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 2010-11-06 8:09 PM in reply to: #3196916 |
 14 |  Subject: RE: Ironman Texasit better be more like 85 and sunny! |
| 2010-11-11 10:54 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Master 2238    Dallas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... |
| 2010-11-12 5:47 AM in reply to: #3207555 |
| Veteran 147 TEXAS | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas Got to get Ironman Az out of the way first. Then will probably ramp up in Feburary. Have a marathon and a trail marathon scheduled for January . Then get back to tri training. |
| 2010-11-12 6:47 AM in reply to: #3207555 |
Extreme Veteran 1986  Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas evillarroel - 2010-11-11 10:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... 12 weeks out I will begin "actual" training and do an off-season plan until that 12 week period. Per the Endurance Nation methodology. As for radio silence - this thread should finally be moved to the Iron Distance Race Groups forum where non-Texas folks know it's here. Edited by GMAN 19030 2010-11-12 6:50 AM |
| 2010-11-12 7:30 AM in reply to: #3207555 |
Pro 4174 Keller, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas evillarroel - 2010-11-11 10:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... Doughboy is training too. My issue was that my broken leg on Memorial Day weekend erased much of the base I had so I really felt like I was starting from a big deficit. The 30 week Be Iron Fit program seemed to fit our needs. These first 10 weeks of base will get me to the point where I can slowly build back up and reduce the chance of any injury. I agree we should probably move this to the Ironman thread. I will see one of the mods this weekend and ask him to move it if that is the consensus of the TX group.
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| 2010-11-12 7:34 AM in reply to: #3207684 |
Elite 4235 Spring, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas dodgersmom - 2010-11-12 7:30 AM evillarroel - 2010-11-11 10:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... Doughboy is training too. My issue was that my broken leg on Memorial Day weekend erased much of the base I had so I really felt like I was starting from a big deficit. The 30 week Be Iron Fit program seemed to fit our needs. These first 10 weeks of base will get me to the point where I can slowly build back up and reduce the chance of any injury. I agree we should probably move this to the Ironman thread. I will see one of the mods this weekend and ask him to move it if that is the consensus of the TX group.
It definitely should be moved over. No need to exclude the non-Texans (can't believe I'm saying that!!!) No IMTX specific training yet for me, but that starts next week. I did Lonestar this past weekend, so this week was a lazy one. It's time to really start focusing on what needs to be done for May! |
| 2010-11-12 8:59 AM in reply to: #2944040 |
Veteran 266 Kingwood, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas There is already an IMTX thread out there, it's under: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=214500&start=41&posts=57 |
| 2010-11-12 9:10 AM in reply to: #2944040 |
Veteran 266 Kingwood, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas testing my new signature - making my target public. First IM was St. George this year and I was at 205 and finished the race in 16:30 (The hills killed me and reduced my marathon to a 80%walk/20%jog). After the race I took a couple of months off and put the pounds on and gained back about 20 pounds. My target for IMTX is anything under 180 pounds, The weight will need to go in order to have just a decent run. Wanted to make my weight target public to keep me honest! I agree to move to the other forum as well.... Edited by jls42 2010-11-12 9:31 AM |
| 2010-11-12 10:19 AM in reply to: #3207868 |
Expert 2547 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas jls42 - 2010-11-12 8:59 AM There is already an IMTX thread out there, it's under: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=214500&start=41&posts=57 There's plenty of imitators out there, but only one original. |
| 2010-11-12 3:14 PM in reply to: #3207555 |
Champion 6973 marietta | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas evillarroel - 2010-11-11 11:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? yep, using the same program as marcy, but she's adding to it and i'm slacking off already. i know a couple other lurkers that are underway as well using different programs. |
| 2010-11-12 3:21 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Champion 6973 marietta | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas we need a big a$$ cannon to get this puppy underway. maybe those parsons mounted cav boys will bring theirs down from college station. |
