Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 46)

Considering the definition of hubris, it might be expected... just sayin'..

ETA: I think the point we are trying to make is that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses.  You probably have a weakness that others feel is "no big deal"

Edited by TriRSquared 2011-02-02 8:18 AM

that definition was kind of funny to read ^^^^. I think its cool to talk trash if you can back it up.

Its just these IMs are so friggin ridic in terms of demands on the body that even a twat like me keeps things on the DL so as not to have it blow up in my face...

Great to see everyone getting into it.

Mango - Awesome! We'd love to have you join us I'll be coordinating more details in the next month or 2.

Cam - What brings you to Beaverton? I usually work out at 24 Hour Fitness but it's not easy to access spin bikes there unless you are in spin class. I can recommend some good swimming and running if you want to PM me

Yep - IM camp both years because it was so awesome! I am super sad that they aren't running the Multisports camps this year. They were awesome! Unfortunately I haven't kept all the weight off but I'm working on getting back to my sleek 2008 self again

Thank you My primary goal every year is to have fun and enjoy the day and both years I did just that! I'm looking forward to going for #3 this year with the same attitude.

For the swim I lined up in the back/middle. I originally thought I'd start far to the right but that was a lot of extra swimming. Plus in 2007 we had the HORRIBLE wind and high waves and then in 2008 the water was 58/59 and I was hypothermic before I finished the 2nd lap so extra swimming didn't seem wise. I just waited til 75% of the people were in the water and then went for it. It was crowded but I practiced defensive swimming so I made it through ok!

Thanks!

I think those races seem fine. Have you done an IM before? Half-IM? For the big days I do several. In the month of May I ride between 90-112 miles every weekend followed by a short run (2-3 miles). Because I'm BOP I am on the bike a long time and like to get that time on the bike and on the hills. For the big weekend I do a big (3500yds) OWS then drive up to CDA on a Friday and ride the whole course Saturday, do a short transition run and then run the CDA 1/2 Marathon on Sunday. That's my Big Day (Race Rehearsal) and it works perfectly!

I was pretty pleased with my January - easing into IM training and getting the first 3 weeks of my plan on the books:

Bike: 14h 53m 27s - 239.6 Mi
Run: 10h 01m 32s - 49.28 Mi
Swim: 6h 34m 08s - 15400 Yd
Strength: 1h 20m
Walking: 2h 00m
Yoga: 1h 15m

January's totals:
Bike:	17h 57m 40s  - 257.39 Mi
Run:	15h 05m 20s  - 94.76 Mi
Swim:	8h 29m 20s  - 21548 Yd
Strength:	3h 25m

I'm on week 10 of the IronFit 30 Week Competitive Plan.  Ready to ramp up to the Build Phase!  Looking forward to some warmer weather here in GA, and really looking forward to March 13 and some DST!

January's totals:
Bike:	15h 28m 04s  - 239 Mi
Run:	6h 41m 15s  - 34.66 Mi
Swim:	8h 06m 24s  - 26650 Yd
Walking:	25m
Yoga:	1h 35m

I was ramping training back up slowly after recovering from hernia surgery in mid-Nov.

Great job in January everyone!!

Last year was my first year in tri's, I did a sprint, olympic, 70.3 florida , chesapeakeman aquavelo im, sprint, b2b half, so this will be my first IM.  I'm pretty excited to be training with you all and hope I can keep up!

some very impressive numbers posted already!  My January was not impressive, but I did get in a 3 day avalanche course, a 4 day trip to Whistler and some other days skiing .  Feb is off to a good start though, and I am officially training now!

January's totals:
Bike:	6h 33m 40s  - 126.97 Mi
Run:	9h 43m 37s  - 72.7 Mi
Swim:	5h 11m  - 16300 Yd

My January was underwhelming time-wise but I stuck with my short hard bike workouts.  The good news is I was actually doing better than I thought.  I had some serious fatigue issues; barely hitting my wattage targets each time and it was all I could do to drag myself out of bed in the morning.

