Ironman Arizona 2008 - Page 4 - Triathlon

Pebble 2

17/08/2008 at 11:29

Yesterdays Little Woody was my first long brick in prep for Arizona, even though the race itself was a farce, as a brick it was well worth the effort, bit disappointed that the swim was way short, at least 400m My plan was to cycle the bike at 65% of my FTP (functional threshold power 300W) which is what I'm aiming for at Arizona, this I did holding back on the climbs and very little free wheeling on the downhills, off the bike in 3h:13mins, legs felt quite dead to start but came back to life after about 20mins, ran relatively strongly, then died a little at about 22k, but still running and felt at the end that I could have carried on, so thats a tough 60miles followed by a 25k, (2h:02mins) run so pretty pleased with the run. Next test is the Vit.

JD.

pirate

17/08/2008 at 11:43

nice one pebble. did you have teh powertap for IMF? is that the standard plan people use for IM - 65% of ftp?

Pebble 2

17/08/2008 at 11:47

No did not use the powertap at France, only bought a few weeks ago, reading Coogans and Hunters book, 65% is a guideline for IM, so tried it yesterday, will try varying % over the next few weeks to see what I run like after them.

Pebble 2

15/09/2008 at 21:06

Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,

Well the Vit was another good brick session, same swim and bike times as before but the run was 10mins slower than 2 yrs ago (1:57), but I was running stronger at the end than when I ran quicker, if that makes sense. Finished in 5:07. Training this week has been 2 runs of 75mins with a 2hr run over the mountains on Saturday and a 3hr hard bike yesterday. Its been a hard couple of weeks so a few days off wont harm, back into it on Wednesday.

IronMelissa pirate

pirate

15/09/2008 at 22:32

Me me me.

I'm still training too, although my half-iron this month was cancelled due to a pesky hurricane. I'm having trouble making myself do the long bikes at the moment, so need to get that sorted over the next few weeks. Arizona is starting to loom a bit!

Bouncing Barlist pirate

pirate

16/09/2008 at 09:54

Mel

JFDI

When is Arizona?

Pebble 2

16/09/2008 at 14:37

Arizona is on the 23rd of November

Iron Rose

16/09/2008 at 14:43

This is also an option for me now next year, Pebble, am requesting a full race report please, I have read Candy's but I get halfway through and can't see the rest for the tears in my eyes !!

I hope its going OK for the training, the course looks like your strengths are going to be utilised but I suspect even you will admit that you may need to back off the bike by .5mph to give yourself a better chance of running off the back ? Has that crossed your mind or are you going to blast the bike and survive the run ?

Try Taffia

16/09/2008 at 14:54

Arizona is on the 23rd of Novembercould of fitted a few more TTs in then.

fat buddha

16/09/2008 at 14:55

Has that crossed your mind or are you going to blast the bike and survive the run ?

Rosey - this IS Pebble you're talking about! he's never knowingly not blasted the bike - even though I beat him at Florida but he still couldn't fecking run and catch me!! this man has negative splits - longer run than bike......LOL!!

Try Taffia

16/09/2008 at 14:59

he's never knowingly not blasted the bike

Nah he slows down, takes the p*ss, then blasts off.

Pebble 2

16/09/2008 at 15:25

FB, you are pressing all the right buttons, I'm gunning for your Florida time.

Nah, I hoping that all the little lessons I've learnt will come together, and it will click come race day. We will see.

fat buddha

16/09/2008 at 16:22

and it will click come race day

so if it does - will retirement beckon finally???

11:54 - remember that.......

Bouncing Barlist pirate

pirate

16/09/2008 at 16:30

Rosey, have you considered IM Mexico (29/11/09) next year? Not sure how many slots they'll have given its a first year.

Iron Rose

16/09/2008 at 17:12

anything that time of year would be good but might be a bit far for airplane recovery, 13 hrs+ some of the flights, nothing is discounted though, thanks for reminding me, slots will probably be more round the 50 mark I would suspect

16/09/2008 at 20:51

[pads in, following the blossoms on the wind, which sighs gently 'Laaaaannzaaaaaaaaaa...']

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