Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 36)

A long weekend coming up for some good training.  We've had rain socked in for 6 days, and no end in sight. 

Do I hit the trainer, or get wet?

Who's got big training plans this weekend?

Memorial Day weekend calls for:

SAT: 4500 m open water swim then 40 mile bike

SUN: 70+ mile bike then 4 mile run

MON: pork steaks...it is the Midwest after all!

Paul

I'm doing back to back centuries this next weekend.  Mainly just because it's an awesome event and it will be awesome training. 

Yesterday I rode 115, I took today off, tomorrow will be an hour run and if I can find on open pool, and hour swim.
Good times.

Compared to all ya'll I am a serious slacker.......damn!

Did my swim on Sat.......followed b a damn hammerfest 40 with some guys that noramally average 1-2 mph faster than me on race day..."HANG ON TIGHT" they said....I was trashed after that!

On Sun. I did my 70 miles @ just faster than IM pace...then a nice steady 4 mile run......felt good after that

As for today...I'm bailing on the pork steaks and going to do a rotiseerie a chicken instead..

Paul

Had a great long weekend, and the weather was a little better than advertised. 

Thursday was a hard 24 miles with lots of wind and a little rain, but our group rode very hard and my legs felt it on Friday.   I missed my planned swim on Friday for my daughter's 13th birthday.  I thought that was a good trade.

Saturday, rode a hilly and fast 52 miles in a small group, draining the legs once again.  Taught my 11 y/o son to push a mower as my recovery.  

Sunday I ran a total of 13 miles, some on the treadmill to save the hurt knee, and took a detour by the pool for 2500 meters along the way.  I've not been able to run that much this spring (again - the knee), so the 13 miles really took it out of me, and I was hurting Sunday night.

Monday, topped off the weekend with a group ride of 55 miles, in the most hills we have in our fairly flat area.  Legs were dead at the beginning, and I didn't give them any rest during the ride, keeping the pace pretty high.  The rest of the day involved a lot of lounging around because my legs really felt dead after the last few days of hard efforts.

12 weeks to my taper.  Glad to have the countdown going, but wondering how I'm going to get it all in.

    

I am staying at the Hyatt the night before the race.  How far is the swim start to the hotel strip?  I looked on google maps and it appears to be a few blocks to the river.  Where is this 'great lawn' that is supposed to hold transition area?  I am so confused about where everything is compared to where I am staying!