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Ironman Lake Placid

Finally outside for a long ride

Finally made it outside for a long ride and what a nice day to be out on the bike. Started out a little chilly at 40 degrees, but easily was in the 50s an hour later. Good thing it was a nice day as our group was all over the place today, some of us did part of the ride in one direction while others did it the other, quite the comedy out there. One good thing, no one had any breakdowns so we all made it back in one piece.

I felt pretty good through the first 50 miles and then started to feel it a little bit in the legs. Still had enough to power any hills at the end, but overall very happy and feel like the work on the trainer has paid off even though the overall speed was a little slower than I had hoped. The numbers from the Garmin on the link below.

Also had the opportunity to jump on a scale during the ride to check my rate of dehydration, will post the photo along once Melinda sends it to me. Turns out I lost 30lbs in the first 38 miles of the ride!

The Weight In

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78413831

Weight: 164.2

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Ironman Lake Placid

Dehydrating on long rides and the week ahead

Today was another long endurance on the CompuTrainer. Again at the 3 hour mark my legs started to feel tired. Last week when it happened I thought it might be nutrition, but I seems to be taking in plenty of calories. This week though, I tried doubling up the Perpetuem in 2 of the bottles and just plain water in 2 of the bottles. I went through all 4 bottles in 3 hours and refilled one with water at the 3 hour mark. I would have thought that was plenty of fluids, but I weight myself after the ride and I was down 2lbs. My conclusion is that riding inside I’m warmer and not getting the cooling affect of the wind that you get outside so I’m sweating more. Next long ride I will try to consume more water per hour.

This coming week is a recovery week on the bike program and it couldn’t come at a better time. This weekend is the Great Bay half-marathon so it would be good to save my legs a little bit. The bad part is that saturday morning I will be having to do the Critical Power test. I’m not really too worried about my time at the Great Bay, it probably won’t be as fast as last year, should be under 1:50 though.

Weight: 163.2

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Ironman Lake Placid

Longer and Longer

The long Sunday ride was three hours and thirty minutes! I fired up the CompuTrainer 3D software and did the Ironman Kona course for this ride. I need a break from the Lake Placid live course, after about 5 weeks of it I need a change. The first half of this ride is pretty much up hill, not very steep but kind of long steps. I did a little over 63 miles during the course of the three and a half hours. My legs felt good for the first 3 hours and I could feel them start to tire toward the end. I think my legs definitely remember the last ride as each ride once I get to the point I was at the week before my legs always start saying hey, time to end the ride!

The snow is pretty much gone, now we just need some global warming and it will be back on the streets. It was tempting with the sun out, but at three and half hours at 32 degrees didn’t sound like much fun.

Weight: 165.6

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Ironman Lake Placid

The Longest Ride

Another long Sunday ride, up to 3 hours now. It’s a long time to be riding on the CompuTrainer, but at least I have the TV to entertain me, and my riding friend Julie. I’m not sure who is more entertaining. There was also my 4 year old son who made an appearance for about 45 minutes of the ride. He road laps around the garage on his bike, made us look slow. I was just shy of 53 miles in my 3 hours today. My legs felt pretty good, but I will have to start eating some real food as the hours start to build. Gels and Perpetuem can only do so much or maybe I will experiment with upping the amount of Perpetuem per bottle.

Weight: 167.2