Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 51)

I'll be in San Antonio all next week for work training.  Bringing lots of running clothes and will be really putting the body through a personal stress test.  Probably even some doubles.  Hope to get in the 40 - 50+ mile range when all is said and done for the week.  If at the end of it my heart isn't freaking out, then it becomes time to put back on my endurance athlete hat and start training (basically from scratch) for LP.

If the heart can't take it?  Then I'm calling WTC the next week and calling it quits and getting my refund.

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I'll second that thought, but add I don't give a rats a@# if you do LP, I just hope you find yourself in a position to be able to do the daily activities you love to do.

Oh, you logs are SO on my Friends list now.....Be afraid. I don't "Inspire", I prefer to cause people to "Perpsire" in fear.....

Edited by bryancd 2010-02-19 7:01 PM

You guys are TOTALLY underestimating yeats- don't let him sneak by to kick all your butts on race day. Watch out, he's fast and training his skinny a$$ off.

 

Sure, I see how you are. 


Glad to see you back off hiatus.  I would have called it a family vacation, but thats just me.

I am heading to the pool.

Edited by tasr 2010-02-20 9:52 AM

I think it would be great to do a Fri, Sat, Sun if people were interested.  Whether or not it was full day on Fri or just a Fri night swim & run. 

Picking the date will be the most challenging part.  Here are the weekends:

4/10--Cherry Blossom 10 miler in DC (PennState & I are both doing this race)
4/17--Boston Mary  (this doesn't affect me, not sure if it does others)
4/24
5/1--I'll be out of town this weekend.
5/8
5/15
5/22--Columbia Triathlon weekend (doesn't affect me, not sure if others are doing it)
5/29--Memorial Day weekend
6/5
6/12--Eagleman
6/19--I'll be at Jorge's training camp in LP
6/26

4/24 & 5/8 or 5/15 look like they could be a great choices if we want an April or May date.  Or if we wanted it to be over Memorial Day (5/29 weekend) we could do that as well.  For June I'm not sure if people think 6/5 is too close to Eman.  I'd be fine with it but I'm doing the race as a relay.  Maybe 6/26 would be a good weekend.  One final big training weekend with 4 weeks to absorb the training.

I have a 4 bedroom house so I could potentially host people here if my kids go to my parents for the weekend (they would love this idea!).   Pretty used to hosting as we have lots of people that crash here for football weekends.  So lots of beds and it would keep the cost down for people.  Plus, it would be fun!

Thoughts?  We could open this to others who maybe aren't doing LP but are just looking for a fun, hard training weekend as well if we wanted.

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Look at my big list of dates above.   Any that do/don't work for you?

Ooo- treachery- I'm in! I think I'm going to have to doctor his bike a bit race morning in order to beat his bike split. Yeats is going to eat the LP hills for breakfast.

I eat HILLS for breakfast, lunch and dinner num, num, num!

.....you are all so lucky I am not doing this race....

Are you much of a climber Bryan?

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I'm only 5'10", 165, I climb like a MACHINE. A hilly course actually favors me. I train with a lot of climbing for living in int he Phoenix metro area. In 2007 I split a 5:03 bike in Hawaii, you tell me, James. Heat and hills, it's what's for dinner.

Edited by bryancd 2010-02-20 7:39 PM