Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 83)

No fun training for me yet.  My program starts today but I'll only be able to swim.  Got on the bike and felt a bit of pain in the fractured area so I'm waiting for a response from Ortho to tell me if a bit of pain is ok or do I wait one, two more weeks.  Still no plans on running for about a month but I'm missing all the cool weather biking.

I'm starting to feel like Russell Crow in a Beautiful Mind.  Everytime another day goes by without biking or running the numbers and splits start running through my head and the time just keeps increasing.  Is it wierd that I'm still not worried?

At least I have this awesome boot on my foot so I look freakin' cool.  Train hard my friends, I'll join you soon enough.

Going to the pool. word.

I raced a half marathon yesterday, and had a blast!  I love half-marathons cause the distance is a challenge, but it's short enough to let me fully recover within a few days. 

LM = Congrats on your first continous Long Run since battling back from injury!

Papson = hang in there man.  This too shall pass.

And like JackJack said, nutrition is very individual.  For me, I keep discovering that less is more.  The night before my half marathon race I had a medium bowl of pasta with one hard-boiled egg.  The next morning, two hours before my half marathon I ate one clif bar, drank a small cup of coffee and had a glass of water.  15 mins before the race I had 1 PowerBar Gel.  During the race I had a mouthful of water at mile 6 & at mile 8 I had one gel with caffeine and a water to wash it down.  That's it and it worked out perfectly!  It was also really cool out and overcast.  But even if it were sunny and hot, I think I would have just added two cups of gatorade to the entire equation and I would have been fine.  In a former life I used to eat a lot more, drink a lot more, and take salt tablets and a few other supplements.