kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 - CLOSED (Page 7)

I'd say the biggest thing for me looking back was consistency. Have a plan for what you need to get done each day, and at the start of Ironman training try to get into a groove with just getting out there and getting as many of your sessions done as possible. Once you're able to figure out what works for you from a scheduling perspective it gets a lot easier to go into "auto pilot" and stay consistent with your workouts. One key session isn't going to make or break your race, it's just doing the work week after week.

I also found it helpful to have my coach schedule the same types of workouts on the same day of the week which made it easier to plan. I knew I'd always swim on Tues, go to track on Weds, etc. and it helped my husband plan as well.

I was worried about making the bike cutoff so I focused a lot on biking and running and put less of an emphasis on swimming because I'm an ok swimmer and could finish in a time I was comfortable with without putting a lot of time in the pool. My goal was to simply finish the race, and I knew I had the most time to gain on the bike. Now that my biking is in much better shape (I made the cutoff with over an hour and a half to spare) if I were to do a second one I think I'd focus more on swimming than I did for my first.

LOLOLOLOL

Don't eat the pizza at the finish line!! Your mind will tell you to eat it you will want it but believe me two hurling epiodes, 3 hours in the med tent, and 3 IVs later its not worth it. Your stomach will not be able to handle that type of food so quickly!!

Bring on the wetsuit stri**ers

Haha, good advice.  I wouldn't be eating it anyway since I'm vegan, but that can be applied to any "real" food at the finish.

Also, that sounds miserable!

Well now I want wings...

They had chopped brisket at Longhorn this year.  Now I love me some BBQ, I'm from Texas afterall, but really?  I went over there thinking I was hungry and left wanting to puke.

They have "Pizza Mondays" at the Planet Fitness by my house.  Makes me laugh and cry at the same time.  A gym that markets themselves as different because it's not a meathead atmosphere giving pizza to the kind of clientele they attract.  Seems a bit counter productive.

Now I want pizza and bbq!

And I have to learn to pee on my bike.

Me too.  Would make life much easier.

I'm not digging through the last 200+ pages to try and find it.

carrie639 - 2011-12-21 3:55 PM No, no, I am sure someone else has that readily available!

Shaun is in NYC right now so no one to dig it up -- so sad.

speed>hygeine

im not a girl, but i will give my advice anyway, you know, ima sharer and a hugger/high fiver

there is no practical purpose to do any "business" on a bike when you are training. Stop get off and go in the woods or rest area.

In a race if you must urinate on yourself and bike you do not stop soaking your socks and shoes when you do, it goes down your legs make sure no one is behind you obviously.  i don't wear socks, so the only thing that would get wet would be my shoes.  use your water bottle to rinse off when you finish. Keep in mind that urine, especially in us athlete types is typically very sterile since we consume a lot of fluid/water, your pee is actually pretty clean.  I always wash my bike after a long race, it gets gu's. fluids, road grime and all kinds of crap on it. I clean and tune prior and after a race.

#2, i have an iron gut, it locks down under stress so i do not usually have to go #2. You obviously should not poop your self, some people are not so lucky, they have to hit the rest facilities in a race, or as a bear would do.  I usually have tissues with me when i train, there is always that first time.  Only you know your body, and even sometimes it'll throw you a curve.

I could eat brisket after a race. 

And I HAVE peed while on my bike (and during run and during swim and squatting in the middle of a race)

i always pee in my wetsuit, always.  I have never had a race where i didn't pee in it. I would be worried if i did not pee in my wetsuit, lol

LMAO at "you obviously should not poop yourself."  Knowing my luck, I'd be THAT girl

Good advice.  

Just caught up on all the posts! I'm not very good at checking everything very often but i plan to try to get to it sooner more often. 

Kelly-sorry to hear about your ankle! I wish you a very speedy recovery. I know how you feel with the injuries..i have very weak bones and have had 7 stress fractures (all in my tibias) and just had to run my first marathon after not running for a whole 5 weeks before! Somehow managed to still go 3:28 and under my 3:30 goal, but i know how frustrating it is when all you want to do is train! 

Sounds like everyone has great goals. 

As for mine, I would like to finish the ironman with a respectable time. I don't want to have a goal time, other than finishing for my first one i guess, but i have no idea even what time to gauge where i'll finish. I've done a HIM at 5:04 and the 3:28 mary..what should i shoot for? For those that have done the full ironman..i agree with sarah's question of..what do you wish you had known? Any suggestions for transitioning from doing a half to a full? Kelly..if you still have that plan would you be able to send it to me? I can PM you my email. 

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!

Meghan

Oh and PS...doing an ironman on a road bike ok? I don't have a tri bike and i'm still in the need of getting aerobats too. 

I'll get a picture up soon.