Here is a BeyondTransition post on how to race IMLP. It is always good to have multiple perspectives from others on a course. This post also touches on the initial climb from the ski jumps to Van Hoevenberg, which tends to be glossed over many times and can have an effect on your outcome. http://beyondtransition.com/how-to-race-ironman-lake-placid/
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Jul 08
LSD….Hallucinogenic or Long, Slow Distance?
One of the side effects of being an endurance athlete is that you have many long hours to just think about stuff. So many ideas float through my head on my swims, rides and runs that seem so brilliant at the time. When I get done I either forget them or they just don’t seem …
Jul 06
4th of July-Lap Swimming Adventures at the Community Pool
My typical weeknight rides always take me past our local community pool. On Tuesday night(July 3rd) I had noticed that they had a lap lane setup on the side closest to the diving area. I thought “sweet” I can run down there tomorrow and do my normal Wed swim, since the Rodale Aquatic Center pool …
Jun 29
Lake Placid Training Camp Day 4-The Final Push
The sore blasted in the room at around 5:30AM and I immediately took inventory of the damage done from the long ride the day before. To my surprise, my ability to walk to the bathroom was not hampered in any way. “Could I really not be sore at all from a 7 hour bike ride?” …
Jun 22
Lake Placid Training Camp Day 2-Makin’ Good Time
The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. I cobbled together some different items for breakfast before meeting up with the group at 7:15am for our morning swim. I had planned on having some granola with hemp milk, but was lacking utensils and a bowl…doh! Instead I funneled the granola down my gullet and …
Jun 21
Lake Placid Triathlon Camp Day 1-Can’t Spare A Square
This morning I packed up the Honda Fit and made my way to Lake Placid for Troy Jacobson’s Triathlon Camp. I made it all the way to the Plattekill rest stop on I-87 before I needed a bathroom break. The rest stop was more empty than it usually is on treks up to LP, …
Jun 16
Open Water Swim at Dutch Springs with GPS
On Friday I finally got over to Dutch Springs to try out my new Garmin 910xt with a longer open water swim(OWS). I did use it in the Independence Sprint Triathlon the other week, but that was short and the tracking was a bit off. I was hoping a longer swim would show up better …
May 27
New Sprockets Dieter!
I am a huge Mike Myers and SNL fan, so whenever I can stick references to that in I am all over that. Anyway, before heading on vacation, I decided to change up the crankset on my tri bike to a compact(50T/34T). There are a lot of hills on most of the courses I ride …
May 20
Amalfi Coast Day 6-Positano and Open Water Swimming in the Med
Today was our first full day in Positano and we decided to take easy and explore the town a bit. Positano is situated on a ravine in the cliffs, so walking around town is not as easy as it sounds. It is more up and down steps all day. We had a nice breakfast at …
Apr 30
Alburtis-to-Green Lane 50 Mile Loop
After finally getting my bike back from Cycles BiKyle, I decided to take a nice, hilly ride and test out their work. The ride follows most of the Quad Country Metric ride by Suburban Cyclists and just under 4000 feet of climbing. One of the things that I realized on this ride is that after …