Ironman 70.3 Timberman : Official Thread (Page 2)

According to local web sites re: the lake. Current depth is 503.7, Full depth is 504.32 . Temp at Black Cat Island is 75.1 at 2 ft, 74.8 at 10 ft. This island is over near Ctr Harbor and Moultonboro. 

Yes, it is shallow. Swam there this morning. Your dragging sand with your hands for a good bit out and in to the finish of the swim. Crossing over the bar halfway is also very shallow. You could almost walk the entire course!

That's too bad.  I'll be doing one last full course ride on Saturday.  There are a LOT of people riding the course the last few weekends.  Getting ready.

Paving on Rte. 11 is finishing up. Nice smooth ride. Too bad it is only the first and last three of the course. 

Almost time to obsess about the weather. 

Hi, I'm new here  First post!

mghawaly, I will be camping at Gunstock.  It's a nice campground, and super convenient for those doing the race.  Just take the shuttle to the race start Sunday morning.

I've ridden large sections of the course the past few weeks, and maybe I'm just not a strong cyclist, but I find it pretty tough for the first 12 miles or so (until you get on to 106).  Nothing too terribly long for hills, but there are enough of them with decent grades that I found it hard to settle in to a nice aero groove until I hit rt. 106.  This will be my first HIM and I'm hoping to do the bike split in under 3hrs (so I need to maintain 18.5 or better pace), but the hills are just enough to have me questioning if I can do that.  Fortunately, the middle 30 miles or so of the course should be fast, so I'm hoping to make up as much as I can there.  Just have to cross my fingers and hope the wind conditions are favorable.

I do have one question about the bike route though.  I've seen the map and uploaded routes from the race in years past, and it looks like there was always this little detour off of 106 on the back half of the course.  It was Brown Hill Road to Farrarrville Road and back to 106.  This was shortly before turning back on to Leavitt Rd for the trek back to Ellacoya.  Well, it looks like they eliminated that from this year's route, but I don't see where they added anything to make up the distance.  As it was, it seemed just under 56 miles before, but this year it seems like it could be a mile or two even under that.  Has anyone else noticed this?  Am I just missing something on this year's published map?

Cheers, and good luck everyone!  I'm super excited for this race!

Welcome to New England! I hope you are enjoying the Maine coast!  Quite beautiful and I hope you are eating some lobster!

I'll be there with a bunch of friends next Sunday (gulp!)  4 friends doing the full half IM and 6 of us on relay teams.  I'm in for the swim.  Sure hope the lake cools off! I like it to be nice and cold. 

That jog will be part of the race.  It's on the directions but the map drawing isn't very detailed.  It not only adds some distance but is also a short but pretty steep hill after the left onto Farraville.

Depending on the day, the wind can be pretty strong and in your face after the turn around, so that can also add to the difficulty.  Just be smart and let the time fall where it may.

Since we're sharing training volume, here is mine since the beginning of April when I officially started my training program.  This does not count all the base work I did over the winter in the months leading up to this.

Swim - 59 miles, 40 hours

Bike - 1792 miles, 102 hours

Run - 570 miles, 86.5 hours

It's nothing to brag about.  This will be my first HIM and I think I've put in enough training, though looking back I wish I spent a bit more time on the bike.  We'll see for sure come Sunday, but I sure do feel ready.  

I put in a bit more time running than require  because I'm also training for my first marathon at the end of September.  I've been running mostly 3, sometimes 4, days a week, with the traditional long run on the weekends.  My longest so far is 18 miles.  I was actually kind of surprised that I felt pretty good after that.  I have been very sure to keep my LSD runs slow.  I've been using my HR rather than my pace to keep them easy.  I haven't really felt too fatigued from this much running, so part of me wonders if I've done too much of it as an easy effort.

As this is a year of serious endurance first, no matter the outcome, I'm counting it as a learning year!  Cheers!