Ford Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 33)

Hey, you rock my friend!  You will probably be there when I stumble in. 

Yes, I eat and sleep when I'm not forced to work or working out.  But I am not horribly sore and I seem to be recoverying very fast.  I keep wondering, am I doing enough?? 

Ice.

FYI - for anyone coming to Madison next weekend (Aug 20th) for the OWS John Nolen Drive will be closed for car traffic that weekend. Here is the link to the information and a map. I know that they will have detours set up so you can get to Monona Terrace for the swim.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/article_52ee92ea-c4f4-11e0-b16b-001cc4c03286.html

 Nicole

I'm swimming the Mad 2.4 swim this Saturday and then planning on riding the stick and one loop.  Are any other folks planning on doing similar?  I've never ridding the stick and looking for someone who knows the route.

Thanks mike.

And there is pea gravel right off Witte, be careful its a quick steep decent with a quick steep climb right after. I took a small spill shifting gears when my rear tire lost traction on the gravel.

Me too, I'm catching on the same shift and my wife is handing out medals.  I look forward to meeting you.  

Awesome!!  I still have not decided where I am staying Sat night....I'm thinking I may just go to the campgrounds unless I get a last minute deal on hotwire.

Procrastinators unite.  

I haven't gotten a hotel yet either.  I figure I'll end up way outside of town and have to drive in at this rate

We just booked a room for the MOWS for Friday and Saturday night @ the Days Inn by the Alliant Energy Center. Someplace over there. Not too far out of town... in Madison, in fact. We're driving up Friday after work and staying Friday night and Saturday night. (Saturday, if you're riding the whole course and doing the MOWS) is a LONG day. Last time I drove home. This year we're staying. 

I'm exhausted. This is my last biggish week. I did my last long run (or LONGEST run, I should say) last Thursday. This Thursday will be 13 miles, and the week will be capped off with MOWS + Ridethecourse. I struggle with running and it has the most potential to beat me up, injure me, and or sideline me, so I play it very conservatively.

That being said, even though I feel EXHAUSTED when I'm not training, I've had some pretty good workouts even in my exhausted state. My body surprises me and is stronger than I think it is. 

I've been sleeping, but I wake up in the middle of the night with aches and pains. I roll around a lot trying to find a comfortable position in which to sleep. My periods of awakeness don't last, though, because I'm so damn tired. 

I'll see lots of you fools this weekend! CAN'T WAIT! I signed up to swim MOWS sans wetsuit. I can swim it either/or but I don't want race day to be the first time I'm swimming the distance in a lake without a wetsuit, in the unlikely event the swim is not wetsuit legal. So, without wetsuit it is!

Lake is down to 76 now.  I think you will be okay!    I am doing it with wetsuit on Saturday.  I've only swam in my sleeveless 2x and I have to work out some chafing issues.  I am also riding the full course afterwards.  Might try to run a little bit after the ride too -- If I am crazy enough at that point.

I hear you about being so tired.  Sounds like my training plan is very close to yours, I also have a 13 miler this Thursday and then MOWS, ride the full course and a short run afterwards on Saturday.

For all of you riding the full course Saturday, how are you handling nutrition?  Maybe you've all been training with carrying all nutrition for your full ride on the bike, but I've usually stopped halfway to refill nutrion (and of course, stopping to refill water bottles every hour or two).  If I was driving to Verona and just doing the loops, I wouldn't worry about nutrition restocking.  But since I'm doing the "stick" too, I'm trying to figure out the logistics of this refill.  I'm debating having my wife drive out to Verona at XX time to meet me with refills. 

Anyone else have grand plans for this?

Steve