Ironman Mont-Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 5)

1) 2nd

2) LP, did it in July. Had a blast.

3) While I love LP and will do it again one day, was wanting to do a different venue to experience the 140.6 distance more. Mostly the whole experience of staying right there in town and literally rolling out of bed into the start area was the most appealing. The Poutine may or may not have swayed me for a post race meal!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

Ha, this is one of the reasons we wanted to go to Quebec too!

LOVE IT! That is a great motivation to finish! I can't believe I didn't think of that! 

From what ridewithgps.com tells me

Bike course : 2860 meters or 9400 feet

Run course : 590 meters or 1900 feet

This ain't gonna be a walk in the park

Mont Tremblant will be my first IM

I live in Quebec city, which is a 4 hours or so drive from MT

I picked this race because it was a local race and I didn't want to miss the first year of it!

I have an Ironman Training question for all you...What do you think your longest brick workout should be during an ironman training????  The training plans I have been coming accross all vary greatly...Thanks for your info!

I'm not a fan of the crazy big bricks.  The triathlons that I do during the year are good enough for me.  I do a lot of shorter bricks.  The Be Iron Fit book has a weekly 45/15 brick that I love to do.  Other than that, I might throw in a mile or two of running after a century ride, just to get to that point where the legs loosen up and settle in for a longer run.

You're going to find a lot of differences in this forum just like in the books.  Some people really just have to do that 80/20 mile brick.  Part of it is emotional.  If you need to believe that you can do it, then you may need it.  But if you trust in the plan, or have done a few, I don't think you need the crazy big bricks, and they kill the rest of your week's workouts.

Kalalau,  Thanks for the info!  I am reg. for IM Mont tremblant and it will be my first full IM.  It's not until August but I would like to have my plans all set for when I start training.  I personally feel like I would like to do at least 1 large brick workout for my own mental reasons.  Maybe an 80/15.  I do understand Its taxing on the body and I will need some recovery time after this but on the other hand, If I can do 80/15 well then that would certainly boost the confidence for race day.

There's definitely a huge emotional benefit to "confidence booster" workouts.  To get that feeling for the first time that you can actually do this; it's pretty amazing.  Just take it slow.

YOU WILL DO THIS :-).  You will finish, as long as you cross that start line.

Good to hear.  Mine just arrived on Wednesday and I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.  It was 40* this morning so time to dust off the CT.

Thanks Fred,

That is excellent!  IF I hear ya right you can set your intervals (like ERG mode) on the new ERG Videos?  

With the continued "delay" of the RM1 software it sounds like the new ERG Videos are going to replace the old crappy racermate software.  If this is the case then it is very cool - I've been pretty bummed about the new software not being released.

Hey guys! I am in coming from Caratunk, ME (~4-5hrs to MT), doing the 70.3 as well

1. This will be my 2nd IM

2. Did IMLP in 2011 - loved it, I will be back.

3. I picked this race because of the venue - I like rugged races with beautiful scenery, this certainly fits the bill.  That and it was an inaugural IM, fairly close to home...and I hear that there is tremendous community support for this race.  All of those things made me pick that for my second IM (before I did my first!)

OK, next question for the group.... is this your first IM? If not, which IMs have you done before?

Also why did you all pick IMMT?

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For me: this will be my 3rd IM (LP 09 and 10)

I picked IMMT for few reasons -  2012 is my next crack at IM, the course looks challenging, great location for an extended vacation, and an inaugural Canadian IM - who could resist that?

My wife and I will be coming from the Toronto area, taking some time afterwards to explore a bit of Quebec on the way home - it should be a great experience.

In case you care about the units for the mile/km markers, here's your chance to vote!

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=3658202#3658202