| 2010-11-12 3:37 PM in reply to: #3207555 |
Extreme Veteran 615 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas evillarroel - 2010-11-11 10:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... I started last week! I'm adding 3 weeks to my plan from St. George last year...and that landed me on the first week of November for starting. Last year, I trained all winter for St. George...much of it on the trainer (due to the crazy snow). I've found that watching TV episodes, either via tivo or DVD, were definately the way to go. Watching movies was good...but there always seemed to be a lag in the plot at times and the movie was always hit/miss, etc. But it if you rent the entire 1st-5th season of rescure me (or some other show you've been meaning to get into, but never did b/c you were too busy) then you could just pop them in one after the other...there's always something interesting going on an it makes you want to train to see what happens next (sort of like wanting to read the next chapter of an interesting book). Anyway, works well for me...try it and see. Any good suggestions for TV shows on DVD?? Edited by bmcgee 2010-11-12 3:39 PM |
| 2010-11-12 3:55 PM in reply to: #3208760 |
Pro 4174 Keller, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas bmcgee - 2010-11-12 3:37 PM Any good suggestions for TV shows on DVD?? Do you have Netflix? Lots of options. We just started season 2 of Dexter but there are tons on instant download or DVD options. |
| 2010-11-12 4:08 PM in reply to: #3208760 |
Elite 4235 Spring, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas bmcgee - 2010-11-12 3:37 PM evillarroel - 2010-11-11 10:54 PM A lot of radio silence here... Has anybody started training for the race besides Dodgersmom? I'm not starting until January 3rd. Curious to know how the winter is going to treat us in North Texas this year, last one was pretty rough, I didn't get too many rides in for weather related issues. Any tips on how to make the trainer fun? I kinda hate it... I started last week! I'm adding 3 weeks to my plan from St. George last year...and that landed me on the first week of November for starting. Last year, I trained all winter for St. George...much of it on the trainer (due to the crazy snow). I've found that watching TV episodes, either via tivo or DVD, were definately the way to go. Watching movies was good...but there always seemed to be a lag in the plot at times and the movie was always hit/miss, etc. But it if you rent the entire 1st-5th season of rescure me (or some other show you've been meaning to get into, but never did b/c you were too busy) then you could just pop them in one after the other...there's always something interesting going on an it makes you want to train to see what happens next (sort of like wanting to read the next chapter of an interesting book). Anyway, works well for me...try it and see. Any good suggestions for TV shows on DVD?? The Wire. I'm on season 2 and my plan is to watch all the episodes through the winter on the trainer. Then I'll start worrying about what's next. Any tips on how to get faster swimming without actually having to swim? |
| 2010-11-12 4:15 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Veteran 266 Kingwood, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas I spent a ton on my trainer last winter getting ready for St. George last year as well. I have been been Spinning to the Amazing Race Seasons recently. Also Netflix through the WII is awesome - every Monday night I have 2 hours on the trainer with a movie or TV show. Edited by jls42 2010-11-12 4:17 PM |
| 2010-11-12 4:38 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Veteran 290 D/FW, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas My Web Manager at work got me started on watching "Chuck" -- very geeky, but surprisingly entertaining. I got through Season 1 last year training for Lonestar during the winter. And, I just bought Season 2. I'm on a modified 30-week program too- integrating some marathon training for White Rock, but got sick after day 1. Missed pretty much two weeks of training. Definitely killed the momentum. Back on the wagon this week, but not at the intensity I need to be. The time change is still killing my evening runs. zzzzzzzzz....... |
| 2010-11-12 4:51 PM in reply to: #3208907 |
Pro 4174 Keller, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas spuphal - 2010-11-12 4:38 PM My Web Manager at work got me started on watching "Chuck" -- very geeky, but surprisingly entertaining. I got through Season 1 last year training for Lonestar during the winter. And, I just bought Season 2. I'm on a modified 30-week program too- integrating some marathon training for White Rock, but got sick after day 1. Missed pretty much two weeks of training. Definitely killed the momentum. Back on the wagon this week, but not at the intensity I need to be. The time change is still killing my evening runs. zzzzzzzzz....... Shanon, are you still planning on WR? We are in for the half. Totally undertrained but what the hell. Just a long zone 1-2 training day. |
