Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 5)

Has anyone done the Rev3 Quassy race? I heeard it is very difficult. Wondering how it stacks up to the Placid bike and run course or are they very similar?

Triguy - Rev 3 Quassy is the one that a bunch of us did last year.  Sorry, I called in Rev 3 CT in a previous post.  Good hilly ride and the run is brutal.  Perfect.  I`ll be doign that one again for sure.

Also, when i suggested that a HIM is worth doing pre IMLP, i did not mean instead of a training weekend in Placid.  I meant instead or a regular long training day in "where ever your town is".  A trip to Placid (or three as i did last year) is great preparation (and really just a great place to be).

I would just like to point out that there are now only 300 days left until IM Lake Placid 2012!

Happy Training

June 2/3 - per the website.  (That Olympic / Half)

Good tough course - hope for good weather.

Best news ever!

I just got the clearance to start riding my bike again!

I already have everything ready for a ride tomorrow after work(assuming I get out of work before the sun goes down).

Great news, John - let us know how it goes!

thats why my last race before is an oly out in montauk a month out. the long races i will be having are running races for my LP training, 15K, 25K and a half mary. i just think a 70.3 will be a bit tiring before the race especially since im not a pro where i have the ability to train so much that a 70.3 is recoverable in about a week.

Yep, mdfahy, that is my problem exactly.

More importantly, for me the races are so different that not much translates from one to the other. I raced the Augusta half this past weekend and it reinforced the belief that (for me anyway) a half is actually much harder than a full in many ways. Aside from the physical injuries I sustained at IMLP this past year, in no way did I feel as beat up after that race as I do today after Augusta.

For me my benchmark test regarding IM fitness is instead a 5~6 hour IM paced bike followed immediately by a 15~20 minute IM paced run. Closer to IMLP I will start with a 1:10 OWS immediately before the bike, but the run-off is still really short. That tells me a lot more than a HIM raced at IM pace. In a HIM he bike is not nearly long enough to practice pacing and nutrition and the run does not have to be NEARLY so long to get an idea how your legs will respond. Your body will thank you.

But like I said, that is in theory - I am still doing a difficult HIM 11 weeks out from LP. Really my only point is that it has nothing to do with my IM prep. It is just fun to race!

Had a great bike ride yesterday. Only did 15 miles in just over 50 min, but it still felt good to get back out on the road and just spin. I can't wait until this weekend to get out more and start doing real rides again.

"Some people train to race, some race to train."

I'm still of the opinion that more racing is better. This summer leading up to IMLP I did 1 HIM, 1 Oly, 2 Sprints, and a duathlon(3.1/20/3.1miles). All the races were after Memorial day weekend, and honsitly if there were any local races earlier I would have done them. I just love racing, its why I do this sport. Now I didn't go all out in those races, but each one was done with a goal, like a better run or bike split than last year.

Racing is fun, the longer the race, the more fun I have. 

Yay - finally i put a (crap) photo up..  Just outside the LP brewery :-)  Mile 13 from IMLP 2012...

Re: HIM, each to their own.  It is not an exact science and everyone will or will not do a HIM depending on what they get out of it.  IMLP was my first IM and i found doing a HIM 8 weeks before as a great step / benchmark to see how my training was going.  I used the HIM as a long training day but i enjoyed the race conditions.  It was 5 1/2 hrs training session which was part of my 13 hr goal i had for the week.  The following week was a easy week where my goal was 8hrs, so i took Mon and Tues off to recover....

Dream Chaser - 2011-09-26 2:12 PM

Rencor - 2011-09-26 12:51 PM Does the cable that runs under water follow the entire swim course?

yeppers

Great for training but hard to use in the race, at least on the first loop.  You have to be pretty close to it to see it.

Heart Rate Question

I understand heart rate zone training, but my question is what zone do you race and Ironman at? Racing is different then training and you ant your best effort so sitting in zone 1 is not going to do that How do you determine the correct heart rate to race at?