kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 98)

up to you. I didn't in my oly last year, but I don't think the 5-10 seconds it would take to put them on would hurt my times any. The podium is safe when I'm entered. 

Great Job Scott!!

Can everyone say this time next week I will be a 2 time IM!!!!

Less then a week to go how quickly 30 weeks has gone by thanks for all your support during this crazy journey!!

New house is in a much safer area (family friendly and boring ).  I think I'll be ok running in the dark there!  It's weird where I live now.  It's very urban, and there are nice pockets of houses and scary pockets of houses, so some of the scary drifts into the nice.  If you make a left when you leave my house and run 1 mile, then you'll be in a very, very crime ridden area of Cleveland Heights.  I'll be happy to leave for this reason, but I am sad to be leaving a community that is heavy on the arts.  It's also very liberal, diverse, and progressive here.  My new hood is pretty conservative.

Fantastic job, Scott!  

I am 8 weeks out from my first HIM (also my A race of the season), and I am feeling the same as you.  I've spent much, much more time on the bike this year.  I will surpass my bike total from 2011 in a week or two and the season isn't even close to being over.  I'm taking 2 weeks completely off after Cedar Point - working on my new house, sleeping in, playing with the kids, getting the 2 tats I've wanted for a while but couldn't get because of pool swimming, etc.  My husband and I are having a huge party the weekend after Cedar Point, and I plan on getting pretty bombed, as I've abstained from alcohol for the last 9 months (drank a handful of times at most).  I will be taking at least another 4 weeks after those 2 to do whatever activities float my boat - yoga, pilates, and strength training.   

That's what I hate about them. I seeded myself fairly accurately last time and still passed a bunch of people. 

I was thinking along the same lines of doing nothing but yoga and core work for the first two weeks and then for 4 weeks after throwing in 2 hours of cycling, 1 hour of running and 45 minutes of swimming for a month just to do some cardio but give my body and brain a much needed break.

I checked and your race is the same day as mine........meet you at the ice baths. I also noticed you have a couple of marathons in the books so doing the HIM shouldn't be too much harder for you.

I hope you're right....that the HIM isn't too much harder.  I worry about the bike.  Doubt has started to make its lovely way in to my head, and I'm starting to experience some anxiety.  Physically I know I will be well prepared for it; I just need to make sure my head is in the right place.  

Don't know about the ice bath.....never tried it.  Does it feel really good after a long race? 

Jen follow your plan on the bike and you'll be fine.  Basically just don't overcook it.  Trust your training.

Think IMNYC will be wetsuit legal?  My guess is no.  

The swim is very similar to the NYC Olympic. I did three Olympics last year and two of them my time was 25.5 minutes or a 1:33/100 yard pace. NYC I did in 18:35 or a 1:08/100 pace and that's with a really stiff wind which was causing 1-2 chop. The current will make you faster for sure.

It was last year on 8/7 and the water temp was 74 or76 I can't remember.

Felt awesome. Took the sting out of my cramping legs for sure.

That's surprising.  Cleveland Tri wasn't.  I think the water temp was greater than 82, I believe.  Going to be the same this year.  I hope it cools down a little for Cedar Point in Sept.