| 2010-11-12 5:01 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Regular 54 DFW, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas I've just now started getting back into the training groove. I took a few weeks off after Longhorn to recover and catch up on homework. Right now I'm just building my base back up and focusing on running( my worst) I will be starting the BT Ironman plan on Jan 1st. |
| 2010-11-12 5:12 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Master 1779 | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas My orginal plan was to complete IMFL , recover and then start training for IMTX. 9 days before IMFL, I broke my toe and was unable to go to the race. Surgery a few days ago to repair additional damage done to the toe during the accident. The new plan is to recover (4-6) weeks and then start building my base back up for IMTX. |
| 2010-11-12 5:50 PM in reply to: #3208921 |
Veteran 290 D/FW, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas dodgersmom - 2010-11-12 4:51 PM spuphal - 2010-11-12 4:38 PM My Web Manager at work got me started on watching "Chuck" -- very geeky, but surprisingly entertaining. I got through Season 1 last year training for Lonestar during the winter. And, I just bought Season 2. I'm on a modified 30-week program too- integrating some marathon training for White Rock, but got sick after day 1. Missed pretty much two weeks of training. Definitely killed the momentum. Back on the wagon this week, but not at the intensity I need to be. The time change is still killing my evening runs. zzzzzzzzz....... Shanon, are you still planning on WR? We are in for the half. Totally undertrained but what the hell. Just a long zone 1-2 training day. Yep. I'm in for the full. Undertrained is an understatement... haaa!  Oh well. If that doesn't get my "base" kickstarted, I don't know what will. Seriously though, it's ONLY 26.2 miles, right?  |
| 2010-11-12 8:41 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Master 2381 Dallas, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas I'll start actual IMTX training the first week of December. Doing San Antonio RnR half this weekend. Anyone want to ride round and round the Texas Motor Speedway instead of trainer rides? I'm thing of doing that since it's a flat 5 mile loop with no stops. Seems kind of fun to try out. I know a few folks who have done this for IMAZ training. |
| 2010-11-12 8:50 PM in reply to: #3209100 |
Veteran 290 D/FW, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas Hi Tommy, I go out to the Speedway to ride a lot. It's about 10 min. from home for me. It's great for bricks, too and mimics the conditions at Lonestar.. Always windy at the track!! Just let me know when you plan to go out there. I'm always up for being lapped |
| 2010-11-12 9:15 PM in reply to: #3209100 |
Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas zia_cyclist - 2010-11-12 8:41 PM I'll start actual IMTX training the first week of December. Doing San Antonio RnR half this weekend. Anyone want to ride round and round the Texas Motor Speedway instead of trainer rides? I'm thing of doing that since it's a flat 5 mile loop with no stops. Seems kind of fun to try out. I know a few folks who have done this for IMAZ training. do you ride on the road outside of the speedway?? that big circle?? |
| 2010-11-12 9:25 PM in reply to: #3209137 |
Master 2381 Dallas, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas Gaarryy - 2010-11-12 9:15 PM zia_cyclist - 2010-11-12 8:41 PM I'll start actual IMTX training the first week of December. Doing San Antonio RnR half this weekend. Anyone want to ride round and round the Texas Motor Speedway instead of trainer rides? I'm thing of doing that since it's a flat 5 mile loop with no stops. Seems kind of fun to try out. I know a few folks who have done this for IMAZ training. do you ride on the road outside of the speedway?? that big circle?? Yes, it's outside the Speedway. I haven't actually ridden it. I did ride ON the Speedway once. I did MS150 a few years ago. Overnight at the Speedway. Then the next day we were allowed to ride one lap on the Speedway...well on the apron. The track was way to steep to ride on. |
| 2010-11-13 2:17 PM in reply to: #2944040 |
Elite 4235 Spring, TX | Subject: RE: Ironman Texas Just a random thought, but training through the Winter will be a &!tch. 50 miles today of rain, wind and cold, and it's only November! |
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