Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake : Official Thread

I'm registered, live in the north Dallas area so training in heat and wind shouldn't be a problem.  I hear it's a tough 70.3 (will be my first), but nobody said they'd be easy.

Thanks for starting the thread.

Brett

My first go at this distance too.  I'm originally from the area, and I have heard its one of the tougher halves in the country as well.  Week 1 Day 2 of my plan.....

So I'm in week four of a 16 week plan to be ready by June 30.  I feel like I'm physically well ahead of where I need to be to be ready so that's a good thing.

Swim worries me the most, but I've already done a mile in the pool.  I have an Oly at the end of this month with an open water lake swim so that should provide a good barometer on how ready I am.

How is everyone else coming along on training.  You ahead?  Behind?

Yeah, suddenly there's just 12 weeks to go. I feel I'm on course, although HIM training took a hit in March due to some sprint tris I did (which in hindsight served mostly to ruin a weekend of training) and a medical procedure that took out 6 days of training and had me sitting on frozen peas.   I did run a PR half marathon 2 weeks ago, although overall I need to step up my weekly run volume.

I swim 2700-3000 meters 3x a week, so I'm not worried about the swim distance.  But I still haven't done an OWS due to cold water temps here, but I have two Olys between now and BSLT.

I’ve decided to live off the course to simplify my day, so I started training with lemon-lime Perform.  It tastes just fine to me, but I’m not that picky.  I’m also switching from Hammer gels to Gu Roctane.  Now I just need the Dallas heat to get here for real BSLT training. 

So overall, I feel it's going ok.

I'm in & wondering how I'm going to adjust to the heat of west Texas, coming from the Northwest. typically our summers start in July!  Glad to see everyone's training coming along.  Not to worried about the toughness of the course after doing Lake Stevens which has a ton of hills and IM Canada last year.

jsm

Just got done with a week off after Oceanside 70.3 and am hitting the ground running for Lubbock.  This week is going to hurt as I have finely prepared my tuned body with a food and beer gluttony experience this past week.  Oh well...

The heat doesn't bother me as I train in Phoenix, so heat is all just relevant.  I even used sponges to keep my core cool in Oceanside and that was a very lovely weather day.  I tried putting ice in my hands and carrying it during the run and that worked okay.  I'm not sure what it did, but I never overheated and I feel it at least kept my hands cool.  For what that's worth.

I'm looking forward to Buffalo Springs.  Should be fun.

Was working an aid station on an ultra one year and watched a guy dump a cup of ice down the front of his shorts every time he stopped.  Said it was the best way to combat overheating he'd found.  Not sure if I'm ready to do that just yet.

I grew up in that area so I know kind of what I'm heading into.  I would agree that the wind averages are low.  Here's hoping for a calm overcast day.

Had a bad Olympic race in Marble Falls this past Sunday.  Mechanical issues on the bike lead to a DNF.  Still answered a lot of my questions on the swim and got a 10K in.  Would have really like to rock it out but it wasn't in the cards.

Now focus on BSLT for the next 60 days.

40 degrees...ouch.  Well good news is that no matter what the water temp it will feel warmer than the air.  Bad news, once the swim is over you have to run the rest of the race damp and in 40-50 degree temps.

Good luck on your race and check everything, and I do mean everything on your bike.