Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 97)

haha you da man for 8s. ill be lucky to hold 830s. those IM marys aint no joke. in fact i will amend my 8s to 830s. thanks for pointing that out.

also, i think i need to put that statement about not overcooking/killing the bike into the race plan too. great to have extra eyes here to help me out.

hey army make sure you smuggle some shiner up to idaho for phat and crew.  i hear you can keep it cold in that lake ya'll are swimming in.   ;-)

awesome thread ya'll.  lots of tremendous info!   ya'll hand that course it's a$$ in few weeks!!!

Late to the party posting last weeks numbers

Swim 2200 (missed long swim cause of Mothers Day)

Bike 140.2 miles

Run  26.75 miles

13:35 hrs

Overall kind of a disappointing week having to miss a couple of workouts and cut others short due to time. I treated it as a step back week and its full speed ahead at this point til early June!

Good call, Navy! Thanks for the encouragement--looking forward to cheering on you IMTX peeps here in a few days!

Well, I've come down with some achilles tendonitis.  Bummer.  My thoughts were to just completely stop running for about 10 days.  All bike and all swim.   Then try to pick the running up around the 3-4th week of may.  That should give me about 2 weeks to get some runs in.   My long run to date is a lone paltry 18 miles.  Bunch of 13-15 milers though.  Any recommendations?  Or should I just push through it and let it heal during taper time?

Thanks!

eric, I had a stint with it when I tried swiching to a more forefoot striking shoe.  Luckily mine went away with 5 dyas rest and switching back shoes.   The other thing I did was to add cep socks to all my runs over 7 or 8 miles and wear them for several hours after the run.  Ice Ice and Ice always seems to help with any tendon injury I have more than any other treatment. 

My injury looks like it will be more of a pain than a true problem so far.  Had a very wild cat get my finger Tuesday at the office and lay it open like a mouse.  All stiched up and no issue during todays swim. 

Well, I  don't do ice baths as a matter of course.  Sometimes do after long bike or long run.  But, when injured I generally try to a couple of times a day.  Going to refocus on that today.  Not sure about compression though....read a bit about it, and seems the science is shaky about benefits during the exercise.  Some evidence that helps speed recovery afterwards though.

What's weird about it is that it twinges quite a bit when I'm just walking around.  Go for a run, twinges for 1st half mile.  After that and through the rest of the day it's A-OK.  Next day it's back to being tight.  I guess my question is:  given the non-acute nature of this injury, should I just tough it out to taper time, or give it a break for a week or two then hope I can get a couple of quality long runs prior to Mid June?

Definitely do not try to run through it.  I did that with patellar tendonitis and it cost me an entire year because I let it go too far. Same situation, it only twinged for a while when I started running, would occasionally twinge during the day, but was usually fine until the start of a run again. I tried to run through it and wound up with a partial tear because it got so inflamed.  

I absolutely agree with the ice suggestions.  Ice cups work very well and only take three to five minutes. Whatever form of icing you do, do it several times a day.  Keeping inflammation in check for tendonitis is key to recovery and running through it will not allow you to do that.  Rest it, ice it.  Don't hesitate to call a physical therapist if you need more aggressive treatment due to the timing of CdA.

You've done enough training to get you through.  You have to get to the starting line healthy or all of your training will be for nothing if that injury really flares up during the race and you have to stop. Take a week away from running now, ice the heck out of it, then see where you stand in a week.  A short-term, but steady course of anti-inflammatory medication for a few days can be a big help with the inflammation as well.

Good luck!

The Achilles is what ended my soccer career. I ignored the small pains because they would go away after some warm up. Then in a game all you could hear was a pop and down I went with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Trust me not a thing you want to go through. Take it easy and listen to your body. You know you best.

Side note on this. After the initial rupture that ended my soccer. I recovered and could no longer play at that level. Years later I again did not listen to my body. I was trying to train for my first ever marathon this was in 2007. I started to play soccer with my wife on a rec team and was not listening to my body. My legs were tired and hurting a little at the beginning. After warming up and about half way through the game my wife passed me the ball and I reached for it and pop, down I went. Achilles broke again. I was laid up with that and spent 6 months in PT where I found my knee to be week in my other leg. Went to the doc and found out I was missing my PCL in my knee. Did the next 6 months of more PT to get both legs strong so I could have the surgery to have my PCL replaced. Had that done and then had to again learn to run and walk again. It was August of 2009 I was on my own running. My mile time was about 12 min on a track. It was October of 2009 I told my wife I would do an Ironman, so here I am. However I have to listen to my body all the time. Just be careful is all. 

Greetings all,

I have been following this forum off and on for months now, and thought I'd finally say hello again and ask for some advice. I've been following the Ironfit plan, and have basically be able to do halfway between the intermediate and just finish options. My original goal finish time of @14 hours has slipped to FINISH due to starting a new job that has required alot of travel, and basically losing the month of February due to some nasty viral bug that had me off work for 2 weeks, and unable to train worth a darn for 2 more. This Saturday I'm signd up for a local HIM race. Open water swim in lake, and I'll be wearing my full wetsuit. Hilly bike over mostly rural roads. Rolling run course of three laps on rural road. My plan right now is to just go at Zone 2 pace and see what the time ends up being at the finish. Whadda ya think? Should I go harder to test fitness? Seems like I'll be doing that anyway. Should I try to stretch it out to get the most time for training in? Your thoughts are appreciated.

Before taking the new job I had planned to do the whole IM experince and be in CDA for at least a week. Now, the plan is to fly in on Friday morning and fly out Tuesday. Disappointing, but at least I get to go.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Howdy yall !

Hey is anyone doing open water swimming in the CdA area yet.  Where and how was it?  I hope to jump in somewhere on Saturday.....