Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 6)

R.I.P Sheldon Brown.

Yes, standard crank. 

298 Days!!! We're already in the 200's!!!  DC FREAKOUT COMING!!  i kid, i kid

RJohnson1979 - 2010-09-28 10:23 PM

Dream Chaser - 2010-09-28 7:38 PM

298 Days!!! We're already in the 200's!!!  DC FREAKOUT COMING!!  i kid, i kid

Hahaha! Is this your first official "freakout?" I love it. For some reason I had my race countdown at 301 days - but I'm glad you posted this so I could correct it.

The only thing I'm freaking out about is not knowing a single thing about bike gearing... I need some serious help

A.) I know little to nothing about Bike gearing.  Just learn how to grind it out on the drainer in the winter, and then grind it out on the road during the Spring, and you'll be just fine.

B.) As of this posting there are 297 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes and 39 seconds till we begin the Journey.

Keep this link handy: http://ironmanlakeplacid.com/usaclock.html

I'm In!!  cant believe that I did it.

Shin pain, eh.  There is a good article in this months Runners World magazine that illustrates specific strength training techiques to incorporate into your training regiment that can reduce all the most common running injuries.  I highly recommend picking up this months magazine.  For me, from my short experience of 5 years running, I've found that yoga and strengthening my hips, glutes and core has great decreased my running injuries.  Wintertime is an excellent time to work on that kind of stuff.

As for racing prior to IMLP, many people including myself like to do a HIM in late May, early June.  An Olympic in mid-June would also help 'blow out the cobwebs'.  However, many people do zero races.  It's all up to you and your fitness and how it fits into your training.  Usually it's a good idea to plan a Recovery week after the HIM. 

For me, I'll be doing a ton of races (triathlons, road races, possibly a Marathon in April) before Lake Placid.  This is an agressive approach however, and I don't recommend it.  A conservative approach would be one Olympic/or Sprint race, and one HIM around 2 months out, and that (I dare to guess) would probably work best for most. 

How many miles do you have on those shoes?  I have three pairs I rotate.  When they get to around 400 miles, I throw them out.  Sometimes the materials in the shoe breakdown causing a 'deadspot' and this could also cause shin pain.

I did Quassy last year, and likely will be racing it again.  In a nut shell: I met Craig Alexander, my kids played at an amusement park for two days, the expo was awesome, transition is awesome (you get your own Transition box), the swim is a wave start and in a fresh water lake, the Bike is crazy hilly and challenging, the run is 2 miles downhill to start, then around 6-miles of killer hills, then flat for the rest with a few rollers.  I would highly recommend the Rev3 race as they put on a Top-Notch race; and the course conditions mimic LP very closely, and are actually more challenging despite being half the distance.  

DC – Thanks for the advice – I will definitely check out that Runners World article. Perfect timing to work on stuff like that this winter.  I have just over 200 on those shoes but I also run on crappy old shoes at the gym when I run on the treadmill for my short runs… so that’s a good point to think about!  I’m going to replace my shoes and downgrade my current 200mile shoes to my gym shoes I think just to be safe.

KathyG- Good luck in the prep for IMFL! I had never thought of switching the long workouts to a weekday and doing an Olympic or something on the weekend as training. That might be doable if I have some vacation to use.

Tank – That makes sense. I’ll have to monitor it and if the things I’m doing don’t help I’ll definitely need to consider seeing a doctor and massage therapist – For now it doesn’t seem that bad yet so fingers crossed. Good luck meeting with your new coach! Let us know how it goes!

Joborneman3 – I am in DC and probably going to do Columbia and *maybe* Eagleman, but was really mostly considering Kinetic for my ½. I’d like to do the DC tri again but that might be too much!

Thanks for everyones help!

Ryan