Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 6)

Originally posted by miamiamy

okay I'm here for motivation .... encouragement ... positive vibes.

I've had two back to back super low volume training weeks. Mostly because of Ragnar Florida which took some recovery not because of the volume but because of the lack of sleep followed immediately by a weekend of travel for a kid event.

Yesterday driving home from the kid competition I was feeling defeated mentally and lazy physically and behind the ball on training for IMLP. We got home late and I intended to get up early and hit the trainer and totally slept through my alarm. Not good. But, I just finished my bike trainer run brick and I'm hoping that this is the start of some very focused training efforts for the next few weeks before the next forced upheaval which is the kiddos spring break.

How is everyone else doing with their training?

Originally posted by braciole

So, it's almost the end of March. Last week I had my highest volume training week yet. I'm feeling physically tired (and first handful of outside runs made me tight and sore) and now starting to feel mentally tired too. This week is a lighter/easier week to recover from the fatigue, but for the first time I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by what's to come in the next 4 months. I could just be moping a bit because in the northeast we just got through back into 20/30 degree temps after a tease of spring.

My training has been all around solid though.

How's everyone else doing?

Originally posted by braciole

One man's floor is another man's ceiling . . . I just started swimming 2x week and that's a step up for me and I had to pull some strings to make it happen. I've gotten through 7 yrs of tri including a few HIMs almost entirely on swimming 1x per week.

Originally posted by miamiamy

Yup. 4 months. I'm just back from a week of family vacation. Nothing quite like a week off to set me into training panic mode.

So the first day back I did a century ride (yes, overkill) and today I dutifully got to the pool for my swim.

So, feeling back on track!

Originally posted by miamiamy

Don't be too impressed. First I live in Miami so I ride outside almost all year long. And we have no hills so 100 miles of flatland is different than anywhere else.

Second, it was a supported ride so we had frequent and wonderful stops to recharge. I took advantage of those lemme tell you. And I'm pretty sure we were the last ones to finish ... maybe there were one or two more after us but not many. But other than that be as impressed as you want :-)

Originally posted by elrasc06

I'm not doing the race this year, but wish you all luck. I'm from around the area, and stopped by yesterday to get my bike gearing all changed. People were playing hockey on Mirror Lake. Hard to imagine you guys will be swimming there in 4ish months!