Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 42)

RE the road that Karen said was scary due to fast cars: Not sure what they will do on race day at this race but much of IMFL is on basically a highway and thye block the left lane off for us. 

Park at Walmart on Hwy 105 and ride the north loop (62 miles).

the only thing they do is block intersections.  The worst part last year was jackson road.  It is a little more narrow with little shoulder.  I saw a few pissed people trying to hurry past people and could have been ugly on that part.  Maybe with this being the second year people will know what is being talked about in the news paper/news paper.

WELLDONE!! My painfree runs ar few and far between.  Big ole BT WHOOP WHOOP!!!

Thats awesome, I am hoping my track wrokout this evening provides me with the same outcome!!

I, also feel undertrained. Especially on the bike. With only a couple of 80 mile rides and 2 weeks to go, I am hoping to get a 100 miler in this week.  I am pretty confident in the swim and on the run. I just don't know about that bike.

Since this is my first IM, people say I should just go and have fun. But, I have a hard time not having a time goal. I'm going to put it out there and maybe y'all can set me straight.

Swim 1:20.xx (2.00/100)  8:20

Bike 6:15.xx  (18mph) 3:00ish

Run 4- 4 1/2 hours  (9-10min/mile)

Finish between 7 and 7:30

Great news for me

A crazy warm up is going to hit Michigan tomorrow. We had snow flurries Saturday afternoon but tomorrow will hit 80 with crazy amounts of rain and severe weather but Thursday could hit 85. Taking the day off to ride long and do a one day heat acclimation. Possibility of rain but have to take that chance and let the heat beat me down one good time before the race.

I should improve last year just because I am renting races wheels, bought an aero helmet, 2nd IM and gosh darnit people like me. 

My first IM and my goals are
1.  FINISH!
2.  Not be last on the swim, but somebody has to be
3.  Pass at least one person on the run.

If everything goes well I am hoping for about 16 hours.

KSH - 2012-05-02 8:36 AM

dblbogy - 2012-05-01 8:34 PM

I, also feel undertrained. Especially on the bike. With only a couple of 80 mile rides and 2 weeks to go, I am hoping to get a 100 miler in this week.  I am pretty confident in the swim and on the run. I just don't know about that bike.

Since this is my first IM, people say I should just go and have fun. But, I have a hard time not having a time goal. I'm going to put it out there and maybe y'all can set me straight.

Swim 1:20.xx (2.00/100)  8:20

Bike 6:15.xx  (18mph) 3:00ish

Run 4- 4 1/2 hours  (9-10min/mile)

Finish between 7 and 7:30

Looked at your Training Log... Maybe you haven't done a lot of long rides... but your volume is there. Just don't blow it out on the bike, save it for the run. You will be fine.

Did my first century..5:43.58 with an eight minute stop to refill my bottles and eat a banana.  Thanks.  During the ride I kept thinking I have to run after this?