Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 62)

BooTri - 2012-04-13 1:12 PM

I don't often quote Oprah but she said it best,"If there were a pill, I'd have it." More and more I am hearing these bariatric stories and Syracuse has a large center that advertises on TV a lot for it. I am all for it from a medical prespective but I have a hard time with people doing it because they are lazy. I was pushing 280 in Dec of 2009, resting HR of 89... and I pushed back... I am 189 now, resting HR of 60 with great BP etc. I still have a ways to go IMO.. I am only 5'9"... but from a toning perspective. Regardless if the extra skin stays or not you won't find me going under the knife... plus if I shake in the water maybe I'll get more propulsion sans wetsuit!

And don't get me started on the little rascal with the free arm picker upper thingy... again, for those who NEED it go get it, but I am tire of the laziness this country caters to.

that being said I am going to try and rip a sub 8 min mile 5k tomorrow.... my PR is an 8:17 4 miler a few weeks ago.  If I can hold 8:17 for 4 I think I can hold 8 for 3.1..... unless one of those darn rascals trip me up!

klassman - 2012-04-13 1:26 PM First race of the year is tomorrow morning.  I'm doing the Rumpus in Bumpus Olympic...although the last two weeks haven't been stellar for training, I have gotten in the long stuff.  After I come out of the water, I'm going to redline it for as far as I can.  It should be interesting to see how my legs respond for the bike since I'll be going all out for an hour instead of Z2 for longer periods of time.

TankBoy - 2012-04-13 3:45 PM

14 weeks to go and it appears that the race season is finally upon us! Lots of racers this weekend: Klassmen, Bootri, Drdking, who else? I have a just-for-fun organized century tomorrow with a recovery swim on Sunday. What is on tap for everyone else?

Good luck racers!

triguy1043 - 2012-04-13 10:13 PM Just got back from riding it LP course looks good alot of wind today and a high temp of 54 degrees.

cornick - 2012-04-13 9:34 PM

 

Wind was crazy wasn't it?! Who knew you could have head wind going up the bears!!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/167690256

Tdotnew2tri - 2012-04-14 12:50 AM

You had a 247HR on the downhill?!
It MUST be that scary!!!!
I've been having trouble uploading my work outs.  My 310xt wont upload the work out and the connection to my ant+ fails all the time!

hows mirror lake looking?  whats the temp of the water do u think?

thanks for sharing!

marathongirl11 - 2012-04-14 3:28 PM

I had to do my ride on a trainer today......AGAIN!

It's raining cats & dogs around here, but supposed to clear up by tomorrow.

I hope you are all having better weather for your long rides today!

Dream Chaser - 2012-04-14 3:44 PM

I won't even tell you it's 70 degrees and sunny here on Long Island.

Dream Chaser - 2012-04-14 2:58 PM

  Truth is, one conclusion I came to is that Ironman training is not that hard.  It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination; but I would say alone, by itself, Ironman training is actually fun and challenging.  It's the balancing Ironman training with family, work, kids, wife, social and community commitments, that's what's really effing hard!!  

Dream Chaser - 2012-04-14 3:58 PM

Truth is, one conclusion I came to is that Ironman training is not that hard.  It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination; but I would say alone, by itself, Ironman training is actually fun and challenging.  It's the balancing Ironman training with family, work, kids, wife, social and community commitments, that's what's really effing hard!!  

Monty - 2012-04-14 7:47 PM So I just haven't been feeling it on my bikes and runs like I have in the past. Thought I was just late starting so a bit out of shape. Then the months go by and it doesn't really change. Short efforts were ok and I was seeing improvement on the bike in my LT testing, but anything with any distance I was breaking down and bonking quickly. Long story short I had a full Cardio/Pulmonary Exercices test done yesterday. I now have asthma and apparently pretty bad. My lung function is 25% worse than last year. My ability to draw in O2 is only 55% of what is the predicted value. I am starving for air. The good news is that I kept pushing in training thinking I was just being a wus...so my VO2max climbed by 9 ml/min/kg. I feel better knowing that it wasn't just me getting older and slower, but a little concerned that I have to get this figured out in the next month or so or it will be a long painful day out there. Started on a steroid inhaler. Getting tested again in early May. Ok..that's my whine of the day. Speaking of which....just poured a nice glass after a long ride today. Hope all your training is going well out there. Speedbumps happen!

klassman - 2012-04-15 1:27 PM

I notched my first race of the season yesterday.  It was an OLY although the bike leg was only 23 miles.  There was a last minute change of venue so the course had some unexpected challenges in the form of running on gravel for 85 percent of the way.

