12 Weeks Out
I cannot believe we are 12 weeks from IMWI! Most of us will be starting our 12 week build to Madison today. Unfortunately, I am not starting today (may have to wait till tomorrow) because I am still pretty exhausted from the Horribly Hilly Hundreds ride I did on Saturday. Ended with 127 miles and 12,500 feet of climbing! Pretty stoked to have such a big ride in, but paying for it now. Probably will try and swim tomorrow, swim/run Wednesday, and try to pick up with the plan's long run Thursday. Post your workouts here, team. Hope you are all ready for this amazing journey to begin!!!
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Nice work on the big training day Mark, I'm feeling the need for more saddle time too.
Sounds like your in a great place Mike tapering for a half. right now a half would not be pretty for me.
Mike-Like Eric said, you will definitely be good to go stepping into a plan after Rev 3 Dells! Can't wait to read a race report from you! Best of luck!
Eric-Awesome job! I'd love to hit those paces! Coach P told me to stay in recovery mode till Wednesday, when I should pick up with the bike/run brick then back to the regularly scheduled plan Thursday with the long run. I'm definitely itching to get moving again-until I walk up stairs and my quads start crying!
Keep going folks! Ya'll are killin it out there!
Did you get your run in Eric?
I can't wait to hear how your run went. I did attempt mine tonight-lord was it humid. I was pretty nervous going out for today's run being my first real run since HHH. My first 5 miles went extremely well-I couldn't believe how comfortable my pace felt (while I stayed in Zone 1, my legs truly did not feel tired and I was prepared for the worst!). So I was extremely happy-until I turned around to come home. It literally felt like someone turned my strength off. I had absolutely nothing left after 6.5 miles-the last 3.5 home were not pretty. Yet, I'm not disappointed because I know that is just last weekend's event still. Happy with the 10 miles I got in, and really looking forward to being completely recovered from last weekend-whenever that is going to happen
Also on a mission to lose a bunch of weight. Was 209 back in Feb, 201 about 10 days ago, and right about 196-197 now. Would really like to get down to 180 to reduce the effort required on the bike, as well as increasing the comfort level.
Good work all…keep pushing!
Lauren- I'm hoping i can start establishing the routine next week. I'm the same way as far as trying to go to sleep while it's still daylight. I want to just keep getting stuff done in the light.
Well long run went well. I got 12 miles in the hot humid evening.
Eric-Great job on the run! Man I wish my Zone 1 was an 8:30. One day
Keep rocking it guys
I missed the swim and the run on Friday. Work was crazy and to many family things in the evening. On top of that I was still dragging from the long run Thursday evening.
I ran 4 this morning then I got my long ride in. 75 miles in the heat. I packed four bottles with three scoops in each of perform. (210 cals each). I didn't drink much the first hour but after that I drank a quarter bottle every 15 min. The first 1.5 hour was rough legs were just not wanting to fire. After that though things turned around and I was able to hit my watt zones and keep my rpms in the low 90s upper 80s. I was glad to get this one in the bank. I'm ready for the ABP ride tomorrow.
How was everyone else's ride? Hope you are all crushing it!
Good week team! Today's ABP was "Always Be Pedaling." An ok effort to get some more saddle time in - have a lot of work (years) to become a stud cyclist like many of you - think I'm shooting for about a 6:15 bike at Wisconsin - did 6:35 or so last year at CDA, my first year of long course training. Work works, so better get to work! Here's to another week in the books and another week closer to race day.
I hear ya on the "Always be Pedaling" Mark Whew! Great job getting it done! I did 6:15 at Wisconsin back in 2010 (my first Ironman) The course is challenging but if attacked correctly can be rewarding. We are all working at becoming that Ninja cyclist one pedal at a time.
Take the time to recover; I get a great benefit from of the pure act of taking it easy. Good to have you on the forum and look forward to meeting you and the rest of the team in Madison.