Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 31)

I was just thinking last night the lakes in Michigan should be good for a swim outside soon.  Maybe after my run on sunday I'll try and see how warm the water is.

Hope everyone had a good month, here are my totals:

Swim: 32000 yards

Bike: 497 miles

Run: 91 miles

This week and the following week are going to be tough. The next two Saturdays call for 100 mile bike followed by a 10 mile run....yikes

Good luck to everyone out there, stay safe, stay strong!

Hello everyone!  Last 6 days have been a whirl wind!   I want to reply to some of the above.

PrivateIdaho:  I hope all goes well with your family.   Somethings in life are truely bigger than Ironman, and more rewarding in the long run.

dkahns:    I have yet to ride the course with anything less than 10mph head winds.   I hear your frustration.  Ah what does not kill us will only make us stronger.

Hello all my fellow Michiganders!  Great to see so many coming to North Idaho.  Feel free to reach out to me for Local advice.

Spie4:   Saturday might be a go.  I swam in Rose lake on Saturday 51 degrees.  Really took me 5 mins to convince my body I was seriously going to swim.  My wife is having surgery on Thursday, (everything should go well) so I will know more by Friday afternoon.

Smithe68:  Hang in there.  I can see by your posts your plate is pretty full, and I am sure there is alot behind the scenes going on.  Try to think about the Big picture and get some rest.  I hope everything comes out okay.

I have a swim at lunch today yet but my totals are:

 My swim took a dive this month some due to work and home life.  It is my worst event too but I felt it was better to lack some there than on the events that are the longest of the day.

You'll be fine. Just cut back on your goals some for the race. It really is a matter of completing the race is what I have to continue to tell myself. 

It is funny at times that we work out for 12 hours in a week and tell others that we had a slow week or low hours week and they look at us like we are crazy.

April numbers. Down a little because of a toe injury and a race.

Bike- 540 miles, Run- 103 miles, Swim- 27,000 yards.

Can't wait to see the big fat numbers we post in May! Lets get to it!

Run 102miles

Bike 265miles

I need to do some more biking now that it's nice here.  Schedule is really getting in the way with the kids in spring sports.  This weekend looks fun with a 4.5 hour bike/2.5 hour run on saturday.  Since I'm just in it to finish I'm pretty happy with those numbers for April.  I only missed two workouts the whole month. 

Anyone else feel like the race is getting close?  I feel like I have some much to do before then.  Anyway enjoy the week.  Next week is recovery for me thank GOD.

Chris

I feel that way, that the race is getting very close The intensity and time involved is getting incredible. Luckily our son is only 18 months old so I'm not having to miss much in terms of activey but honestly I have a good deal of training guilt going right now. Good to remind myself that it's only the next 6 weeks that will continue to be this way..then..on the other hand it's 6 weeks of time that I dont want to lose spending with our little guy.

Anyhow, I'm commited to making IMCDA a great day but am feeling the associated costs around this race.

On a seperate note just received my neoprene cap and ear plugs and cant wait for the beaches here in Chicago to open up so I can so good bye to the pool!

27 hr bike, 420 miles

9 hr running, 56 miles

estimated 11 hours.

My ankles have been hurting like crazy so its really hard for me to run. There are 3-4 water runs that are not in that total to make up for lost time.

Busy morning, just booked airlines, rental car, tribike transport and bought a full sleeve Xterra Vector Pro wetsuit. I booked hotel on the day I signed up 6/25/12. My wife is coming and we are going to spend a couple of days before and after the race in the area. Any good microbreweries in Spokane or the surrounding area?

May 1st is bringing about a foot of snow to Boulder and Northern Colorado. I had a miserable run in the snow this morning. Nobody said it was going to be easy training for an Ironman.

"Train with joy" as my coach says 

Thanks for the positive words guys.

My ugly numbers for the month of April

Swim: 11200.00 Yd - 3h 17m 13s Pace: 01m 46s /100Yd

Bike: 215.21 Mi - 10h 47m 02s Pace: 19.96 mile/hr

Run: 215.21 Mi - 10h 47m 02s Pace: 19.96 mile/hr

I like the No-Li Brewhouse in Spokane - it's just a couple of blocks from the Gonzaga basketball arena.

My totals - pretty solid month for me.

I am soooo over snow.  I'm at my desk (in Denver) watching the snow fall and drinking Nuun because I'm doing St George in the desert on Saturday.

I'm going to melt on Saturday.

A little late to the thread, but I am training for CDA as well.  Using the Fink advanced plan with a tweak here and there...

Solid month for me.

April totals - 

S:  0.00 M - 11h 56m 08s Haven't been recording my distance, just time.  I suck at swimming. 2:00/100m on a good day.
B:  542.98 Mi - 29h 35m 43s 
R:  162.61 Mi - 23h 23m 27s 

I will 2nd No-Li.  If you are looking for places with lots of options on tap, not just local stuff, there are plenty of places.  Manito Tap House, The Bar at Pizza Pipeline (fast becoming a favorite, lots of beers on tap, good pizza, great specials), The Viking, Andy's (one of my personal favorites for a small, quite place with exceptional food as well).

Just noticed my amazing running ability that oddly matches my biking!

70.93 Mi - 9h 13m 35s Pace: 07m 49s /Mi
 

APRIL NUMBERS:
512 bike

72 run

16 swim(14 in pool, 2 ows)

No Li http://www.nolibrewhouse.com/index.php/you-know-your-from-spokane/ That's good place and good food. If you ask they might give you a tour of their brewery. My department at work spent a couple hours there for Christmas lunch. Needless to say we did not go back to work that day.

Manito Tap House -- new place up on the south hill. Heard there is a good selection of beer and food is good as well.

https://www.facebook.com/PintsAlehouseSpokane?rf=116158378507796  <- this place has rotating beers and only serves beer. Been in business about year now i think and it is good $5-6 beers. I can't recall how many are on tap at a time.

If you go to Pints you will have to let me know so we can meet up for a beer or two or three. It is within walking distance to my place.  

Notice I didn't speak of anything training related here . I enjoy good beers.

Thanks for all the great advice on where to get some good beers and food. Being from Colorado I'm so spoiled with good local brews. I enjoy trying beers from other places of the country.  Spie34 PM me your phone number, so we can meet up and celebrate our victory over IMCDA!

I've still had the mass start question lingering in my brain.  Personally, I really hope that CDA swim is a mass start.  It's a major staple in the Ironman world.  It's part of what makes Ironman exciting to me as well.  So maybe we get bumped around a bit, but WE ALL knew what we were signing up for.  If we didn't, then we are in for a very rude awakening.  Still no word on the Ironman CDA site.  In the FAQS section it still says mass.  If it does change,  I'm not going to let it take anything away from my experience.  140.6 miles is a long way, and to everyone who finishes or even attempts an Ironman should be extremely proud.  I tip my hat to you all! 

April totals look awesome everyone!  Keep up the great work!