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2012-07-19 6:04 PM

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Subject: Ironman Lake Tahoe : Official Thread

Hi folks! starting the thread. This is going to be a beautiful venue for an Ironman, huh? How are you planning on training for altitude?


I'm renting an altitude tent for two months btw.



2012-07-19 9:09 PM
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I live at sea level in Southern California, but am about 1-1/4 hours away from access to altitude.  I have a friend who has a cabin at 7,000 feet and I expect to spend a lot of time up there.  He says there is a stretch of road from the town to his cabin that is four miles long with 1300 feet of gain, so I think that will work well.  In any event, I don't plan to start working on altitude until next April.  I am planning to go up to Lake Tahoe in May or June and ride the course and swim in the lake, just for some calibration.

I looked into the tent system and it is just too expensive for me.  Being among the slowest of the IM athletes, I can't quite justify the expense. 

And yes, it is a beautiful venue.

2012-07-20 1:39 AM
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Figured I'd toss this over here on page 1 for everyone.  This file has 1 loop of the bike course so you can preview it in Google Earth.



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2012-07-21 2:58 AM
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This is #2 for me and super excited about the new location. I'm gonna go with an elevation mask for the altitude. Seems to be working well so far.
2012-07-21 4:48 AM
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This will be #5 for me.  I'm pretty excited about the venue, but not the lack of oxygen. 

 

I need to get through Vineman this weekend before I start to focus on this one.

2012-07-22 4:12 PM
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#4 for me. I'm a veteran of IMSG so it will be really nice to do the vast part of my build in the warm northern California summer!

I live 4 easy hours from Tahoe and will be spending many a weekend up there training. Plus heading up there a week prior to race day and make a vaca out of it.

I have the Northface ultra endurance challenge 50 miler on Dec 1st to fill out the time from now till early 2013, then Vineman 70.3 in mid July(assuming I get a slot but never had a problem) then all eyes on Tahoe.


2012-07-22 4:20 PM
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Will be #4 for me and I won't be training at altitude. It's not really that high up.
2012-07-25 5:05 PM
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IM #3 for me.  I'll likely spend time in the north Cascade range near Mazama to train for altitude.  Never thought about altitude tents or masks... Might be worth taking a gander once IM Canada is over.

 

ETA: Looks like we're a pretty experinced group here.  Do you think the elevation scared away most of the first timers?



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2012-07-25 5:25 PM
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#4 for me and #5 for hubby.

Can't wait - will try to get up there to train a bit, but it probably won't be often.  The hills don't scare me much, but the altitude does!

2012-07-25 5:40 PM
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Stumbled across this a long time ago... thought I'd link it again for those of you who train with power.

http://www.twowheelblogs.com/how-altitude-affects-power-output

Just remember... everyone else is dealing with the same thing

2012-07-25 6:38 PM
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spudone - 2012-07-25 6:40 PM

Stumbled across this a long time ago... thought I'd link it again for those of you who train with power.

http://www.twowheelblogs.com/how-altitude-affects-power-output

Just remember... everyone else is dealing with the same thing

Does the air density negate this?  Maybe a better way to put it is do we need less watts to achieve the same speed because the air is less dense 6,000 feet?



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2012-07-25 11:18 PM
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brown_dog_us - 2012-07-25 4:38 PM
spudone - 2012-07-25 6:40 PM

Stumbled across this a long time ago... thought I'd link it again for those of you who train with power.

http://www.twowheelblogs.com/how-altitude-affects-power-output

Just remember... everyone else is dealing with the same thing

Does the air density negate this?  Maybe a better way to put it is do we need less watts to achieve the same speed because the air is less dense 6,000 feet?

It may offset it, speedwise a bit.  But you still want to be careful on your power output so you don't kill yourself on the run.  Well, unless you live in Colorado or something

2012-07-27 5:19 PM
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We live in Atlanta, so getting my head wrapped around this elevation thing y'all speak of is tough.
2012-07-30 2:51 PM
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Hi All,

Tahoe will be IM#3 for me - (Canada 09, CDA, 11).  Working on half IMs this season....

