Ironman Coeur d'Alene (Page 2)

No worries about eating alone. I've got 6 family members of mine coming. Do you want some of them? LOL.

I'm sure we'll have a ton of BT get-togethers... 

This is my second IM and second time at CDA. I'm looking to shave two hours off last years time (I had an injury)

Bonnie (leopard8996) is right, get your plan down now and stick to it. Things will go wrong on race day but don't panic, it's a long day.

You will want to ride a lot of hills if possible. If you prepare now mentally that you will have to be carted off before you'd quit you will finish. You'll have moments of happiness or euphoria, and you will have moments of uncertainty, and it will be like that through out the race. Just keep moving forward, believe me, the roar of the crowd as you run down the chute is unbelieveable with people screaming, clapping, whistling, smiling all for you. You'll feel like you just won the thing.

Remember too that if it was easy everyone would be an Ironman.

Arizona is in the books...

Guess who is next.

Congrats!!!  Hope you had a great day!

Wise advice!  Wise advice!!

ZagNut - 2008-04-14 10:26 PM

PTinVA - 2008-04-14 6:57 PM I'm going out to Idaho next week for training camp. I'll be getting in early afternoon on the 24th and hopefully my bike will be ready for pick up in Coeur D'alene. Any advice on a bike route to take for maybe a 1 1/2 to 2 hour ride? Is the oart of the race course easy to follow/how is the traffic? Lots of questions, but I come from a relatively unfriendly bike area.

Start at the north end (Ohio Match Road) and follow the rout south until you hit Miles road. Cut back over to Lakeview drive. Head north back on the IM rout. That is where the majority of the hills are located. Not a lot of traffic, and the traffic you will see are used to seeing bikers this time of year. If you would like a more detailed rout PM me. I rode this loop twice Sunday and it was a great ride! One loop is around 26 miles.

Thanks. That's the kind of info I was looking for. I'll look at a map when I get a chance and if it's not clear to me I'll PM you.

Hi Sue,

You could ride east from the lake and follow the bike path around the eastern shore. That's part of the official race course. Or, you could point your bike north and take in some of CDA's fine hills 

You mean like this:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/map.asp?routeid=3595

Thanks, you know for me it's all about the hills.

Hey Todd, thanks for the welcome to CDA.  I think you'll see a lot of us at the Italian restaurant's that week!  I've never been to the NW and I've heard many good things about CDA. 

I just wanted to bring to everyone's attention that when we post our monthly totals for April, be aware that there were 5 weekends in March and only 4 in April.  I thought my bike volume seemed low...but it's just because my long rides are always on the weekend and there was one less!  So don't be alarmed!  You are not slacking!!!!  Can't wait to see how everyone's doing in the next few days. 

Crap, now you tell me with only 3 days left in April

Well, I trained more in April than in March by a good measure. No wonder my legs feel like their gonna fall off

Oh Bother....

heh!

I didnt even notice that. Worked my as$off last week so my monthly bike volume was not down. 189 miles last week. Oops.

Anyone have any ideas about get-togethers?  I'm sure we'll be doing practice swims and all that, right? 

You know me...always trying to get the social gatherings organized...

1 month from this morning!!!  It's game on!!

I am....

excited

nervous

worried

etc...

Can't wait!

I hear ya Tanya!  I am not strong and I don’t have any power with hills.  I can spin all day long at a comfortable pace but I slowly go over hills.  
I dnf’d my Gulf Coast Half a couple of weekends ago but it was due to my asthma reacting to the foggy, high humidity morning.  Oh, did I mention the tough winds and harsher than normal ocean swim?  I was ready to pull out of IMCDA all together but after talking to my coaches and my veteran ironman buddies and a couple of close non-triathlete friends, they convinced me that I am acting ‘normal’ for me and if I didn’t have these feelings of doubts then I wouldn’t be the competitor that I am. 
I will be there.  I will be there with you.  WE WILL MAKE THAT CUTOFF!!

P/S  We don't have hills in Jacksonville, we have bridges