About Me
- triathlondon
- This is my 6th Summer of racing triathlon. I have now completed 3 Ironmans under my belt, Florida 2009, Coeur d'Alene 2010, and most recently Ironman Wisconsin on 9/11/11. I love my family and I love my sport and everything they have both done for me.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
List :-)
Plan is to bring my bike pump and hand it off in the morning after I use it to whomever is lucky enough to accompany me to transition at 5:30 am :-)
Swim: wetsuit, goggles, cap, bodyglide before swim, bike shorts and 2XU race jersey under wetsuit.
T1 Bag - little white towel, chamois butter, body glide, bike socks, bike shoes, race number belt, helmet, sunglasses (regular and amber lenses), arm warmers, magic pills in ziploc (tylenol, ibuprofen - evil NSAID I know, immodium, salt tablets), nutrition and fluids already on bike, along with little pack of chamois butter, in seat pack will be 3 CO2, CO2 pump, tire levers, 2 tubes with valve extenders, zip ties
Bike special needs - 2 more EFS bottles, coke or red bull
T2 Bag - running shoes, running socks, tri shorts for running, hat, body glide for feet and arms
Run special needs - warm base layer shirt, red bull
Post race - socks, underwear, prepair crocs, shirt, sweat pants
I'll need training clothes for the week, 1 bike short, 1 jersey, 1 running shorts, and 1 running shirt
My plan is to put as much as I can besides my bike and wheels into my bike box, since I'll have to pay extra for it anyway, might as well make it worth it. Sunday is packing day, The only other bag I'm bringing is my black TYR transition bag. I'm bringing minimal clothing to wear during the week - can just wash while I'm there. I should be able to cram everything I need into the bike box and the backpack. Now all I need is for the airlines not to f up my packing job or lose my bike and I should be good. I'm shopping for food when I get there. I have friends getting there on Thursday, and family on Friday - and one person should be arriving during the race to see me finish - he gets the prize for the shortest trip - about 15 hours from landing to leaving again.
I hope I impressed you all with my list making ability. Rest assured, you will hear from me soon again!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
The doc
Tuesday 10/27 - Swim 1:00, zone 1-2 effort, speed work; Run :45, zone 1-2 effort
Wednesday 10/28 - Ride 1:00, cadence at 90+, zone 1-2 effort
Thursday 10/29 - Swim :45; Run :45, both zone 1-2
Friday 10/30 - Off day
Saturday 10/31 - Swim 1:00; Ride 2:00, Run 1:00
Sunday 11/1 - Ride 1:00 easy
Race week I'll figure out as I go. Talk to you soon all!!
The weekend
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Update
Well,
I’m done with my last long ride – did that last Sunday. I rode with a buddy for the first 3 hours – it’s amazing how much faster the time passes when you can draft and talk while you’re riding J . I did a little less than 5 and a half hours out of a scheduled 6. I figure 3 rides of 5 + hours should do it. This weekend is 1:30 swim, 3:00 bike, and 1:30 run on Saturday, and 1:00 bike on Sunday. I suppose I should start to feel “rested” soon. I guess there’s all that waiting to do now. I’m kind of excited – I’ll probably drive everyone around me nuts the next couple of weeks, but they’ll deal J. I’ll save all the poetic speech ifying for race week – I’ll touch base soon. Take care all!!
Friday, October 16, 2009
untitled :-)
I came across this story on ironman.com and I wanted to pass it along. It’s a pretty good little column.
It looks like I’ll be able to get my six hour ride in on Sunday. It says a high of 57 with “pm showers”. So hopefully that holds up and I can do what I need to do. No more long rides after Sunday. Next weekend is a long Saturday brick of 1:00, 3:00, 1:00, and a Sunday ride of 1:00 – almost taper time J. I’ll talk to you all some time next week.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Another week gone by
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Monster weekend
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
The lottery and some thoughts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EokseUskyDI
That being said, another 2:30 running, 1:00 swim on Saturday, and 5:00 riding on Sunday. Let's get that done. I'll let you know how that goes after I'm done. Take it easy all - thanks for reading....