Wow it is hard to believe that Louisville will be here in 45 days…or we’ll be in Louisville. It’s crunch time! The next 3 weeks will be heaviest training and this is the time to build strength and endurance for the Ironman. Lot’s to do on the bike in the next few weeks. Fine tuning of my position and lot’s of tweaking with everything else.
I’m starting now to formulate nutrition, hydration and pacing strategies for the race. I watched an interesting video cast from Endurance Nation yesterday where Patrick McCann talked about using your Garmin to follow a pace schedule for the marathon. Basically the first 3 to 6 miles are at a very easy pace, an all day long pace as he put it. Once the legs have adjusted to running, use the Garmin to pick up the pace to what he calls an easy pace, a pace that you can run comfortably at and use the Garmin to hold that pace through to the end. The thinking being that although the pace may seem too easy in miles 7 and 8, by mile 18 it will begin to get harder and harder to maintain that pace. That’s the time to use the Garmin to stay on track. If I do well, I’ll pass a lot of runners in the second half of the marathon. It is in the later stages of the marathon, where you see lot’s of people walking and if you can keep up a good pace, you’ll really move up.
Really looking forward to being in Lake Placid this weekend for Ironman USA. It will be great to get out on the bike course and do a loop to see what I’ll be in store for next year!
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