Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 95)

10 DAYS...Click the link below. The intro to this rock anthem is enough to get your juices flowing, but you can take in the the whole song if you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyggY_R3jU8

Hey all, I hope everyone is tapering well (i.e. parking closer than usual, taking the elevator, sitting whenever possible, propping feet up, stretching daily, hydrating and eating properly, sleeping adequately). The time to train is over, now it is time to recover. I have been tapering for over a week now and am starting to get to the "feel like crap" stage of taper. Through many years of swimming and doing very specific tapers I have found that I feel like crap for the last several days going into the big race (including the day before) and am always amazed at how well I do in the race. Moral of the story: don't freak out when you start feeling crappy over the next week or so, it's normal. I hypothesize that your muscles are becoming stronger and larger than you are used to when they were broken down, so your body is trying to figure out how to use them to their potential... but that is based on nothing scientific at all.

If someone hasn't already posted this video, it has been motivating me for weeks now, I can't get enough! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqpYKx8Fvk  **If profanity offends you, this may not be for you, it's cool Ironman footage played to Eminem's "Till I Collapse."

Sam I'm with you as a non-coffee drinker.  I think I will go for a nice organic chocolate milk.  They also have an insane apple fritter kind of pastry, which I'm sure is about 6000 calories.

I think everyone should have to look like their avatar.  Sam will need to be rocking the speedo and trying not to be thrown out because of that pesky no shirt rule.  Jillian will have to arrive with her pink bike.  Cube will need to cut his sleeves off.  I will be sporting the big wheel, I'm just not sure how I'm going to get it through airport security

gobey- Good call. You won't miss me if I wear my TYR swim brief that I swim in the pool and in our lake with...and will wear at the practice swim.

anyone- 2.4 mi swim this morning. P.R. for OWS w/out wetsuit, for in my lake. Specific enough? It was 1:17:52. If I have this same effort in IMLOU it will be faster due to river current and other athletes pulling me along with their wake. ...AND this was my last long swim.

Nice work on the TT swim Sam!  I'm going for my own 2.5 race sim this eve.  Hoping to go no wetsuit (maybe speedsuit?), since it looks like the ocean is heating up (current temp is posted at 68.4°).  I'm hoping to be somewhere between 1:15-1:25, but it will depend on currents / chop.

Five 90-minute sessions of hot yoga in the past week and I still sweat buckets every time - not sure that's going to change.  I've turned off my AC in the house and have been riding around with the heater on in my truck.

See you at the Starbucks with pointy helmet and HTB race kit?

Intellicast.com has the first extended forecast for 8/28 in Louisville:

Sunny - Low 65° High 83°

Too early to mean anything but we can dare to dream!

Fingers crossed!

Sure hope that weather forecast sticks!

I'm really hating this part of taper, folks, and I'm getting very nervous about the race itself.  I'm trying to stay really calm.  My legs are starting to feel rested but I'm just a little sleepy tired, which a nap today may help.  Anyone else just starving during taper?

So there is no pasta dinner meeting any longer? I must have missed some posts. It's at Starbucks at 4?  Is this 4am?pm? I'd like to meet you folks :-)

I hope everyone is resting well.

Carrie1- All are invited to meet at Starbucks anywhere from 4:00-4:30, with the idea of meeting each other before entering the Athlete Dinner so we can sit together if desired.

Having said that, some (Fred 'The Cube') for example is also meeting at Spaghetti's on Saturday. I think he has a reservation for 5:30, but you would have to confirm that with him.

Wow ~ this thread has gotten really active!  I think I've missed a bunch of stuff, too.

Meeting between 4 - 4:30 pm Friday at Starbucks.  Sounds good, will plan to be there! 

I had cortisone injections in both of my heels on Tuesday.  A combo of PF/Heel Bursitis has been nagging since June.  I had been ignoring it (because then it didn't exsist, right...) and it got so bad that I could barely walk.  The injections helped ~ they both feel much better now!

Taking it easy today.  May run a little later this afternoon, may not, haven't decided yet.  Starting to get things together today/tomorrow.  I'm checking in on Thursday.  I'm staying at the Hyatt ~ anyone else there, too?   I'm so happy to be so close (my drive is about 1 & 1/2 hours)!  Totally beats the 14 hour drive to IMFL last year!  And escpecially the drive home

Hope to see you all soon!

Well bleeh. My boyfriend decided this was the perfect time to inform me he wanted a "break". Who does that a week before the ironman??

Trying super hard to focus on the race, and not that he won't be there with me.

Any tips?

Lisa- Persevere. Demonstrate you strength and independence, and if he is breaking because you are too strong and too independent in his mind, then show him he's darn right. If it's not, then show him what you are made of.

Having said that...sorry.

I've heard the ultra endurance distance lifestyle can do this to relationships. Up until the 1st of August, I saw my foam roller more than my girlfriend. Thank god she's understanding of my goals.

Focus on eating healthy and keeping yourself busy. We'll see you soon!

Think of the bright side... one less thing to worry about leading up to race... and then after you're done you can focus on it.

But sorry to hear it

Wow, Lisa ~ I'm so sorry.  What terrible timing!  Try to hang in there and just focus on your race, you can deal with him after...lol.  Surround yourself with people during race week ~ other friends/family coming?  Other BT'ers will be there, too!  You've worked so hard and deserve to be fully there, both physically AND mentally  

Are you able to catch the BT meet up at Starbucks?