Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 7)

Count me in.   

Name: Jared

Weight:  194

Goal:  180

I'm down for every two weeks

Current weight 160lbs

goal/race weight 150lbs

 Best to probably go someplace and have it calculated.  A local gym might be able to do it for you.  I know they will at mine, I am just bad about having them check. 

The run course is out and back and is downhill both ways!  The course goes north to Illinios and back.  Maybe I'm wrong but this might be the only M-dot IM event that crosses a stateline - presuming the stateline is the mid-point on the Ohio River bridge with KY on the south side and IL on the north.  After the bridge, it goes south into the hood.  Very nice run with lots of old houses and some college frat houses and the like.  It goes south near Churchill Downs but I don't think you can see CD from the course.  This course in 2008 was a little different than in 2007 - I think becuase of a big football game at UK.   The course is shady for most of the route....uh...at least for a mid-to-back-of-packer like me who ran when the sun was not directly overhead.

~Mike

Ooooooohhhh F--- 

I have to be in for this. I did IMAZ in Nov. on a diet of junk food and pop and brough an extra 30+ pounds to my race weight frame. Since then I haven't missed a meal and actually did plenty of "brick" eating and am up another 10 spot.

Will weigh in tonight after I get the munchkins to bed.

Its on, quote me now, I have one can of Mountain Dew left and then its pop free until maybe some cola on the marathon course of IM Louisville. Oh crap did I just say that outloud?

Many scales these days have body fat readings. Most are not the most accurate but if using the same scale week in and week out you'll at least have a idea of where you are at

If two weeks is more convientent for some I am down with that but I NEED to report weekly or I get a case of slackeritis and fall prey to the pitfalls of horrible eating. Beat me with a stick if I slack. When I post my weight and goals later tonight you will understand why

2987 Entrants so far for IMKY.  Since there are still community slots available, I'm guessing the field got expanded to 3,000 this year! 

~Mike

Name - Nathan

Weight - 146lbs

race weight - 145lbs

BF - dont know

If I take a real long pee I`m sure I can get down to my race weight. Im lucky that weight has never been an issue for me.

I got an email from the RD a while back and he said they had a very high percentage of DNSs so they were increasing the field.

I did the math last year to see if/when I'd be passed by the pros on the bike course thinking I'd be on my first loop and they'd pass me on their first loop....but mathmatically, based on my estimated start time and my speed and their speed, I predicted I never see them on the course...and I never did either.

~Mike

I never saw the pro men. When I hit T2, pro time was 8:40. I did get to the top women on the run.

That is freakin Insanity. I know many will DNS but what if, just what if most showed up. WHat then?

You got to make goals achievable. Bite size portions. So maybe .1 pound per month goal of weightloss and you can maybe achieve your goal

 my goal is also to be at the very end of the swim start line, I was up closer to the front last year and really didn't like that 

Did the official kick off training last binge and weigh in session:

222.6   19.6%Body Fat  

Goals: Oh boy here we go!

In a perfect world: 175 on raceday and sub 8 body fat!

Ah, shoot... here we go...

Start 155 (need to check %bf when I get home); goal 147 (or ~18% bf)

And if I get there *before * the race... let's hope I keep it off.

Jessi

I guess I will play along too.  During IMKY training last year I gained 6 pounds and then lost 6 during taper.  It was so nice to not be hungry 24/7 during taper!  Since IMKY I've lost another 7 pounds.  Right now I'm 131 and 22% BF (BF was tested in Nov, will be testing again soon....hopefully I'm under 22% already). 

My "reaching for the stars" goal is to arrive at IMKY 09, 125 pounds or less and 17-18% BF.

Should we start our own thread for this topic? 

I think that is a good idea.  By the way Abbie, I'm SweetP's husband, nice to meet/challenge you.