The back stretch

[Wahine]

No, this isn't a PT thread.

So I'm in the second to last week before IM Canada. I took last week off completely for rest. I was heading into some serious cumulative fatigue. Fortunately, my adopted running coach realized what was going on and demanded that I rest for 7 days!! I thought I was going to be whacko from boredom, but actually I really needed it and I didn't start to get antsy until day 7.

So here's what's up....

Yesterday - 110 mile bike, over 8500 feet climbing in 7 hours riding time.
Today (Mon) - rest
Tues - swim with masters, hard freestyle set, form workout on the track with short sprints
Wed - tempo run for about 11 to 13 miles (plus warm-up and cooldown)
Thurs - Swim masters, Tempo ride for about 2 -3 hours
Fri - rest
Sat - Run, more tempo work but length depends on how I feel. Raft trip with my boss to celebrate 50th b-day (hers, not mine)

Sun and Mon - lots of sleep, no workouts

Tues - Swim, then mini brick with some intensity.
Wed - Short ride with spin ups to keep the legs sharp and travel half way to race
Thurs - travel rest of way, go for a swim and short run with intervals
Fri - rest
Sat - mini tri, then breakfast and get my gear ready.

Sunday - Kick some serious booty.

This will be my official venting during my taper thread. I will try to keep my irrational rants and ravings isolated here in an attempt to not atagonize the entire forum. If you choose to visit, you can't say I didn't warn you.

[Zen]

This will be my official venting during my taper thread. I will attemp to keep my irrational rants and ravings isolated here in an attempt to not atagonize the entire forum. If you choose to visit, you can't say I didn't warn you.

I'm looking forward to this

[Running Mommy]

FARK! I MUST have my head in the sand??!! I had NO IDEA that you were doing the grande dame of Canada??!!
OY, where have I been??? Oh yeah, at the doctors office.... ALOT!!!

I want to break out in a verse of "O CANADA" right now.. But ummm errr... Don't know the words- if there are any.. heh heh heh

Anyway, that is some SERIOUS climbing girlfriend. You are ready for Richter pass I'd say! SHEESH!!
You are going to ROCK that course. And yeah, taking that week off is prolly just what you needed to get all healed up and everything.
Oh- and one more thing... The week or so before the race, you will feel heavy and sloggish. THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE FEELING. I know you know that, but I felt the need to SHOUT it too ya!! hee hee

Anyway, don't go losing your mind during this taper now, 'kay??
Oh do I know that feeling... ohh do I... I envy you. I'm ready to start building my mileage again. I'm in a weight loss phase, so only doing short stuff... sigh.. I MISS my 7 hour ride, 2 hour run bricks. Tho I will be seeing them again come the end of the year... Patience I keep telling myself. PATIENCE...
Something us Iron women aren't very good at! lol

[Wahine]

What the @#$!! am I doing still up, I need to be sleeping so I can get up at 5:00 AM to go to the pool. Aaaaaaggggghhhhh!!

Edited to add: Thanks for the Reminder RM. I already feel sluggish. I'm sure CC could help you out with the words. Take care, you've been going through a lot.

[Veronica]

OH MY GOD! You really are insane. I like it.

V.

[rocknrollgirl]

Bring on the crazy venting YODA...we can take it.... I look forward to tuning in on any and all insanity that it stimulates....

[HappyAnika]

Oh my gosh, is it really August? How did that happen . . .

Hmm, so now you have an audience that's actually looking forward to your insane ranting!

[kelownagirl]

FARK! I MUST have my head in the sand??!! I had NO IDEA that you were doing the grande dame of Canada??!!
OY, where have I been??? Oh yeah, at the doctors office.... ALOT!!!

I want to break out in a verse of "O CANADA" right now.. But ummm errr... Don't know the words- if there are any.. heh heh heh

Anyway, that is some SERIOUS climbing girlfriend. You are ready for Richter pass I'd say! SHEESH!!
You are going to ROCK that course. And yeah, taking that week off is prolly just what you needed to get all healed up and everything.
Oh- and one more thing... The week or so before the race, you will feel heavy and sloggish. THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE FEELING. I know you know that, but I felt the need to SHOUT it too ya!! hee hee

Anyway, don't go losing your mind during this taper now, 'kay??
Oh do I know that feeling... ohh do I... I envy you. I'm ready to start building my mileage again. I'm in a weight loss phase, so only doing short stuff... sigh.. I MISS my 7 hour ride, 2 hour run bricks. Tho I will be seeing them again come the end of the year... Patience I keep telling myself. PATIENCE...
Something us Iron women aren't very good at! lol

For you Running Mommy - to the best of my memory.


Oh Canada, our home and native land,
True patriot love, in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts, we see thee rise,
The true north strong and free,
So stand on guard, oh Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land,
Glorious and Free,
Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee,
Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee

[kelownagirl]

Wahine - I can't wait to watch you run across the finish line on the 26th. DH and I will be there, we're planning our day around it! So what time frame do you hope to be in bike/run transition?

[Running Mommy]

Thanks KG! I have the melody in my head, now I have words to go with it!!

[crazycanuck]

URGH..i hate the fact that i'm a time zone ahead & won't be able to watch the race(hmmm..perhaps a bit) live on ironmanlive.com I do hope someone can keep us updated though on your race.

I'll be tinking about ya Wahine! Are you going for a top 10 age group spot?

C

[Running Mommy]

I just realized that IM Louisville is the SAME DAY as canada!
So I wonder if Ironmanlive is only going to be broadcasting one race- and if so- which one??
canada is HUGE, so you would think that would be a given. But "Lou" is the new kid on the block and took some time to fill, so they may want to advertise that.
Plus for some reason I'm thinking that NA sports doesn't "own" the canada race, so I have a sinking feeling that they are going to broadcast Lou and not canada.
I have no facts to base this on, just a feeling.
I'll be PISZED if I can't see Wahine cross the line! uurrggh!!
What race was it last year that they didn't broadcast? It was either canada or Florida if my foggy memory can recall???
I just remember tuning in to see one of the TE'ers and being very disappointed.