Ironman 70.3 course
CPT333
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Hey guys, I drove up to wimbleball lake on saturday to ride the route of the bike course for the 70.3 in june.I must say i dont think i have ever seen so many hills in such a small space in my life!. There was only two really big memorable ones but none the less was a rather undulating course!
Guess thats why its called Ironman! whats everyone elses thoughts on the route?.Gotta admit the thought of a half marathon after that beast wasnt too appealing!.
The funniest thing was seeing all of the empty drinks bottles around the course though, obviously from last year, what sort of time is average on the bike leg? bearing in mind by then i will only have been training about 6 months.
So my plan now is simply 'finish!'
In the words of the great conehead ive now got that feeling that ' whatever training i do it just wont be enough'
Right im off to do some more training!
Guess thats why its called Ironman! whats everyone elses thoughts on the route?.Gotta admit the thought of a half marathon after that beast wasnt too appealing!.
The funniest thing was seeing all of the empty drinks bottles around the course though, obviously from last year, what sort of time is average on the bike leg? bearing in mind by then i will only have been training about 6 months.
So my plan now is simply 'finish!'
In the words of the great conehead ive now got that feeling that ' whatever training i do it just wont be enough'
Right im off to do some more training!
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If at all possible, I thoroughly recommend that you get up there and ride the course (1 lap = 28 miles) as soon as poss just to see what you have to do training wise and also to see where you can ease off for a brief recovery and where you can power away.
The run section is also pretty hilly and on country tracks so make sure you have done plenty off road running or the sides of your ankles will cane after just one lap.
Good luck!
I am following a programme and still have no idea how I am going to get round this course.....
As I had not got on a bike in 15yrs until last summer I have decided to go down on the intro day and have a look around the lake and the bike and see if I can pick up any tips!!
I am still toying with the idea of swapping off my TT cockpit but I think I am just going to have to ride it and see how I fare! Are those hills really that big??? I did a ride in Cornwall the other day (look at my blog for the route and GPS download) and that had two 20% and one 30% hill in it - which almost killed me!!! Hoping the 70.3 route has slightly more recovery sections!!!
Iain.
What is the verdict on going tri-cockpit or road setup? I think I'd climb better with a road setup since there really are zero flat sections over the whole 56 miles, but maybe that's just cause I'd be terrified going down an 18% grade with my chin sticking out over my front wheel...
BRING THE PAIN!!!