Ironman 70.3 Eagleman Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 7)

Possibly doing Kinetic Half in two weeks.  I am not signed up yet, not sure why I'm waiting so long.  Will make the call this week.  

Sprint this weekend.  Really just a training day.  TriRock NY.

Rode the course this afternoon.  Great conditions - 70deg and only a light breeze.  Nothing much has changed from last year - the right turn at Dailsville and Church Creek Road is horribly gravelly, but apart from that and the usual detritus on Church Creek Road itself all the roads are good. 

What little wind there was came from an unusual direction (South East - for me at least although I've ridden the course half a dozen times now).  So it was wind against on Smithville and wind with on Egypt Road. 

Great Marsh park doesn't appear to have changed.  I didn't put my toe in the Choptank so can't report on temperature.  But hey we all know it won't be wetsuit legal ...

Adrian 

... did I say all the roads are good ? Of course Egypt Road itself still has sections of rutted asphalt.  No chance of that being redone before the race like Smithfield was last year ...

Adrian

I am resting today and tomorrow.  Then have Kinetic Sprint on Sunday.  Hopefully two good weeks of training after that and then start scaling back.

I've found that training for this distance is pretty hard for me.  Both to fit the training in and the volume.  During my run this week, my legs were just so fatigued.  My swim on Wednesday was not very good either.  So I'm in a sort of recovery mode for a few days.

I had a good race this weekend.  2nd in AG.  Very pleased.  I'm probably most happy with the fact that I followed my race plan this time.  Finish swim without pressing too hard and try to do mostly freestyle, keep bike cadence high and drop speed if needed to keep cadence high, have a really good run.  Met all three goals.

I do have an issue that has popped up in my past two races.  I think it is due to the aero bottle and straw since that's the only thing that is different from last year's hydration/nutrition equipment.  In both races this year, I have ended up with lots of 'slooshing' around in my tummy.  Not too bad yesterday but pretty loud in April.  I don't necessarily feel nauseous or anything but it's really loud.  Loud enough to hear it with every footfall.  Could it be that I am getting too much air along with my liquids.  I feel that this is something that could really impact a 13 mile run.

I do not have this issue during training runs.  So far only two races with my new bottle.

Charity slots are probably your only chance for Eagleman.  You'd have to send an email to the RD but expect it to be $$$$ pricy.  

I also raced Kinetic Half this weekend.  Sorry to hear about your stomach issues.  

What about rev3 Quassy?  Seems like better terrain to match up with LP and is a week earlier. 

Is your nutrition working for long rides/bricks in training?

Looks like the water temp is 69 deg today.  Should I reserve that rental wetsuit or not?

Talking to a few people up there, the water is warmer than average for this time of year and the swim hasn't been wetsuit legal for the past few years. I am probably going to bring mine just in case, but I am not expecting it to be wetsuit legal.