Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 34)

Dream Chaser - 2011-02-28 2:42 PM

One pair for ten years!!  WOW! Now that is impressive

Dream Chaser - 2011-02-28 9:33 PM

Nice work mrbrad and kaburns.  Here are my numbers.  Considering this has been a snowy February, I am thrilled with these numbers.  I expect the bike number to 'pop' for March.  That is if SPRING ever arrives!

February's totals:
Bike:	15h 17m 46s  - 281.79 Mi
Run:	11h 44m 02s  - 88.03 Mi
Swim:	9h 11m 35s  - 30057.6 M

ironwannabe - 2011-02-28 1:21 PM

DC- Thanks for posting that video of the IMLP swim start from 2010. I was watching the start while knee deep in the water on the right side of the lake just under the starting line flags. I get chills just thinking about when that cannon went off. So exciting that in less than 5 months someone will be filming all of us as the cannon goes off!

KathyG put the craziness of the swim start in good perspective. There are 2500+ in the water, but we really only deal with the 4 or 5 that are right around us. Also, if you look at the video there are some pockets of open water. I'll be looking for those little sections of open water in July. Kathy, how far from the start flags did you seed yourself?

In the video you see people swimming the first 50 or 100 yards with their heads up looking forward for room to swim. How many of us have practiced this? I'm swimming today and will def. try this out.

Dream Chaser - 2011-02-28 2:56 PM

AquaSphere Kaimans.  Super soft around the eyes, they DON'T give me racoon eyes, and on average stay leak-free for about 8-months. 

 

gatjr33 - 2011-03-01 11:17 AM There is plenty of room. You just need to have a plan and seed yourself properly. After the first 5 to 10 minutes, you can find some space and will only likely be bumped occasionally. No worries!

cusetri - 2011-03-01 12:48 PM...once on the cable, draft fest and you don't have to look where you are going.   Ever.

mrbbrad - 2011-03-01 2:22 PM

Except for keeping an eye out for those buoys attached to the cable. I swam the course on the afternoon of race day last year. I was cruising along looking down at the cable and WHAM. I thought I was wide enough, but I wasn't.

glazebal - 2011-03-01 3:49 PM Agreed... I swam the course a couple days before, and ran into the floats they had out there. You almost want to keep the line about 4-5 feet off to your left.

cusetri - 2011-03-01 4:25 PM

good advice here.....

this is why it can be very quiet directly over the cable.  everyone swims off to either side to avoid the buoys.

duck dive under the big buoys....swim right over/through those little ones.....

in the end, do what is comfortable for you......

Ironbubba - 2011-03-01 7:13 PM

I'm curious to hear from those that have taken that line directly over the cable - how did you fare? Cusetri - have you done this? I've been mulling this over and may try it this year. I've done Placid 3 times but not since 2004 so I realize a lot has changed in terms of the number of athletes. I'm thinking that if it's not too crazy I may have a go.

Hope everyone's healthy and on track!

Rob

wstchstrTriathlete - 2011-03-02 9:51 AM So you aren't required to stay to the right of the buoys at all times? (except for the turn buoys?)

KathyG - 2011-03-02 10:04 AM

You are right just need to stay right of turn buoys at end of course.

I swam just to the left of the buoys 85% of the of the course and yes I did bump into the buoys at times but I learned to anticipate when to expect them. I breath right so it was ideal for me to stay slightly to the left.

RJohnson1979 - 2011-03-02 9:56 AM Does anyone else ever think the milage or miles per hour reading on their bike computer while on the trainer is low compared to being outside?

I feel like I can sustain higher miles per hour when riding outside than while on the trainer at the same effort. I'm sure there are a lot of factors that could contribute to it.

Thanks!
Ryan