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The 2014 Ironman Training thread
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It's quiet.....
Start the taper on Monday with a rest day, today was 103 miles on the bike in to an 8 mile run, all went well and feeling quite positive now.
Let the restlessness of the taper commence
6 hour bike ride in lovely sunshine/.but some wind that seemed to be in our faces all day ;;
Too busy training to post!
Soooo...what have I been doing, yesterday was a 3km swim and then a 1hr/2hr bike/run sesh. Then today was supposed to be 5hrs/1hr but ended up being 5.5hrs and 50 mins bike/run. Bloody knackered now. Bit concerned about my average bike speed but hoping to improve over the new few weeks and also aware you lose a lot of speed at junctions/traffic lights and traffic etc. which shouldn't be an issue on race day.
Now to stuff my face with pizza.
Whats everyone else been doing?
Well recovered from IM Nice and into a 15 week training cycle for the Snowdonia Marathon. I have lost a lot of run speed doing IM training so its time to get intervalling and tempoing
I had 3 rest days this week.........wasn't planning on tapering for outlaw but i think my body disagreed.......
That won't do you any harm at all Seren you serial overtrainer you
The cycling is okay. Broken 3 spokes on three different wheels in the past fortnight which isn't ideal but I've accumulated lots of cycling stuff over the years and there's plenty of wheels left to damage.
My swim was concerning me as I didn't seem to be able to move my arms very well in my wetsuit so I've got a new wetsuit and yesterday morning and this morning I did 4km swims (both took 79 mins for IM distance) so I am much happier with that now.
Going to ease off a bit this week and pretend I'm tapering!
what is making you unsure about which bike to ride Graeme
Cheggers the Yksions will get swapped for some spare Ultremos I have that were cheap earlier in the year, they're blue, match the bike and therefore must be faster.
i am mojo-less
Alternatively, embrace your mojolessness!
If you felt like this about stamp collecting or pottery, you'd just take a break, catch up on other stuff, and come back when you felt like it.
It's things like fear of losing fitness (but getting it back is a whole new, interesting challenge), entering a race too many (how disastrous would it really be to pull out?), and poor training times (fatigue) that make us feel anxious and guilty when we don't feel like training.
Don't feel bad! We do triathlon for fun. Catch up on stuff and do new things
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....anyway, in your case, it's probably none of the above - it's post-IM blues?
OC.its just your body telling you to rest..with 2 Ironman distances close together...you need the rest...
On the other hand I'm just being lazy and taking days off instead of doing peak miles
Seren - I doubt anyone could accuse you of being lazy!
I have severe taper envy - with Outlaw, IMUK and Roth in the next few weeks it seems like everyone is tapering except me!
I've been avoiding this thread for a while but after 3 weeks complete rest I can safely say I won't be at the Outlaw start. Despite seeing 2 physios, a chiropractor and getting acupuncture...nothing is working and I can't even walk a mile to school without it causing sharp pain. It's not worth doing the swim and bike as it's the bike that caused the issue so I would do more damage.
I have come to terms with it and have spent a long time licking my wounds, reminding myself it is only a race. I can't make my mind up if I want to go through it all again next year but I'll be damned if I can let this go without finishing an IM in the future.
Thanks you for all your advice over the past year, I wish you all the best of luck for the coming races.
Hanster that's bad news, really do feel for you.
Sorry Hanster - get yourself right, then come back fitter and stronger; you will finish an Ironman.
Hanster, that's shit mate. Sounds like the right decision, although it can't have been an easy one to make.
Hanster - really sorry to hear that, as difficult as it is, it's the right decision for now. Keeping my fingers crossed for a full recovery in time, and there's plenty of time in the future to achieve your IM dreams. All the best.
right off on the bike in a minute......all dressed up on new pirate kit to see if its wearable and what i can fit in the new pocket design.
It is a tad tighter than my old kit so need to see if i can cycle and breathe at the same time.....
legs need to work after yesterdays hard hilly 6 mile race.I was fast and I am broken now
Did a 90 minute turbo session before work today so I fully expect to be asleep at my desk later.
One of my cats brought in 2 mice overnight so I didn't sleep well (but meant it was easier to get out of bed early as I was already awake!), and then just as I was about to get on my bike in the conservatory it brought it a huge magpie - I caught the cat and the bird flew out the door. All far too eventful for 5.30am.
Zzz....
Bad luck Hanster, get youself fixed and come back stronger next year.
I did a coached swim sesh the other day, the coach pretty much changed everything about my stroke, it felt a lot better and I seemed to be a bit faster too, he felt I may be cutting it a bit fine to learn to swim properly 2 weeks before Outlaw, but better 2 weeks than 1 said I, best of luck said he and walked away shaking his head.
Thats the swiming sorted, now to look at the bike
hade a nice little bike ride today despite the weather.was working out options for carrying stuff for outlaw...........
unfortunately I somehow ripped my brand new pirate shorts that I was testing out......and not at the seams because I'm too fat before someone asks
How did you rip the shorts
now you could expect it from me, falling off all the time