Subject: RE: IM Florida and the 70.3 Championships a week apart Thanks everyone! The plan is to stay in Florida for the entire time. Fly in for IMFL on a Thursday, do the race that weekend, then spend the week making our way down the coast to Clearwater while my shelled body and aching knees recover from my first marathon (IMFL run ). My idea for the marathon would be to run 4 miles, walk the 5th mile and continue that for 26.2, depending on how I feel. My guess for time is going to be somewhere in the 12 1/2 to 13-hour range. The plan is to keep stretching and walking to avoid stiffening up too much during that week. Maybe a couple of light swims or spins on the bike to stay loose, but no running that entire week.
Then, I should be ready for the 70.3 the following weekend.
Have to look into how to do that entire trip as cheaply as possible.
Anyway, it's an unknown how I'll be after IMFL, but I believe I can recover enough in a week's time to put in a decent 1/2 iron effort the next weekend. I've been doing 1/2 iron training non-stop since December, and will just maintain that through summer and start ramping up the mileage in late August for a slow build to IMFL.
I have no coach, no heart rate monitor, and perhaps no sense, but I should have a great story to tell my grandkids someday and will capture it all on video/photos. Anyone have good tips on cheap places to stay for IMFL? Edited by TriBodyboarder 2006-05-05 1:12 PM
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