Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 46)

Longest ride yet! 90 mi! Definatly not eating enough on the bike, I was STARVING for the last hour!!

Jon,  well Grand Island did not disappoint nice and windy for my 100 mile ride I do not think the few times that I Have ridden the island there has not been wind.  HO how many centuries is everyoneplanning on trying to ge tin beofre  the race?

I'm hoping for 4, but I'm planning on 6 80+ rides, (2 down so far), so I hope if I at least get those in I'll be ok.

Funny to see how different everyone is in their preparation.  One of my training partners is a 5x Kona qualifier and he won't ride anything longer than 80, nor run longer than 16-18 prior to Lou.  He likes to save it all for race-day.  But he's been a freak for 30 years and shouldn't be followed too closely by mere mortals like myself.

For me, the long training is more about the mental aspect of knowing I can go the distance, and then also dialing in my nutrition.  So far this year, I've ridden 75-80 a couple times and 100 once, with some 40-50 mile mountain rides that I count as distance as well.  I'll have one more 100, one more 80, and more mountains.  Runs have been less, with many in the 10-12 range and the longest around 14-16 so far (but won't go over 16-18 for the longest).  My longest swim has been 2500 meters, so I suppose it's time to start working on that.  But then again, I'm just looking to finish (my second) and not too worried about time.

Only 8 weeks to IM-Lou (6 to the taper).



 

I rode about 8  100 milers last year before Louisville and then 4 more before the Great Floridian IM 8 weeks later.  Probably more than was needed, but it worked out OK.  I'll probably be around 6- 8 100 mile rides again before Louisville this year. 

I was looking at my training plan (the Advanced Ironman) and surprised to see that there are only 4 runs over 2 hrs/13 miles and 7 rides over 4:30 hours/80 miles.  The beginner plan had almost double the number of that.  A little confusing and dissapointing since I really wanted to focus on my running as a major area to improved up and help get me under the 11 hour barrier.  I guess I should just be faithful to the plan and trust it will work out and keep me fresh for race day.