Rece selection prior to Lake Placid IM

Garbo

New to this forum and am planning  IM in Lake Placid.  So far that is the only event on my horizon.  However, as I create my season plan I would like to include a few other events in preparation for Placid.  Any suggestions?  I am sure this has been discussed before, but not sure where to look.  Thanks.  Gary

Cary Blanco

Hi Gary,

Rev3 Quassy is the right amount of time out from IMLP to do a HIM, plus it's a TeamEN Race Focus Event (Lots of EN Peeps there). Quassy is also a course that benefits from EN execution.

Eagleman is in a similar timeframe, but not an EN Focused event. It is hot, flat & fast.

Keep in mind that with EN it is not necessary to do a race before an IM - it's not in the schedule, but you might want to do one to mach sure all of the parts are moving smoothly.

Let us know what you decide.

Garbo

  Thanks for the info.  I was considering the Patriot HIM  June 15th.  Anybody think its too close in time to Placid?

Jess Withrow

Hey Gary! Evan Odim asked this same question regarding Patriot a while back and Coach P's response was: "Yes, you can do it...see the wiki for how to insert a HIM into your plan....in Self Coaching Guide... " Mark Walter of Sun Multisport advertises Patriot as a great tune-up for Placid. If you haven't done Patriot before, it's fantastic. Unbelievably well-run, beautiful course, out of this world support, and great swag. And I can't begin to say enough for Mark Walter... he's SUCH a great guy.



Patriot falls 6 weeks before IMLP, so it'll be the weekend of Race Rehearsal #1. That might be a consideration if you've never done Ironman before - you *might* be better served by doing the RR and practicing your race day pacing.  Quassy is probably a better option in that case as it's 2 weeks before RR#1. Quassy is hilly (not that I've done it, but people seem to LOVE to tell me that when I tell them I'm doing it! My response is always, "Great! I LOVE hills!" ;-)  If this isn't your first IM, however, you can play around with it a little, and IMO, Patriot is a great choice.



IF you decide to do Patriot, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider registering on Veterans' Day, November 11th. Mark Walter is donating $25 of every registration fee received on Veterans' Day to John's and my charity, ReserveAid (shameless plug... www.reserveaid.org). Thanks!!!

Coach Patrick

Yes, you can do patriot, we'll just have to juggle some race rehearsal stuff, but it's possible. Not as hilly/challenging as Rev3 Quassy or Placid but a good use of your time. If you do Patriot, it falls just after (?) the 2013 placid training rally...just a note.

Garbo

Patrick. Thanks foR the follow up. Is it okay to do both the training rally and the patriot him? Thanks. Gary

mgraffeo

Did the training rally and the Patriot Aquabike 2 years ago, no problem. Need to ensure that all other stresses are low at that time (ie. no work travel, newborn in the house, hosting a rave at the local club, that sort of thing) and you can probably pull it off. Don't want to dig yourself too deep just 6 weeks out from LP.

[Deleted User]

I am doing Lake Placid as well, and considered the Patriot since a bunch of friends in my local triathlon club are doing it. Reading the wiki, I figured it was a non-starter though - just too close to Placid. Now I am rethinking it. I know Quassy is a team race, but I've done it the last two years and would really like to try something different (I am not really built for those hills!). So if Coach P and other says it is doable, I think I am in. I will do the Lake Placid training camp as well.

[Deleted User]

I need to check the dates on everything, but when I did the Lake Placid camp in 2011, that was the first race rehearsal.

manninj1

I'm a newbie and still figuring out where everything is around here. I definitely want to get back east for a training weekend on the course in LP. When is the training camp scheduled for 2013 and where is that info normally posted?
Thanks,
Joe

Jess Withrow

Hi Joe - here is the link to the 2013 Master Season Plan: http://tinyurl.com/83nu5za The dates for the IMLP camp are listed as June 7th-9th.

Jeff Sullivan

Coach P - since they moved LP one week later (7/28) - will we move EN LP camp one week later as well - and then there would be a conflict between EN camp & Patriot?

[Deleted User]

After mulling it over, I decided to go back to Quassy. It's a team event, I like the timing better, and I need to redeem myself on those hills after a disappointing race there this year. Plus they have Heed on the course at Patriot. Blah. And the hills at Quassy make Placid seem easy.

manninj1

@Jess thanks! Ughh! I've got a wedding down in Baltimore the prior weekend. I hope I can make this work with my schedule.