Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 76)

Have a couple half-marathon's on the schedule coming up.

Kansas 70.3 in June.  IMLP in July.  Planning to really focus on keeping weekends stacked with training for LP.  Will do the fun stuff ( Olympics and TTs ) in August/September after LP.

Might squeeze one more race in there before LP in May, but we'll see.

Not a race, but signed up for the LP training weekend put on by Jorge and company in June as well. 

PennState - 2010-03-23 6:24 PM Harryman is soooo much more hilly than LP, that I'm actually not sure it is great prep... it's not bad prep, but the hills that I have heard about at Harryman sound much more intense than LP. Then again, Eagleman which I'm doing is hardly great prep, so what do I know ???

I wanna be over-prepared for the LP Bike course, ...like that's possible! 

And you obviously know a little of what you are doing based on your last two finishes at LP. 

PennState - 2010-03-24 5:40 AM

Dream Chaser - 2010-03-23 9:40 PM

PennState - 2010-03-23 6:24 PM Harryman is soooo much more hilly than LP, that I'm actually not sure it is great prep... it's not bad prep, but the hills that I have heard about at Harryman sound much more intense than LP. Then again, Eagleman which I'm doing is hardly great prep, so what do I know ???

I wanna be over-prepared for the LP Bike course, ...like that's possible! 

And you obviously know a little of what you are doing based on your last two finishes at LP. 

I did Black Bear... somewhat similar to Harryman in the hills before LP 2008. I had a mediocre race at Black Bear, but when I did LP I realised that Black Bear was a totally different kind of race than LP... just wasn't good prep for me.

I guess I should say the course wasn't good prep, but doing an IM is always good prep in some ways.

I've heard the same, from JK, that Black Bear and Harryman bike are very similar.  Why was it not good prep for you?  Are the hills too aggressive climbing compared to LP?  Perhaps a rolling course would be better?  One would think Eagleman (pancake flate course) would NOT be great Prep for LP, but apparently based off your results and others, it's fine.  Go figure. 

Register now to make certain you get a spot.  The combined field for the Olympic and HIM is 400. 

I see what you guys are saying.  It reminds me of what swim guru Sara McLarty always says: Swim all different strokes.  Even though we only swim crawl stroke in a race, it helps to become a well-rounded swimmer and swim butterfly, backstroke, do drills, kickboard, etc...    The same with biking, I should do my drills, and bike all different terrains, and the combination of all that consistent training will make me a more well-rounded cyclist who can fair well on race day, regardless of the course.   

And having said all that, I'm off to Bike right now.  20mph winds out too, YAY!

Funniest thing just happened, I had to share.  My wife ordered Girl Scout Cookies.  I kindly asked her to 'please hide them'  otherwise I will devour a box at a time.  So I just pulled out my Perptuem and Carbo-Pro cannisters from the shelf and a box of thin mints fell from on top of them.  Yah think she coul've found a better place to hide them then on top of my bike nutrition!