Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 37)

Jeff, So sorry about Blu.  It's so hard to say good-bye to such a great partner.  Dogs are such great friends.  My heart goes out to you.  

I'm having a great training week.  I'm in Florida on the beach and LOVING training in this awesome weather!  But this weekend I'm going home just in time for a snowstorm.  I love snow...but...I'm finished with it for this year.  Maybe I will just stay here.  =)

I haven't had the best training week either. Life sure likes to get in the way of training, doesnt it?

I do have a 20 mile race this weekend that I'm no sure I'm entirely ready for but whatever, it is what it is!

thanks for the tips on the nose stuff for the pool. It makes a difference for sure.

Best,

Mandy

Late night workouts are the worst!  I'm okay with an 8:30pm swim, but bike/run are pretty much out of the question.

I have a 4-hour ride scheduled this weekend.  It's supposed to be 4C on Saturday, so I'm hoping to get outside!

I know that somewhere on BT I read about an athlete's experience with a product called UCAN.  Was it on this thread?  Have any of you tried it?

http://www.generationucan.com/home.html

I run after work quite a lot. It usually winds up being a swim/run or bike/run brick. If I get home at 7 and have dinner, I can't get to sleep before midnight even though I'm physically tired.

Another solid week on the books. Still inside on the trainer. Spring is here, but winter has not left. I need to hit the bike more. 

S 1:45

B 3:40

R 3:40

Strength Training 1:25

T 10:15

Good week!

Mine was fine, for a rest week.  At some point I will have to get serious about the pool...

S 0:30

B 5:10

R 4:00

T 9:40

Happy with week, ready for the next!  Hope everyone is healthy and doing well!

Ready for a day off. Peak training week for me, at least for running. I have to figure out how to taper for a marathon while IM training. I suppose that's what the coach is for.

S: 7108.49 Yd, 2h 41m

B: 55.80 Mi, 4h 00m

R: 51.50 Mi 7h 45m

Total: 14 hours, 26 minutes

Nice week of running, Brian.

I had a great workout yesterday, 3:30 on the bike (with :36 at 100% FTP and about 2 hrs close to 80%FTP), got off the bike and got in 7 miles at 7:45 pace.  I was pretty stoked.  Rest day today.  Planning a big bike week this coming week...trying to get as much time in the saddle as I can.  Trainer, mt. bike, road bike...whatever!  

My weekly totals:

Swim-2.5 hrs

Bike-6.75 hrs

Run-2.5 hrs 

Strength- 1 hr

18 weeks people!  Keep at it!

I had a big build week.

Swim - 3h30m

Bike - 8h20m

Run - 3h30m

Strength/stretching - 3h

Total - 18h20m

I'm such a slacker!  Recovery week... (but still, I hope my PEAK weeks will reach those hours!!)

I had a non-running week. Mostly just due to schedule crap and the storm. 

Bike - 5 hours

Swim - 2 hours and some change

I'm itching to get out on the roads with my bike, but I think I'll be on the trainer for another week or two given the temps that are projected. 

Totals for last week:
Total: 10:51:28
Swim: 9450y @ 2:36:24
Bike: 3:18:04 All on the trainer
Run: 33.76mi @ 4:57:01

Rest/Recover week this week...very little amount of workouts, maybe 5 hours total but looking forward to sleeping in and not doing 2 a day work outs.

I also got to meet Rinny this weekend. She is so awesome! I got to run with her which was a lot of fun and she did all of the events at Tri mania. I agree, she is very cute! so Tiny!! Power to weight ratio...shes got it! HA

I have the same bottle up front on my bike.  I just jam it in and squeeze, and it fills really quickly.  I would suggest grabbing a bottle at every aid station, not just when you're low, so that you can grab it at the beginning of the aid station and pitch it at the end of the aid station.  Otherwise, you may be stuck with it until you reach another station.

I don't think my peak weeks will be any/much higher than that either.  I'm not sure why she had me on such a big week.  This week is also big, but then I'm lower next week.  Who knows, I just do what's in my log and complain about it to myself.

Will do. Good to know I can get it done in the span of the aid station.