I finally did a battery of tests with my doctor and was able to get some help.  The result: personal best on several timespans for my bike this past Monday.  The workouts were working... I just needed a tune up

It's good to see FTP finally going up.

Bike - 21h 47m 11s

Run - 16h 44m 53s

Swim - 7h 36m

January Totals:

Bike	6:00	97.3 mi
Run	19:45	102.5 mi
Swim	5:55	17,194.1 yds
Walk	1:05	3 mi
Yoga	8:00	0 mi
Total	40:45	212.6 mi

I would have liked to put in more hours on the bike, but I was sick the last three weeks of December and had a January marathon so my hours went to running and then recovery.

I'm feeling like things are on track now.  I'm tired and sore, but I know it will pass and it's just part of ramping up.  I have no problem justifying naps

January's totals: Bike: 10h 45m Run: 8h 57m Swim: 2h 41m 20s

Not the #s I wanted to see but was sick for a half and was traveling a lot (2-3/4 hrs swimming? yeech).  This week my #s should be back up to normal.

January's totals:
Bike: 18h 17m 37s - 370.94 Mi
Run: 13h 48m 06s - 84.22 Mi
Swim: 6h 57m 43s - 17050 M
Strength: 1h 45m

Another Ironfit follower on week 10 of 30, except substituting Jorge bike workouts for the two shorter bike rides each week, so my FTP has been climbing nicely. The big problem I need to solve is the swim, which somehow is getting a little slower each time I do the 1x2500 workout. Hopefully ramping up to 3x3000m each week will help, but I need to find some better drills.

Have you ever done the Gator Half in Sarasota? 

Has your body composition been changing with your IM training?  Losing weight from where it seemed to be deposited previously can screw up (or sometimes really help) with balance in the pool.  As we need to constantly remind ourselves... speed in the pool is mostly about mechanical efficiency, not fitness.  If you are getting slower it means something is dragging that wasn't before, or something isn't creating thrust that was before.

While it makes sense to get some longer sets in as IM gets closer, I would not recommend trying to fix deteriorating swim times by longer sets.  Rather, I'd recommend a quick eval from someone who can spot inefficiencies, and then shorter sets and drills where you really focus on correcting that.

Caveat emptor - I suck at swimming, but I'm pretty sure I'm right here.
Josh

No.  And I never will.  PM me and I'll give you details.

January's totals: Bike: 15h 58m 40s - 271.86 Mi 
                           Run: 8h 31m 07s - 55 Mi 
                           Swim: 5h 45m 28s - 16725 Yd

Edited by Galas2 2011-02-03 6:57 AM

Bike:	19h 02m  - 343.4 Mi
Run:	19h 33m 05s  - 108.42 Mi
Swim:	5h 21m  - 11600 Yd
Strength:	1h 55m

I am actually relatively happy with this volume.  Lets see how the increases go over the next few months.

Here we go!!!!!!!!!  Miles have ramped up this week to a eyebrow raising level this week.  Work halted last weekend so well rested to start the week off.   Ready, willing, and hopefully able.

 

Bike 18.34 hrs 278miles
Swim: 6.62 hrs 17759 yrds
Run: 15.8 hrs  96.10 miles
Strength: 3.30 hrs
Skiing: 8 hrs

I'm looking fwd to my recovery week next week.  Ski Trip to Steam Boat.

 

One quick question for you vet's

i 'custom made' a plan off of BT (using gold membership) - 3x a week, bike focus (4 times biking).  What startles me the most is the swim volume.  this week has been fine, but in a couple weeks, it has me doing 4000+ yard workouts, and it seems like every week after that has atleast one 4000-5000yd workout.  I always had the idea that doing several (1-4 or so) 4000+ workouts was sufficient.  I am not a fish (i think my best 1/2 iron swim was 33:xx, but that was many beers ago and training consistently , but i don't feel like i need to be spending 4 hrs/week in the pool.

thoughts?

Edited by ultrahip_00 2011-02-03 10:22 AM