Ironman USA Lake Placid (Page 4)

If anybody is having trouble coming up with something to do for my birthday, just send me a PM and I can give you some ideas!

This is my last hard week as well and then a 2 week taper.  My training load sucked in general, which I already knew it would, but with the last few weeks of constantly building and 3 straight 100 mile rides on Saturdays (plus one more to go) I have a little bit more faith in my abilities then I had back in May .....

For everyone else who is over the training hump, enjoy your taper madness!  No Taper Tantrums please!!

Well, I've got one more long run and a long ride again next weekend before calling it taper, but hey, I was a late bloomer   Yeah, race numbers coming out, athlete guide out, WHAT am I THINKING?!!?

Who else is doing this as thier first IM??

Looks like most of the BT people are doing this as their first - see this thread for a list: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=120702&posts=1&start=1

I raced there in 2006 and rode the course in 2007. I will be using an 808 front and disc rear, mainly because it's all I have besides my training wheels, but also because I saw plenty of people using that setup last year and I think it's a good choice.  I think some of the mixed messages come from generalizations that people make about the course, which is usually something like "Lake Placid is a hilly course, so don't use a disc or super deep wheels."  Truth is that there are plenty of parts of the course where you can really fly and benefit from the most aero setup possible, and the climbs, while long and gradual, are not super-steep to the point that wheel weight is such a serious concern.

Like I've told you before Mike, pizza at the finish line is on me - that goes for everyone else here too .

This is my first as well.  Taper starts this week, and I already managed to forget a towel for swimming this afternoon.  After 6 months of swimming, you would think it would have been automatic to remember stuff like that.

My bike/run taper starts today. I'm still building my swim and will do a couple IM distance ows in the next two weeks.

I'm looking forward to putting faces with so many BTers I've "met" on-line over this past year.

My first IM...I'm excited, nervous, and glad to have the bulk of my training done. 

sgillen - 2008-06-30 2:14 PM I plan on doing a long run this week and a long run on Sat. Taper basically begins Sat around noon! Did a hlaf IM yesterday and had a terrible run. A little worried about my estimated IMLP finish time. And I'm not the worry type! Oh well!

I would be more concerned if you had had an awesome run. Three weeks out from IM is not the time to be posting strong runs in a HIM. The only good run your body needs to pull off is the one in LP. You'll be fine!

I think Active took my portion of the tip for the delivery guys.  Of course, that delivery cost is probably built in with the rest of the azz raping registration fee we pay.

Who's going to the pancake breakfast???  That was pretty cool of the local church group at IMFL and I already saw the thing for the LP one.  Free for anyone who shows up (guests and athletes alike).  Met a few people at the table and shot the stuff with them.

When is it? 

Are details in Athlete guide? 

Still peaking into the weekend with a couple of nice long workouts to celebrate the 4th!  The swim doesn't really drop off until the 2nd half of the week before the race, but nothing too long for those workouts either.  Feeling good about where I am at for the most part.  Fighting an achilles issue which has the run off a bit, but still should be ok.

I saw the pancake breakfast and thought it might be a good idea.  Still working out schedules for the wife coming up (I am driving up Wednesday but she is not sure if she is coming up with me or waiting for her friend to come up on Saturday).

Taper well if you have started or finish strong if you are still peaking!!! 

docswim24 - 2008-06-30 2:30 PM . and just want to show up at the starting line healthy and ready to race.

I hear this. Just had a major scare w/ an upper respitory "issue". I was forced to take 3 days off - including my last long w/e-  and started anitbiotics. Thankfully they kicked in and today's  chest  x-ray came back negative. WHEW!

Can't worry about what I missed just thankful I caught it in time. Plan to ease back into it and get a medium long weekend in and then the "official" 2 week taper.

Be safe people and listen to your bodies. 

Doubtful I'll be at the pancake b'fast. I'll definately be in the lake tho.

Yeah, it's usually Saturday morning.

Between the Community Fund breakfast, the prayer breakfast, the athlete's dinner and the BT dinner I had four of my meals taken care of at FL!!  Gotta save some cash somehow at these things!