IMCHOO Training Wk 8/11 - 8/17
Our IMCHOO Race Director is a friend of mine and I've had the privilege of picking his brain from time to time about the race. They are busy working on the swim start now and I promise you this, he is the best race director I've ever seen, he truly cares about the event he puts on down to every single detail, we are in for a treat.
Reminder to give a shout out here if you are going to the training camp- would love to see everyone out there on the course!
Soo..... How is training going?
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The swim start is set in a rolling start fashion (athlete position is first-come, first-served). The first athlete is projected to start at 7:40 a.m. The final athlete is projected to enter the water at 8:20 a.m. Any athlete with a swim time of longer than 2 hours and 20 minutes will be disqualified.
Originally from: http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/chattanooga/athletes/faqs.aspx#ixzz3A6SouRpY
Today was a forced rest day... Only my 5th ZERO day since 12/15.... I very rarely take a day off but do lots of very short easy days and call them rest days... Last night after dinner I got hot/chills, feverish , achey all over , took advil PM and spent 11.5hrs in bed.... This am up , breakfast, back to the couch were I have spent the whole day.... Really hoping its a 24hr bug/virus of some sort..
@Tim -- Heal up! Im right there with you. Ive been fighting off a cold since last Tuesday and can't quite shake it - Cut a few workouts short last week but still got in 14 hrs or so with a solid long run and long ride. Today -- I'm beat. Bailed out of my swim workout early on and may rest completely tomorrow too (other than going to work). I'm Focusing on recovery and being back on track by Wednesday.
@Mariah, I heard a rumor that they were closing the dam for the swim and I am hoping that is not true. Can you verify with your friend?
@everyone else, stay healthy! Sounds like a lot of yuk is going on around EN. Get Well, everyone.
My home town weather made the first story on Good Morning America..... getting really hard to get in a good workout with all this rain! Hope everyone else is having good training days
Hope y'all recover quickly and/or stay healthy. Took my Wed bike/run wko out to the hills today. Glorious day outside. Afterward took my bike to All3Sports and had them look at my rear cassette. Turns out I was running and 11/25 (I'm a bit of a bike weenie, hence the ignorance) which explains why I would run out of options when everyone around me was smoothly climbing the 3-5% grades. I switched to a 28 and can't wait to try it out on the race course this Saturday.
Is anyone going to Chatt to do the organized practice swim this Saturday? I'll be doing the swim and then riding the course afterward.
You guys are amazing and I know EN is going to dominate!
Another great feeling workout -
Bike 80min; main set as 3 x 15min at 230w (92%); Total session IF=85%.
This weekend I am riding in a big organized century ride with about 5K of ascent. Looking forward to it; I've been doing it every year for the last five years.
@Joel -- good to see you on the board. Thats some run speed! And congrats on 5k PR and FTP test. You seem to really be hitting on all cylinders.
I've mostly bounced back from my cold and got in 1hr on the bike last night with 4X10 at FTP. Actually all of them were about 10W over FTP and the last one was the strongest. May be time to retest?
This mornings run was solid. 18.4 mile in 2:19. Couldn't quite nail marathon pace over the last hr but most of my miles were strong in the low 7's. Feeling good today. Looking forward to weekend workouts and getting ready for the IM CHOO camp next week!
2 x 50m easy
20 x 200m (15") at IM intensity
2 x 50m easy
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