Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 63)

BGANNAWAY- I'll be wearing the required swimcap and my goggles. Anything more is ...well...extra.

Actually I'll be wearing what I have on in this photo. I'm sure it's hard to see. Tri-shorts, cap, and goggles.

Jillian - Glad that you got to spend some time with the hubby racing and training. Spending time with my wife has definetely suffered and is starting to wear thin on her. I'll need to correct that soon.

This weekend I'm camping with my son and the scouts in Birdsboro, PA. We are camping at the Daniel Boone homestead. Today I did my 3.5 hour bike and 30 min run brick and for some reason I had convinced myself that the Eastern part of PA was flat. I was way wrong. The ride started with three miles of climbing to French Creek State Park and then a lot of rollers to the turn around. Same three miles greeted me on the return trip up the other side of the ridge. So much for an easy flat spin. All in all a good day, the boys learned a bit of history and I got to ride some new roads.

Now it's time for walking tacos and smores!!

Peter B

BGANNAWAY – I’ll be wearing a 1 piece tri suit the entire day. Makes transitions much simpler IMHO. The less I have to mess with in transition the better. This is the one I have:

http://www.sportsbasement.com/store/FTT-S11%21DeSot/DeSoto+Men%27s+Forza+Trisuit+2011

I raced a HIM this year using this suit and it worked well.

Kevin

Hey everybody, 

I haven't been on this thing for awhile (sorry about that). I haven't trained last week bc its was the last week of school. I can't train this week bc its finals week. It absolutely driving me nuts! I can't wait for school to be over so i can get back to a healthy diet.

I uploaded some Ironman Kona videos for motivation (i have 2010 but can't uploaded bc of youtube copyright).

2009- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOJROXZqZE

2009 LOUISVILLE !!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMTGnIdEvs

2008- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTTllyuAY0

2006- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8Q2MOBMi8

Marcus- Thanks for the inspirational vids.

Anyone- Another, ever exciting episode of the Road to Ironman Louisville is up. It has segments from the Grand Rapids Triathlon, which I did the swim and the bike in today. From a perception perspective, I think I did fairly well, but the results have yet to be posted on their website. I'm anxiously awaiting that opportunity. Below is a direct link to the vid, or you can go to my blog and go to Episode 11. Peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oze34i-aByQ

Made it through the half ironman in Macon last Saturday.  5:48:36.  Treated it like a business trip, and got some good practice in the heat.

I feel much better about my chances in Louisville now.

Wow! Great workouts and race results everyone. Thanks for posting. It's all very inspirational!

Peace

Any bib # predictions?

Great racing everyone!

I needs lots of positive energy this coming sunday. I am doing the Clermont Half challenge located in Central Fl...yes...it is actually hilly! woohooo and the temps are expected to be in the 90's with high humidity. I am a little scared but this is "practice practice" for me ;-).

Cross fingers!

Have a great week everyone,

Alicia

Congrats to all the great racers out there!  And best wishes for upcoming events!  We've got two, maybe three Olympic distance tris coming up in the next 2 months.  Not many HI distance races around here, and I've pretty much spent all the $ I can.  But I'm looking forward to them since only one, the Lumberman up in Cadillac will be an entirely new event for my wife and I.

I've been experimenting with salt replacement with Hammer Endurolytes and will report with more confidence when I've been using them for a bit longer.  So far, seems to be helping.

Tailwinds, y'all,

Todd

Question reg hotels..

Can anyone recommend one or more hotels to stay near the finish line? Are the hotels on the race site near the finish? Any info is greatly appreciated, I think I need to make reservations this week.

Thanks! Alicia