Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 32)

X3.  I agree that the deeper front wheel is definitely more of an issue than what's on your rear wheel.  And the old rule of nothing new on race day certainly holds for wheels.  All that being said, my own comfort level has been most affected on the new course by the blustery gusts coming off of semi's when they go by 8 feet away at 60+ mph.  Certainly gets your attention when you're doing 40-ish mph!  Safe training to everyone these last few weeks.

just checked my log.  five 100+ mile rides and two 90+ mile rides.  have two or three 100+ mile rides left.  i committed to more bit fitness this year.  curious to see how it translates on the course. don't forget we have no hills in South Florida and I need the extra miles to help offset the hills and fatigue. 

by race day 4 full 112 rides and 4 80+ rides. just make sure that you do a brick at least once after the full ride so that you know what it will fell like. you should be fine.

something else that I learned this weekend was to use sun screen on the bike. OUCH, it only hurts when I move, or the covers hit it.

I will have 4, 100+ rides in the book by CDA.  Maybe 3, 80-90 rides.

I am a bit worried about the downhill sections of the new bike course, but I guess I should worry about it at this point.  If I have to stay on the horns and tuck I will.  I would love to think I am brave enough to stay in aero at 45+ mph but I dont know if I am....

i am running 404 FC front and back (cuz thats what i have) and I get tossed around in 15 mph winds enough to freak me out.  If its going to be windy on race day I am just going to run my stock wheels and save the stress.  So I get to T2 a minute or five behind my Zipp time-I am totally ok with that at this point.

Blessings on all of your training and I can't wait!

My training plan calls for 2 100 milers. I am thinking about counting this weekends 70+ MT bike ride as one of them.

+1 on the down hill. I am tucking and holding horn. Wish I wasn't such a wuss but it is what it is. I will stay aero up to to about 35, maybe more experience will change that but I don't like the feeling of instability. Throw in the fact that I will be riding 78's front and back.....

Nice job everyone! It is really inspiring to see how dedicated you are.....

regarding the downhills (if I fall), my feeling is that it's going to hurt at 30, 35, or 45.  Might as well tuck and hope for the best.

"better"?  hah, plain stupid is what I am!  I lasted about 200 yds, my body was warm but, my face was so cold I couldn't breath, couldn't slowly release air out, nothing, it was brutal.  My buddy has a place at a small lake and said today the water temp by the dock was about 70, gonna start heading up there after work for something a lot more sane. 

On another note, I am only doing 1 century and a few 70+ rides.

Thanks for all of the wheel advice. I think I am going to go ahead and go with my 404 on the front and then I am going to purchase a Wheelbuilder.com cover for my 808 rear and try it out when I come up for my clubs training weekend over Memorial Day and see what I think. We are planning on riding the whole course so I will see what I think then.

As for long rides. I will have a total of 4 100+ mile rides and about another 5 75+ mile rides. They have been getting easier for sure but I wish I could have done about double what I did.

I'll have eight 100+ rides in by CdA (five are done!)...and six 80+.  Thankfully, I didn't know the full of it until recently.  I like to take things one week at a time so I don't freak out about the volume.  My longest ride is this weekend at 120 and I'm not sure I wanted to know that.  I'm amazed at the differences in training plans out there.  I watched friends train for IMAZ last year on much fewer long runs/rides and they did really well on race day.  Just trying to trust my coach.  So far, so good.  

This is why I tell everyone to submerge themselves in the water for a bit before the actual gun goes off.  Get your face wet and stay under as long as you can stand it, repeat a few times.  It sucks but you don't want to deal with that shock when you're trying to actually, you know, swim fast

I did submerge myself, probably not long enough, nor was it ever going to be enough likely!

ballyard7 - 2012-05-14 8:44 PM

zwiens - 2012-05-14 7:04 PMWell the good news is that I rode right around an hour for my last Olympic that I did lat year and my cycling fitness is far stronger now then it was then so I guess that means I am qualified to look at running a disk

Lol sorry I didn't mean you in particular. I was generalizing saying most people will ride faster with a deep rear wheel rather than a disk.

Just giving you a hard time I appreciate the advice

Indeed!  Coldest water I ever swam in was 62 and that wasn't too bad.  If we can get near that it will definitely ease my mind somewhat.