Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 49)

Jeff -- I got one about a month ago.  I haven't put it on my bike yet but plan to before this weekend.  I'm about 10 days out from my first tri of the year and need to practice with it before doing a 70.3 the first weekend of June.  I'm excited.  Also, a colleague who just finished IM Texas last weekend offered to loan me his Zipp 808 for the front...so I may have a nice aero set up relatively cheap/unexpectedly.

Finally!  First century of the year.  I went with Patrick and we put in 115+ miles.  Eager to see how many vertical feet we covered to compare to LP.  Of course, he went home and ran six miles.  I went home, showered and took the kids out for errands and the playground.  (We know how that will work out come race day.)  Happy to have a solid, long ride under my belt.  

Jeff -- I'll be down in Raleigh, North Carolina for the IM 70.3 Race.  First tri of the year and really the first time I've done this distance in two years because I was sick and missed the HIM that I had planned last spring.  We are expecting it to be about 90 degrees on Sunday and it will be my first race ever where wetsuits are not legal.

From what I can tell, there are some hills in the latter half of the course but nothing like climbing at LP or Quassy.  Nonetheless, it is my tuneup and should give me some indication of fitness.  Folks at Quassy will have a much better read on how their climbing legs are coming along based on past reports from that race. 

My wife is in a not-dissimilar situation with regard to work and LP. She keeps reminding herself that it is a very fortunate problem to have: she is healthy and work is going very, very well. Obviously the kind of situation many folks would trade for these days. It sound like you have the right outlook on it and recognize that it is "about the journey" as they say. I think it may relate, so I will pass on what Bryan Dunn shared with me about this time last year when I was contemplating pulling out of LP due to an injury. He said that it is all about the training, and the race only validates the training you have put in. So if life gets in the way and keeps you from meeting your training goals in such a way that will lead to an outcome on race day that you will be happy with, what is the point in doing the race? If on the otherhand you get to the end of July and you seem to have managed the training to allow an outcome that is meaningful to you, then I hope to see you at the swim start!

And heck, even if you don't race, IMLP is still a great training week. So maybe you could at least make it to the BT swim meet-up. Is it too soon to start planning that?!?