Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 39)

Hey guys...

Haven't been around a lot lately...Been studying...Med school has been kicking my a$$ for the past few weeks...Neurology midterm this Friday...but I am determined to get my volume in and study enough to do well...DETERMINED...

Hope everyone's training is going well. Off to the gym for a run/swim combo. Have a good day of workouts!

x2. Don't let my earlier post scare you. It gets tough sometimes to get everything in and sometimes the guilt of not studying takes over...but don't give up training in med school! ...an IM might not be possible in clinical years...but I haven't gotten there yet. We will see how much training gets done on my surgery and medicine rotations and go from there!

Went to the Multisport World Expo in Boston this weekend.  Met Dave Scott and had a chance to talk to him for a bit and get a picture.  That guy is in kick- shape still.  You would never guess he was close to 57 years old.

Hope some of his mojo rubbed off on me... 

Hey Mindy... yes I don't want to paint a picture that life is a bed of roses and I do think the 3rd clinical year (and especially residency, ugh!!) are not compatible with IM training in my humble opinion.  Good luck to you too! I really think this IM training will be an invaluable experience to you in your job in that when you are working 36 some odd hours you'll think, "Aw, I can do this, I did the IM!"

Sorry other IM peeps if this is a hijack.

Aw aggie, we were supposed to be side by side on our Jamis road bikes! No, I am really happy for you!!!! Good luck

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-22 7:17 AM I'm am DONE with Winter.  Done.  Done.  Freaking Done. 

 

Nobody's gonna be hitting 50 MPH on the Keene descent this year.  Here's the LP forecast for July

Me too. Amen. It is miserable up here...m.i.s.e.r.a.b.l.e. Been snowing allllll day. GO. AWAY. WINTER.

I am not looking forward to the 4hr trainer ride I have on Sat...getting through 3.5hr was painful enough... I guess it is my fault for the July IM when I live in the great white north. Haha. Movie time on Sat!

Tri camp was fantastic even with my frame being wrecked and unable to ride. I rode 2 different rental bikes almost 24 hours in 6 days and did many long climbs 5-10 miles long with grades often in the 9-12% range.

Funny it was warmer at home in MA Saturday than in Solvang and first day home it snowed. Weather was nice in Solvang but not warm only 1 or 2 days did it hit the 70s.

Tour of California is having the Solvang TT again this year and we rode most of the course including Ballard Canyon.

I was surprised how I felt better through the week of big time on the bike.

I worked this out with my LBS and will be getting a new Ordu '10 frame hopefully next week after Fed Express delivers my ruined bike back home so they can move the parts to the new frame.

120 Days 16 Hours 49 Minutes until Ironman Lake Placid! Ready, Set, Go!

What's everyone up to this weekend? I'm (slowly) training through the National Half Marathon tomorrow. It's going to be chilly but they gave us gloves in the race packet!

Ryan

I am two weeks out from a HIM this weekend, so its gonna be a pretty big one.

Is it strange that it has been getting colder in my area for the past 4 weeks?!?!

Dream Chaser - 2011-03-25 7:22 PM
I'm (hopefully) hammering though a Half Marathon.  Looking for a PR.  The (aside from a "mini-sprint racein late-April) I just have a 70.3 June 5th and LP. 

Why are you slowly training through the half?  You paid the race fee -- Race Man!!! You'll be recovered in 120 days.

Haha! Well I signed up for 3 local 10+ mile races in a row figuring I would just train through them... I did well pacing slowly at first but by mile 10 of today's half my competitive side took over and I started to push it... I'll need to watch that to avoid any injuries! It was freezing in the low 30s this morning in DC but I'll take that over super heat any day!

Hey guys! Just finished 3:55 on the trainer today...split it up with about 90min inbetween my sessions to grab some lunch and mentally restimulate myself...but overall, I got er done! Haha. Run and bike tomorrow and then a recovery week! I'm excited to have a break!

I have an indoor tri next Sat. 750m swim, 20k stationary bike and 4km track run. Then back on the bus for another 3 week build!

That is cold!

I did a test this weekend with my shoes, socks, and booties. I kept my shoe buckles VERY loose, and just used the tightness of the booties to hold my feet in place in the shoes. My feet didn't go as numb! Seems that constriction in the shoes is causing more numb feet than just the cold.

Today was cold with a little bit of snow on the ground. That combined with the tourists in town this time of year made it a good day for a trainer ride. I had to do 3 hours so I decided to finally pop in the Lake Placid Spinervals DVD. I've never seen the course so it helped to give a good visual representation of what to expect. It also helped put the descent and the later climbs in perspective as well. Although the commentary and coaching got a little repetitive (its 3 hours long tho) I thought it was very nicely done and helpful. I'll be going up over Memorial Day weekend to ride the course and this helped a lot... I definitely won't push too hard at the beginning knowing what's waiting at the end of the loop!

I'm really going to need to work on some good bike handling skills for the descent. The fact that some of it is next to a guard rail looking over a drop off the side of the road looked a little scary. But there's plenty of time to practice leading up to the race.

Hope everyone had a good weekend of training!

I did the same thing two days ago.  The weather here in Michigan has just been brutal lately.  If I want to get my training sessions done early, I have to do them in the early hours of the morning when the air hasn't warmed up yet.

I too live in MI, ~ 35 miles north of Grand Rapids and did the Kent City Ridge Run yesterday (15K of hills) and there were some places where you couldn't find any part of the road not covered with ice.  Yet, I too would choose this over heat and humidity. 

Besides the unfriendly training weather, I have another problem that hasn't been mentioned.  Although I don't think there is any answer for this, I am going to ask just in case someone has an answer I haven't tried.  It has to do with bruised toes and toenails from running.  Right now toes on both feet are so sore, I can't stand anything touching them.  Usually by now, the toenails have fallen off bringing a little relief, but they are hanging around causing pain.  I have tried different style shoes. different sizes, have been to a sports doc, had a custom insert made - nothing seems to help.  Any ideas out there that has worked for anyone?