Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 3)

 Well here we go started my LP training this week Fear is a great motivator..

Is anyone doing that long training weekend up in Lake Placid in June? I went to the www.firemanironman.com camp two years ago and it was great and inexpensive for all they give you and will probably sign up again...but I would like to get up for another weekend you can never get enough of those hills.

Is anyone putting a BT training weekend together? If so what are the dates?

Thanks Wendy

I'm in for 2009.

1.) February
2.) 4th IM; 2nd IMLP
3.) Too far from Texas!

Ok here it is.  Please add me to the list if possible

1. Never really stopped training and do not really have any structure.  I am thinking about getting a coach.

2.1rst time Ironman

3. definitly interested in training in June,  I only live 2 hours away and do not mind camping out and training all day.  I am going to try and get up there a few times to train.

I'm going to follow PennState's plan but stay one day behind him and make sure that I am doing 10% more.

Actually, I start up with my coach on Jan 1st and will try to be religious about getting every workout in!!

Great, someone else that will be half done with the first lap when I get out of the lake!

I am training using one of the out season plans from Endurance Nation and adding in the Masters swim.  My goal for this year is to meet or beat my swim time and make some significant time improvements on the bike and run.  I am enjoying the plan so far, but I haven't decided yet whether I am going to stick with their plan for the whole training cycle or switch back and use the IM plan I used last year from BT.  I have till early February to make that decision.

Thanks for the bike advice!  I generally ride with unconventional gearing because I have only one (road) bike and live on a mountain -- so I have a 52/42/30 triple in front and an 11/23 in back.  I am also small (5-1, racing around 105 lbs I hope) and so have 650 wheels -- altogether that makes me an okay climber, a slow descender, and a high-cadence rider on the flats. 

This thread otherwise has made me feel really guilty about not training harder right now!  My last tri was October (hilly sprint), and my first-ever marathon in Nov. was cancelled at 4am on race morning due to the wildfires in the SoCal area.  Since then my coach has me on a preseason plan that prioritizes strength and says "the rest is just fun" (jorge and rick, don't have apoplexy ... I trust and love my Level III coach), but I am feeling seriously guilty about not doing the 100/100 runs with him or the USAT National Offseason Challenge with my "national champion" club teammates!

I'd like to lurk on this thread; I volunteered in '08, and will again volunteer in '09 with the hopes of competing in '10. I missed out on the thread last year and missed meeting everybody.

Also, would it be possible for me to join in the training weekend in June, even though I'll be a year away from racing? I want to soak up all things IMLP in the coming year!

Thanks,

Sue

I can't imagine that anyone around here would say "no, you can't join in the training weekend."