Ford Ironman 70.3 California: Official Thread (Page 5)

I agree. Those guys have been storming the middle east for the last few years, so I think you and a few bikers is going to be no challenge. a 100mm shell, and ... well you can guess what happens.

Good luck!

On the more serious side, did I see like 5 weeks of training left for this race!

WOW, she's coming up fast, and I better start doing some cycling in my training.

Wow ... I can't believe it, we're closing in on 1 month out. Planning to get some good climbing in on the bike these next couple of weeks.  Any big training plans this next couple of weeks?

I'm dead in the water this weekend since I have to work 14 hour days, but starting next month I'm hopping on ridding more at lake mead and red rock canyon hopefully. I have to start training hills or I'm a dead man on the back side.

What about you?

I would have thought a bunch of guys that shave their legs would be a little tougher

Getting closer...34 days left!

I had an excellent one.  Probably my last 56 miler before Oceanside, since I'm doing the Toyota Desert Tri next weekend and will be getting into taper after that.  I hammered on the bike Saturday and was right on my target time with plenty of legs left under me afterwards.  Did a couple of shorter rides as well, and cranked out a 2 mile open water swim Sunday afternoon with great splits.  I'll probably just focus on my run for the remaining few weeks and make sure I maintain my swim/bike base.  I'm feeling as prepared as I could have hoped for as the date gets closer.

-John

I've been debating back and forth for my taper. My plan says 2 weeks but I'm wondering if I should taper for 3. I know I should trust my plan but I'm really concerned about being rested and ready. Thoughts? This is my first HIM. Should I trust my plan? So I take an additional week of taper? Is this second guessing normal?

You will have an assigned space and rack.

If you are following a plan, you should probably try to stick with it.  To me, the whole taper concept is a fine line.  Let down too early, and I think you risk losing some of your conditioning.  I am probably guilty of not tapering early enough.  I will probably dial things back a bit two weeks out, then quite a bit the week leading up.  But I am by no means an expert.  This will only be my second crack at a HIM, my first being this race last season when I had some injury/health issues which complicated training.  And I should point out that I haven't followed any particular plan yet, just a self-guided training approach.  Maybe some other plan people will chime in.

Good luck !!!  You'll do fine.

I think it depends on the tides.  The race officials would really like to do the sand run so the people in the community right there can get out of their parking lots but the tide has been too high the past few years and the sand was underwater at that section.

I'm certainly hoping for high tide again! 

You can keep an eye on water temperatures here:

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/spac_tmap.html

The station in Oceanside isn't working, but the one just south of that in La Jolla says 58 degrees. It was 60 just a couple of days ago. Anyway it's not bad. I did the race in 2007 and that year the temp was closer to 50 degrees!