Nonetheless, it was a gorgeous day with the weather.  No injuries and I raced according to plan.  Looking back, there are some places where I could have been faster -- pushed more on the second half of the run, transitions (esp. T2) but it was a good race.

I ended up dropping 11 minutes off of my PR...so for all of the grumbling that I might have done about the run course or what have you, I'm just glad it all worked out.  Race report is up if you are interested (Rumpus in Bumpus OLY can be accessed from my logs too.)  I'll probably write a blog post about it later tonight.  Funny thing, my heartrate for the bike averaged 148.  All along, I kept thinking, "I bet I could tolerate another 5bpm and still run off the bike."  But, trying to muscle up another gear just dropped my cadence into the low 80s so I stuck with what I had.

Weird Ironman training observation of the day: I slept in the backyard because the kids and I had a campout.  We cooked on the grill, had smores and homemade ice cream and had the tent up with sleeping bags.  I am more sore today in my lower back from the 5 year old's knees than I am from the race.  I guess those 60-80 mile bike rides followed by a short run are doing something for me.

Hope you all had safe and productive weekends.

klassman - 2012-04-15 1:27 PM

I notched my first race of the season yesterday.  It was an OLY although the bike leg was only 23 miles.  There was a last minute change of venue so the course had some unexpected challenges in the form of running on gravel for 85 percent of the way.

Nonetheless, it was a gorgeous day with the weather.  No injuries and I raced according to plan.  Looking back, there are some places where I could have been faster -- pushed more on the second half of the run, transitions (esp. T2) but it was a good race.

I ended up dropping 11 minutes off of my PR...so for all of the grumbling that I might have done about the run course or what have you, I'm just glad it all worked out.  Race report is up if you are interested (Rumpus in Bumpus OLY can be accessed from my logs too.)  I'll probably write a blog post about it later tonight.  Funny thing, my heartrate for the bike averaged 148.  All along, I kept thinking, "I bet I could tolerate another 5bpm and still run off the bike."  But, trying to muscle up another gear just dropped my cadence into the low 80s so I stuck with what I had.

Weird Ironman training observation of the day: I slept in the backyard because the kids and I had a campout.  We cooked on the grill, had smores and homemade ice cream and had the tent up with sleeping bags.  I am more sore today in my lower back from the 5 year old's knees than I am from the race.  I guess those 60-80 mile bike rides followed by a short run are doing something for me.

Hope you all had safe and productive weekends.

klassman - 2012-04-15 1:27 PM

I notched my first race of the season yesterday.  It was an OLY although the bike leg was only 23 miles.  There was a last minute change of venue so the course had some unexpected challenges in the form of running on gravel for 85 percent of the way.

Nonetheless, it was a gorgeous day with the weather.  No injuries and I raced according to plan.  Looking back, there are some places where I could have been faster -- pushed more on the second half of the run, transitions (esp. T2) but it was a good race.

I ended up dropping 11 minutes off of my PR...so for all of the grumbling that I might have done about the run course or what have you, I'm just glad it all worked out.  Race report is up if you are interested (Rumpus in Bumpus OLY can be accessed from my logs too.)  I'll probably write a blog post about it later tonight.  Funny thing, my heartrate for the bike averaged 148.  All along, I kept thinking, "I bet I could tolerate another 5bpm and still run off the bike."  But, trying to muscle up another gear just dropped my cadence into the low 80s so I stuck with what I had.

Weird Ironman training observation of the day: I slept in the backyard because the kids and I had a campout.  We cooked on the grill, had smores and homemade ice cream and had the tent up with sleeping bags.  I am more sore today in my lower back from the 5 year old's knees than I am from the race.  I guess those 60-80 mile bike rides followed by a short run are doing something for me.

Hope you all had safe and productive weekends.