Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 96)

Oh crap!  I would do nothing.  Chill out.  Follow DC's advice on taping.  Have your fiance feed you grapes and fan you with a giant banana leaf.  Your fitness is in you, you just need that wheel to be fixed in 7 days!

The Madness has set in. If got some minor chafing/irritation going on and I'm imagining an open sore come race day. It's hot and humid and muggy and I'm sweaty in all my creases. I've decided to skip a 1:40 ride today to let things heal up. Aquaphor is my friend!

3 days of work then I'm headed for upstate NY!!!!!

Hey everyone.  Been a rough past few days.  I'm battling a nasty sinus infection.  Got me some antibiotics, loads of vitamin C, all sorts of homeopathic remedies and I'm trying to get right... quick!

To stay positive, here are a few of my favs from this year:

-Signing up last year and volunteering, cycling umpteen times in the pouring rain this year, rocking a 4:26 half iron, waking up before 5am so many times this winter just because a piece of paper next to my bed said I needed to; that nothing comes without dedication, and enjoying the company of so many here and around Buffalo who are training for IMLP as well.  It feels like a family affair these days.

I wasn't there but I had a lot of Buffalo tri club friends racing and I've heard some pretty brutal tales so far.  Very intense day for everyone!  I'd take pouring rain and shivering temps over the 90s any day but ya gotta play the hand your dealt, as they say! 

I caught one the week before last and I called Dr. immediatly to get some meds to knock it out.  A Z-Pack and Allegra D at night did the trick.

Thanks DC and George...   I`ll talk to my physio about that taping.  Appreciate the response and advice.  She had taped me at the end of last week when i told her me knee began to hurt towards the end of Tuesdays run.  Took it easy Wed - Sat then figured i`d be good to run...  clearly not.  The ice machine has been over override.

Any idea where i can grab a banana leaf? :-)  

does anyone put new tires on this week?

Raises hand.  My training tires have been beaten up well and have put a LOT of miles on them.  Figure I wouldn't test fate and try to squeeze that last 112 out of them.

I didn't get new tires, but last week I rotated my race tires and re-installed them in the correct rotational direction this time. Doh!

i hear ya. my water line from the well to my house broke saturday. trench was dug and line replaced yesterday.$$  added stress for sure. Just take a deep breath.

Hi guys,

Just spend the weekend on Vancouver Island. Did a lot of sleeping! Now I have to get all my stuff together to pack up to leave for Placid on Wed.

Feeling better now, but still tired. Haha. I'm getting a bit worried about the heat out there since I live in the land of cool breezes and 20C right now...going to need to come up with a salt contingency plan for the race.

ALSO: MY NEW ANDY JERSEY CAME! YAY YAY YAY!! I won't get it till Wed night because it went to my house in Edmonton. SO I will get it when I meet up with my Mom in the Calgary airport! Right in time for the big stages in the Alps! ANDY ANDY ANDY!

Just dropped my bike off with Tri Bike Transport in Atlanta - so far they all look good, peewee!
I have always traveled with my bike in a TriAll3Sports case (only one TSA catastrophe in 20 years), this is the first time I have shipped it - A little anxious, but I am looking forward to only having to install my pedals when I get there. In late on Thursday night, with a orientation swim on Friday and about a 50 minute bike.

How 'bout now?

Or now?

Every time I check it's a different forecast!

I guess that's what we can expect on race day; unpredictable weather.