Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 6)

I've got IM-LP on July 24th, then a couple of recovery weeks, the Annapolis 10-miler in late August, and maybe the ChesapeakeMan Aqua Velo in late September.  Guessing October and early November will be my big build periods, which will be difficult here in Maryland as the days get shorter and the weather gets colder.

For any of you IM veterns, what is the deal with the athlete dinner?  Can you bring guests?  Is it worth it?  I have three people coming to Arizona with me and I am sure that at least two of them would be interested in attending. Also, I assume that there is a cost to bring guests?

Thanks!

My take based on IMSG last year:  First time - definitley go!  They'll get you excited about the event, show some video, you'll get misty eyed, good times.  Food is "eh" - bland pasta and bread.  Guests - if they're gung-ho, sure, but you have to pay like $25 for them to eat bland pasta and watch the video.

This will be my second, I'll for sure go, but will likely send my wife and parents out to a real dinner.  I suspect that by that time, they're so burned out on hearing about triathlon, the last thing they'll want to do is hang around a bunch of hyper stressed out participants.  LOL.

I'm doing an Oly next week and a 70.3 in 7 weeks.  Just coming off of an injury (stress response in my foot 9 weeks ago) and just hoping to get through next weeks race without any hitches.

Well if you finish your bike at that pace and have a decent swim you have about 10 hours to do a marathon.  See that is not so bad now is it ?

Another CdA person here!  (Hi Brittany, nice work on Sunday!)  I'm looking forward to meeting all of you in Tempe later this year.  How's the training going for everyone?  Less than 5 months to go - things should be starting to pick up soon.

Rather then feeling burned out and "oh crap, I have to do this all over again", I'm SUPER fired up and anxious to start hitting the training again.  I can't wait until November!!!

Training seriously since January to get a solid base.  Just want to finish one....so leaving nothing to chance!!!  Using a computrainer for bike training, joined a Masters swim group, have a great coach.   Doing Barb's Race 1/2 IM end of July, should give me a better feel for race times.  It's getting hot in AZ....have adapted to running and biking at 4am....yikes!!!! 

HELL YEAH!!

The realization that I'm actually going to do this has started to hit me and I am fired up as well. Training is ramping up, but I can clearly see that I'm in great shape and it's only going to get better (mostly).  Build phase 1 of my training starts in a couple of weeks and I'm ready to get going.  How about everyone else?

I know I'm still relatively new to this site, but I'm looking forward to meeting some folks from BT in AZ as well.

So my actual training mileage was well below by planned training mileage due to occupational requirements.  The good news - I was able to start my s/b/r training at the current schedule with no issues, so I am back on track.

I started the Build Phase of the Ironfit program and so far, so good.  The mileage is definitely starting to pick up in the near future!!!

Finally - It's great to have TexasMPgal back after smoking IMCDA!!! 

June totals:

Bike:                                                    30h 58m  -  600.43  Mi

Run:                                                     11h  32m  -  79.76  Mi

Swim                                                     50m        -   2500 yd

  Going to have to start picking up the run and swim this month.

This includes 3 weeks of taper and then IMCdA.  This week is all of 2.5 hours on the schedule.  Next week is 6 hours.  Then I'll start ramping back up for Round 2.  Happy 4th of July weekend, everyone!

June total:

Bike 11 hrs 43 mins - 179 miles

Run 39 hrs 30 mins - 147 miles

Swim 2 hrs 10 mins -  4,500 yards.

Finished the 100 mile run this month.. Hardest thing I've ever done.  

It's been almost 3 weeks since and I'm still feeling it.  Have just gotten back to the bike and swimming.  

Now, to get back to some proper IM training.

So looking forward to a more balanced diet of biking and swimming. 

Congrats to the IMCDA finishers.  Multiple IM's in a year is some major commitment. 

Thanks Chris!! I am still in recovery mode--which for me means I'm at my brother's wedding festivities (wedding is today) so I haven't done anything since IMCdA! Hahaha! But when I get back to San Diego, it's game on! Pumped to race with all of you--and also pretty pumped cause Team RWB (the non-prof racing team I'm part of) will have our largest presence at a tri yet when it comes to IMAZ.  You guys will see a lot of the red, white, and blue eagle out on that course!