Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 5)

2015-01-21 5:07 PM

in reply to: braciole

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Anyone doing Tour of Sufferlandria 2015 ? I did the tour last year. This is a great kickstart.

2015-01-21 8:01 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by braciole

As someone once told me (or I read somewhere), embrace the suck.

First day back at full gas since I got sick. Had Thursday off, took Friday to rest, did some light workouts and am now back at it.

Yeah I think you're right...embrace it, and then kick its ...or at least become adequate

2015-01-21 8:03 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by Jayabusa

Anyone doing Tour of Sufferlandria 2015 ? I did the tour last year. This is a great kickstart.

I am not...but wish I was. I only own 1 sufferfest download. they're pretty good though I hope to slowly add to the collection though!

2015-01-21 9:24 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by TheCuse

Originally posted by Jayabusa

Anyone doing Tour of Sufferlandria 2015 ? I did the tour last year. This is a great kickstart.

I am not...but wish I was. I only own 1 sufferfest download. they're pretty good though I hope to slowly add to the collection though!

I think for 10 bucks a month you can stream all the videos.

2015-01-22 6:01 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by Jayabusa

Originally posted by TheCuse

Originally posted by Jayabusa

Anyone doing Tour of Sufferlandria 2015 ? I did the tour last year. This is a great kickstart.

I am not...but wish I was. I only own 1 sufferfest download. they're pretty good though I hope to slowly add to the collection though!

I think for 10 bucks a month you can stream all the videos.

thats not a bad deal. I've got 3-4 spinnervals dvd's I always use but the disc drive in my computer just died. Need some more stuff...I get lazy and just "spin along" if i dont have some kind of coached video to follow

cheekymonkeys1

2015-01-22 8:10 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

For $10 per month you simply cannot beat Trainer road. I love it. If I didn't have it I would lose focus and slack off.

2015-01-22 1:41 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by cheekymonkeys1

For $10 per month you simply cannot beat Trainer road. I love it. If I didn't have it I would lose focus and slack off.

same here

2015-01-23 5:43 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by cheekymonkeys1

For $10 per month you simply cannot beat Trainer road. I love it. If I didn't have it I would lose focus and slack off.

what is trainer road? does it have videos? or is just a place to download workout info?? I looked at it a few years ago and cant really remember. But I do need training that keeps me focused. I will put in long junk hours left to my own devices.

2015-01-23 8:14 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Trainer road is awesome. Go to trainer road.com and check it out
Or go to you tube and check it out.

It is incredibly user friendly and they have great customer service. It allows you to train with power (with or without a power meter) using structured workouts with on screen visual aids. They are not videos - it's an interactive software (I think comparable to a compu trainer, although I never used one of those) but you can pair the workouts with videos like trainer road. I have a power meter, but if you don't I think all you need is an Ant+ speed/cadence sensor and a trainer that is compatible with the program (TR provides a list of compatible trainers for which it has determined the power curve in order to determine "virtual" power output).

They have plenty of workouts to choose from, and training plans, or you can creat your own workouts. I just started using the create a workout feature and it is great. Literally in 5 or 10 minutes I am creating workous in the system based on what my coach wants me doing.

Huge fan. Fwiw, I'm still a beginner cyclist. Been participating in triathlons since 2007 but only started riding seriously in 2013, rode with power and TR all last year and the gains in my cycling came quickly and were measurable, and it all stayed fresh and interesting. Pairing TR with Sufferfest videos is great too.

2015-01-23 8:19 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

No Tour of Sufferlandria for me, but I'll be following the various threads on it. Good luck with Stage 8. Next year for me.

2015-01-23 6:45 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by braciole

Trainer road is awesome. Go to trainer road.com and check it out
Or go to you tube and check it out.

It is incredibly user friendly and they have great customer service. It allows you to train with power (with or without a power meter) using structured workouts with on screen visual aids. They are not videos - it's an interactive software (I think comparable to a compu trainer, although I never used one of those) but you can pair the workouts with videos like trainer road. I have a power meter, but if you don't I think all you need is an Ant+ speed/cadence sensor and a trainer that is compatible with the program (TR provides a list of compatible trainers for which it has determined the power curve in order to determine "virtual" power output).

