Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 8)

My wife will be around 8 months preggers as well, so I will be solo for the weekend as well.  I only plan to be in town for a short time as well. 

  I guess the two of us better get that race over quick so we can get back home!   You a ring knocker, (AKA West Point grad?).  

I am not a WP grad, but stationed here now as an Ortho PA.  Do you have connections here?

 Served with a lot of grads.  Two of my friends have kids attending West Point.

I have been struggling...just moved in April and started a new job.  Job is taking way more time and energy...especially mentally!  getting 8 hours of training has been tough.  I am finding my fitness is slipping and it is bugging me.  This is my second year doing tri's.  I did on half last September and another half this June.  My plan is to do one more half in October than this race.

I am getting a little worried that i will not be ready...the run is my weakest and I am worried about it.  I appreicate all your post on here...really helping me get motivated and finding my drive!

Just what i needed!

OK, just finished up IM-LP and I'm just now wrapping my head around the fact that I've got to do it again in late November.  Last five weeks have been a journey for me...crashed my bike on June 18 and broke bones in both hands, had subsequent surgery and screws inserted in both hands on June 22, spent over 25 hours on the trainer just trying to maintain fitness, and then finally being cleared to race one week before LP.  After that IM-AZ will seem like a piece of cake  Taking time off to recover and will start training again August 8.  Hope everyone's training is going well.

Jeff

The wife and I volunteered last year and were first in line to sign up for this year.  This will be her only IM (hip issues) and wanted to make sure she had a realistic shot at finishing (Flatter course, flatter run, etc.) We had a great time volunteering (Finish line catchers).  We even stayed past our shift to see some of the later finishers come through.

Last years swim was particularly cold.  It might have been because they put in some new bladders and the water newer had the chance to warm up through summ - I don't know - I just heard it was really cold.  I checked on line and as of 7/24, the temp in the lake was 87f.  I am not sure what to believe here.  Anyone have any perspective on either why it was so cold last year or seemingly so hot this year and what should we expect on 11/20?

Thanks!

Alright folks.....July is in the books.  IMAZ is now 3 months and 3 weeks away.  Let's keep the training volume up!!

Hello! 

I was on the website a few minutes before registration opened and started filling out the form right at 11 am PST.  Registration went quickly, the hardest part was hitting the "send" button!  This is my first IM and I'm really excited.

I would say online registration will probably be fine for you.  Good luck!

Robyn

July's totals:

Bike:                                           39h 8m 13s - 728.28 Mi

Run:                                            9h 48m 21s - 65.09

Swim:                                          2h  41m 30s - 8236.36 Yd

I need to start picking up the run and swim volume.

Finally feel like I'm getting back to a more balanced distribution of swim, bike, run training in July.

Bike50hrs 40min - 805 miles

Run12hrs 45min - 83 miles

Swim9hrs 58min - 32,912 yards

Still trying to get back into form on the run training.  Definitely not doing the miles of a few months ago, but the quality is starting to get there.

Have really taken to OW swimming lately.  The water has been beautiful here in San Diego and logged more than half my swim time in OW this month.

July totals:

Swim - 8:06 hrs

Bike - 20:48 hrs - 342 miles

Run - 15:42 hrs - 107.2 miles

This week starts the build phase of my training, looking forward to it after a nice recovery week last week.

Only 16 weeks to go!

I'm feeling a little light in the volume, but I've got a 70.3 this weekend, so I started to build then immediately tapered

I had an off week, other than that the training was decent. 

My July was almost pure rest/vacation so totals aren't worth posting...but I have been ramping up the training the last week or so.  Feels good to see that I didn't lose much fitness at all in the month after CdA.

Next up:   Santa Rosa marathon on the 31st.