), a sprint, and a half IM prior to Louisville. I semi-tapered for the marathon and have slowly been working my way back to full-on training since the marathon (the last two and a half weeks). It took a lot more out of my legs than I thought (naively thought I should say) it would. I'm looking forward to my other races though... it'll make it easier for me as I've been training since Oct. ... I need to break up the routine! I have always been lucky and recovered pretty well after marathons and the few HIM's I have done. But I would agree that HIM is easier. Marathons, especially racing a marathon is just hard. |
| 2009-04-24 9:58 PM in reply to: #1742108 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Got some nice IMKY training in today. 71 mile ride with just under 2300 feet of elevation climbing on a 80 degree day. The warmest it has been previous for my long rides was 45 degrees. The heat definatley wore on me as the day went on. |
| 2009-04-25 7:15 AM in reply to: #2109292 |
Veteran 422 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread Shermbelle - 2009-04-24 9:57 PM jboeve - 2009-04-24 9:06 AM I didn't do IMKY last year but this year I'll be doing a full marathon (already done), a sprint, and a half IM prior to Louisville. I semi-tapered for the marathon and have slowly been working my way back to full-on training since the marathon (the last two and a half weeks). It took a lot more out of my legs than I thought (naively thought I should say) it would. I'm looking forward to my other races though... it'll make it easier for me as I've been training since Oct. ... I need to break up the routine! I have always been lucky and recovered pretty well after marathons and the few HIM's I have done. But I would agree that HIM is easier. Marathons, especially racing a marathon is just hard. I thought recovery from my 2 marathons was harder than the full Ironman. |
| 2009-04-25 8:57 AM in reply to: #2109481 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread maura9900 - 2009-04-25 8:15 AM Shermbelle - 2009-04-24 9:57 PM I thought recovery from my 2 marathons was harder than the full Ironman. jboeve - 2009-04-24 9:06 AM I didn't do IMKY last year but this year I'll be doing a full marathon (already done), a sprint, and a half IM prior to Louisville. I semi-tapered for the marathon and have slowly been working my way back to full-on training since the marathon (the last two and a half weeks). It took a lot more out of my legs than I thought (naively thought I should say) it would. I'm looking forward to my other races though... it'll make it easier for me as I've been training since Oct. ... I need to break up the routine! I have always been lucky and recovered pretty well after marathons and the few HIM's I have done. But I would agree that HIM is easier. Marathons, especially racing a marathon is just hard. Some of the marathons that I really "raced" definatly took me longer than my two IM's, though I have never really "raced" an IM so hopefully come Aug. 31- early Sept, I have give more insight  |
| 2009-04-26 7:04 PM in reply to: #2100406 |
Veteran 189 Valencia, Califonia | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville : Official Thread dodachacha - 2009-04-21 10:49 AM Well, despite what the website says, all the community foundation slots are gone, so I'm heading over to IMWI....next year though, I fully expect to see all of you in Louisville If any of you are doing Steelhead, I'll be there too....but best of luck to all of you! Well, after IMAZ last year I was kicking around doing this one via a community fund slot when I read your post. So I went online with Active and gave it a try to see what it would tell me.......... It told me I just paid $1300 and I am in. I also booked 5 nights right downtown at the fairfield Marriott no problem. Not sure why you couldnt get in????? Anyway, I guess I am commited now so I better start training. 18 weeks left. |
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