They have plenty of workouts to choose from, and training plans, or you can creat your own workouts. I just started using the create a workout feature and it is great. Literally in 5 or 10 minutes I am creating workous in the system based on what my coach wants me doing.

Huge fan. Fwiw, I'm still a beginner cyclist. Been participating in triathlons since 2007 but only started riding seriously in 2013, rode with power and TR all last year and the gains in my cycling came quickly and were measurable, and it all stayed fresh and interesting. Pairing TR with Sufferfest videos is great too.

Awesome thanks man...great info

2015-01-23 6:58 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Np

One more thing to add - it's very easy to transfer files from TP to another application. After I ride i download the file, then upload to Training peaks. I used to think having to do that for every workout would be tedious but it takes 2 seconds.

2015-01-23 7:43 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Out of every gadget, piece of equipment i have ever bought (besides my coach), TR with Sufferfest videos and my wahoo kickr is the most bang for my buck. I have seen the most improvement in my bike with this program. It is great. I look forward to my time indoors on the trainer.

2015-01-24 7:10 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

That video tutorial on the bike course looks very helpful. I watched the beginning of it today. Thanks for posting.

JasonD36

2015-01-25 9:09 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Hope everyone's training is going well! Starting week 5 tomorrow with a day of rest!! This week I found it tough getting through my workouts. It's been so cold here (Ottawa) and getting up at 5am to hit the pool when it's -25 celsius outside doesn't make me want to jump in a pool!

I guess we got to do what we got to do to be IM's!!

Take care

miamiamy

2015-01-26 8:30 AM

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I can't even imagine that. I'll have a hard time motivating myself to jump the pool today and it will be probably 70 degrees Fahrenheit :-)

2015-01-26 11:19 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Anyone else here in the path of Snowmaggedon hitting the North East? I'm right in the bullseye. I told my wife if we lose power I'll hook up the breaker box to my trainer and power the house that way.

cheekymonkeys1

2015-01-26 11:43 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Yup, I'm just north of Boston- right in the 2-3ft zone. I hate snow. It looks pretty, but it's a pita.

JasonD36

2015-01-26 11:56 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

The one thing that's good when it's so cold: It doesn't snow!! We haven't had much this winter!

You guys that will be affected by this storm, be safe!

cheekymonkeys1

2015-01-27 7:54 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Hill repeats on the TM today - bleh.

At some point the pool will show up on my schedule. Till it does, I'm keeping very (very) quiet about it. The thought of the early morning swims, my hair freezing on the way to the car, being cold etc. does not appeal.

2015-01-28 4:49 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by braciole

Anyone else here in the path of Snowmaggedon hitting the North East? I'm right in the bullseye. I told my wife if we lose power I'll hook up the breaker box to my trainer and power the house that way.

I am out in Suffolk County NY. We were hit right on the chin.

2015-01-29 7:42 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Yeah you got it worse than us. Hope you stayed safe and warm and that the dig out isn't too much of of a hassle or disruton to your training.

2015-01-31 8:37 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Originally posted by braciole

Yeah you got it worse than us. Hope you stayed safe and warm and that the dig out isn't too much of of a hassle or disruton to your training.

It actually worked out well. I finished the Sufferlandria tour. 250 miles of biking on the trainer this week.TSS is through the roof. The roads are good now so back for a long run tomorrow. Aiming for 15-17 z1 low z2 in 2:30 on tired legs. I am calling in sick to work and going to enjoy the Super Bowl after run.

2015-02-06 5:16 AM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

uggg friggin sick again! Been a horrible start to the year...had a lingering cold most of jan and really kicked my butt mondau morning. Took mon-tue-wed off...did 1:40 on bike yesterday and back to the pool and treadmill today. Guess its better to rest and heal than force 3 crappy workouts in, and slow down getting well.

2015-02-06 7:13 PM

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Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread

Signed up for Quassy yesterday. Planning my LP course recon trip . . . wheeeeee