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- Brady Nelson: James Chu
- Club Member of the Year: Michael Shipp
- Most Improved: Jorge Alvarez and Kate Ahrens
- Veteran Athlete of the Year: Courtney Benedict and Hugh Harris
I have both HR and power meter and use them together. It’s always been my luck that during my long rides or races, one will not work on me. So I train with both plus perceived exertion so that I’m never ever on the course with a deer in headlights look when technology fails me. I own the Garmin Vector 3 pedals because they are easy to swap between bikes and because they are so user-friendly even I can figure them out 🙂
Folks are organizing a Gerry Boyle Memorial Ride
Saturday, April 6
Great Marsh Park
7:30am coffee & bagels
8am moment of silence
Folks are riding to the high school as a group and then at the high school breaking up as groups to do the Eagleman loopOne last thing to note, long distance ironman-branded races are moving away from waves based on age and sex. They are more and more designating waves by estimated finish time. Please read the athletes guide for your goal race so that you know as each race is different.
-Margaret
Good point, Jennifer. But please know that each situation is different. In the case you’re saying, it may not be a safety issue. But since this is a group program with Eagleman as the goal race, please know that the weather conditions have historically been hot and humid. (The hottest and most humid day of the year in fact.) There’s no telling what your body will do when working out consecutively for 6-8 hours in those conditions unless of course you’ve been practicing in those conditions. That’s why it’s not safe to prolong your day by staying with a relative/friend. It’s the safer route to finish your race and let aid station volunteers or volunteers at the finish line know that you’re concerned about your friend/relative. They have the luxury of walkie talkies, cell phones, and have not been exercising for hours on end in heat and humidity. They are also probably thinking more clearly. We want you all to finish your races happy and healthy!
-Margaret
Hi Amanda and future Ironmen/women:
I’m going to chime in too because I am a big OrangeTheory fan. Please heed Coach AJ’s advice. OrangeTherory is awesome for weight loss, short course running, getting a workout in when someone tells you exactly what to do for an hour.
At some point in your Ironman training though, you do need to train your body and gut for your long zone 2 race day. There’s this thing called specificity that basically says, in order to do well in something, one needs to practice that thing.
My personal recommendation for strength training would be to go through the very detailed athlete’s guide that you received in the on-boarding process and do 10-15 minutes of those exercises every day.
A very large part of the battle of Ironman training is getting to the start line healthy. I fear the HIIT aspect of OrangeTheory may do more harm than good in your quest for Ironman! In my personal journey, I did OTF during the offseason only.
~Margaret
Hi Jennifer,
Need to echo Coach AJ’s statement. This is one of the ways that a long distance triathlon race is different from a running race. I completely get wanting to stick by your friend/relative but for everyone else’s safety, it’s just a bad idea. Also know that 6-8 hours is a long time to be out there exercising. So while it is totally appropriate to look out for your friends/relatives while training to make sure everyone is ok, this is not appropriate in the racing environment. Please know that there are aid stations all over the course to assist your friend/relative. Similar to the emergency landing instructions when you get on a plane, please help yourself first. Hope that makes sense but reach out to me if further clarification is needed.~Margaret
But you can do IMMD in honor of him. He should have been the mayor of Cambridge, MD. He gave me a huge hug as I walked into the water at IMMD last year and I have no doubt he’ll be watching over each of you in your training this year to cross the IM finish line.
~Margaret
Depending on resources (pool availability/coaches availability) and how the swim video analysis goes this Sunday, we will be sure to let our programs get first dibs at offerings such as this!
~Margaret
Please remember that testing is a process. If it didn’t ‘go well’ this time, just take note of some lessons learned. Remember this is about the process not perfection. Coach AJ has said this to me so many times, I had to write it down 🙂 It’s the beginning of the season and you’ll have opportunities to keep testing throughout. If you were wiped out days after your test, that means you did a few things correctly. Listen to your body. Part of the battle is getting to the start line healthy and ready to go! Keep up the good work DC Tri!
Hi Hope and IMP Team!
I’m so sorry to hear you caught the nasty bug floating around. It leveled me as well last weekend and am only beginning to feel human again today. Hope you are on the mend!To answer your logistical questions about the salted potatoes, I normally boil the baby potatoes (with the skin still on them – otherwise you will get mush) the night before my long ride. I throw them inside snack-sized zip locked bags and in my cooler so that I don’t leave them home. I placed them inside a bento box on my bike and in my jersey pockets. I am a back of the pack biker so you can imagine the amount of potatoes I carried with me! I used to spit out the potato skin while biking.
I’ve also tried boiling potatoes without the skin, blending, and then placing them in those squeezable pouches that toddlers use. This ended up not working for me for a few reasons: 1. I found out the consistency of this while biking made me want to barf!
2. It’s not that easy to be screwing caps on and off while biking.
3. You’ll realize you won’t have time to be doing all of this when training miles ramps up 🙂 But if this works for you, then go with it!I’ve had teammates make rice cakes (recipe from the Portables book referenced by Coach AJ) and wrapped them in foil. Others have eaten Encrustables and even straight up baby food!
The biggest takeaway here is that nutrition is the fourth discipline of the ironman distance – which was why Coach was bummed to see so few of you at the nutrition clinic. One needs time to log the miles but also the time to train your gut to take in nutrition while exercising.
Happy to answer questions if anything above was unclear. Happy training, team!
Jorge you are amazing! Thank you for taking notes. It was so good to meet so many of you last weekend. Please feel free to come introduce yourself or ask any question at all that you need answered. I will be at the clinic again this Sunday walking around or on the pool deck!
This journey is more enjoyable with others along for the ride!
~Margaret
Thank you Bryan! It takes a lot of courage to bring forth the uncomfortable in the hopes of making things right. There’s a place for everyone in DC Tri Club!
I am 3x participant in Peasantman! Short of the annual award’s banquet each year in December, this is the biggest DC Tri Club gathering of the year and as Coach AJ mentions, all the proceeds go to charity. It is a great early season training opportunity that is low stress and all fun. I hope to be there to volunteer and get to meet you all this year.
Glen: individuals must always sign themselves up for all races even DC Tri Club specific ones. I think it’s a liability issue if you don’t?!