Tahoe is beautiful. Used to live in SF and go mt biking in Tahoe all the time.  I told my husband that I don't remember the altitude being that bad...he said - yeah, well you weren't doing 140.3 miles and we took the chairlift up the mt.

This Sept going to get a base on where I am at by participating in this event: http://www.laketahoemarathon.com/

i am doing the 1 mile swim on Friday and then doing at least one loop of the bike course.  Sat going to do the 72 mile bike, then Sunday doing the 1/2 marathon.

hopefully this will give me an idea of what the race might feel like so I can obsess all year.  

Happy training everyone!

Ann

2012-07-31 12:31 PM
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140.3... did they make it longer  Sealed


2012-08-11 8:53 PM
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stampinann - 2012-07-30 12:51 PM

Hi All,

Tahoe will be IM#3 for me - (Canada 09, CDA, 11).  Working on half IMs this season....

Tahoe is beautiful. Used to live in SF and go mt biking in Tahoe all the time.  I told my husband that I don't remember the altitude being that bad...he said - yeah, well you weren't doing 140.3 miles and we took the chairlift up the mt.

This Sept going to get a base on where I am at by participating in this event: http://www.laketahoemarathon.com/

i am doing the 1 mile swim on Friday and then doing at least one loop of the bike course.  Sat going to do the 72 mile bike, then Sunday doing the 1/2 marathon.

hopefully this will give me an idea of what the race might feel like so I can obsess all year.  

Happy training everyone!

Ann

Hey!  I'll be at Tahoe next month, too!  2.5 mile swim, 72 mile bike, 10k.   See you there!

2012-08-13 7:49 AM
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As an FYI, I just noticed Google Street View has most of the bike route, so you can look at the route.  The scenery should be spectacular.  I have also mapped one loop into MapMyRide - was curious on actual grades on the route - the basic route is attached.





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2012-08-13 8:53 AM
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I don't trust map my ride anymore.  Their elevations always seem WAY off.  I'm using ridewithgps.com for that, but haven't had a chance to do it yet. 
2012-08-16 8:40 PM
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velcromom - 2012-08-11 6:53 PM
stampinann - 2012-07-30 12:51 PM

Hi All,

Tahoe will be IM#3 for me - (Canada 09, CDA, 11).  Working on half IMs this season....

Tahoe is beautiful. Used to live in SF and go mt biking in Tahoe all the time.  I told my husband that I don't remember the altitude being that bad...he said - yeah, well you weren't doing 140.3 miles and we took the chairlift up the mt.

This Sept going to get a base on where I am at by participating in this event: http://www.laketahoemarathon.com/

i am doing the 1 mile swim on Friday and then doing at least one loop of the bike course.  Sat going to do the 72 mile bike, then Sunday doing the 1/2 marathon.

hopefully this will give me an idea of what the race might feel like so I can obsess all year.  

Happy training everyone!

Ann

Hey!  I'll be at Tahoe next month, too!  2.5 mile swim, 72 mile bike, 10k.   See you there!

Linda - look forward to meeting up in Tahoe next month!  I arrive on Thursday...leave on Monday.

 

 

2012-09-06 1:36 PM
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Participant list is up. I really wish they would post by AG/gender


http://c832od.namnori.com/files/2012/08/8-28-12_Tahoe.pdf

Zanne.


2012-09-06 2:42 PM
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I am beginning to crunch some numbers off this:

Males        2039
Females    797

 

They have a one-year old listed, I presume this is a boo-boo - more as I have time....

t

2012-09-11 5:48 PM
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Thanks for that.  I was beginning to wonder if they had posted it yet.  I want to check out the competition in my AG, as I'm aging up next year.  Should be a competitive new group (30-34).

Not that I'm competitive or anything like that

2012-09-14 7:13 PM
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So it's official!  Love the age listings......it's not your USAT age, it's your race-day age.  They WILL change it for bibs and results and such, but with an October birthday, I get to be listed at 49 for the whole year that it's up.....even though I'll be racing as 50!!  Woot!

Silly, I know....

2012-09-14 7:14 PM
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2836 people?!?   Is this the biggest one yet?!?
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