Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 4)

Looking forward to seeing you out there Kido!

My training has been rock solid the past few weeks, despite the fact that I'm slower than I've been in the last 2 years, my body (aka achilles tendon that I tore in late 09) feels rock solid.  I just need to stay in my zone and follow the natural progression of building my fitness and not rushing it. 

Are there any plans or groups that do training rides for IMAZ?  I would like to do at least one bike and run loop before the race.

I haven't started any IMAZ specific training yet, just tapering for Boston in less than 2 weeks.  ??I also ran Discovery Trails Calico 50K in January for fun. Once Boston is over I'll get serious about IMAZ.

I will admit, I've been cheating and riding my P3 on the trainer in the living room on my off days.

My last tri was 1/2 IM Las Vegas, if you're looking for a challenge WOW!  The bike and run legs start at Lake Mead and go UP!!  The bike is an out and back course, but the hills are tough 5K ft in elevation change.  The run was a plygonal loop, some how they managed to make about 9 miles of a 13.1 mile course uphill?

I kicked off my first official day of training today with.......a rest day!!!!!

Felt Great!!!!

On a more serious note, I am starting the 30 week Ironfit plan this week.  I will be a week ahead of everyone else because of the Oly and HIM I have lined up.  

Anybody else starting up a training plan soon???

jlamm66 - 2011-04-23 9:13 PM Know what you mean.  I was just talking to my wife the other day about it being 7 months away.  Her response,   7 months?  That is a long time from now.  I was thinking to myself I wished it was more like 12 months

X2!

This was my first month of consistent training for the year.......nothing record breaking, but a good start to the training season.

How is everyone else's training going???

Had a full marathon this month.  Training was a little down due to taper.

  Aprils total;

 Bike  23 hr 47 min 448.3 miles

 Run   10 hr 2 min  70.1 miles

 Swim 1 hr 16 min 3300 yards

  No big races planned till November.  Nothing but solid training from here on out.

Marathon: Done!  Big Sur is in the bag.....training for Vineman Half and Arizona shall commence.....once I recover!!

That is a great month of running!!!

Thanks - but not, for me, sustainable!  Marathon training is just a different beast.

Here's mine for April.  

Recovered pretty good from Oceanside.  Was able to jump pretty quickly into run training for the SD 100.  

Got 37 miles in the first week back, followed by 72, 85, and my first 100 mile run week.  Definitely the most running I've ever done.

Our pool was closed much of the month to get the deck redone.  Just reopened now. 

Bike   30 hrs 8 min,   481 miles

Run    57 hrs 58 min,    303 miles

Swim  28 mins, 1000 yards

Is this the link you were trying to paste?

http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/05/news/arizona-mulls-tempe-lake-swim-ban_28160  

I've been bummed out since I did SoCal Ragnar as I've got a very bad foot sprain and haven't been able to run in about a month now.  But back a swim-bike and weights routine once I get down with a quick family vacation.

Happy training everyone!

Could this affect the IM AZ?  I wouldn’t want to start the bike with a third eye.  I guess I can add water quality to the list of things to stress out about.  This is my first ironman and am looking forward to the adventure. 

I wouldn't worry too much.  Ironman and the numerous other races throughout the year bring in too much revenue for Tempe.  The money is a great motivator to solve the problem.  I am sure they will come up with a solution. 

When is everyone starting their training program?  I have a pretty busy summer race schedule so my focused IM training won't start until the last week in July.  It is a 17 week ramp up.  I just finished the Tempe International Triathlon last weekend (which shares a lot of the course with IMAZ) and I am really excited to get this one under my belt!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/16/20110516tempe-east-damn-condition-satisfactory0513.html 

This is the latest I've seen, so don't worry and keep up the swim training!

6 months to IMAZ tomorrow!