I like your approach to swimming. Looks like you're a guy that likes to have fun.

You seem to have the right prep, just a couple things I'd take into consideration.

Heat - as state above. It was 90+ degrees last weekend, and I feel the bike course is going to just destroy people who don't pace correctly or maintain enough hydration. Lot's of time sizzling in the heat.

Swim- Will mostly likely be a non-wetsuit swim. Be careful with pacing this as well, that water could definitely cause over-heating and a negative fluid balance from the get go.

Altitude- Unless you can get here and stay 3-4 weeks before the race, your best bet will be to fly in on Friday or Saturday. It's not much time before, but the altitude will not strike you as much in those first 1-2 days. If you come Monday-Wednesday, the week before, that altitude fatigue could hit you right on race day. So be weary of this when booking your flights!!!

Best of luck!

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Grew up a swimmer and a procrastinator. I'm also lazy and hate chasing lines. Some day I'll train like I "should."

Im doing IMKY 3 weeks after Boulder, then Kona X weeks after IMKY. My plan is to "swim" up to my potential by the big one. Ha ha. I guess we will see about that one.

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Hell yes! That's some impressive volume and with a smart taper you should be loaded for bear.

Weather Channel 10 day model presently shows 80's for the high Saturday the 2nd with 40% chance of rain. Too far out for Aug 3rd yet.

I will join you boys on 79th, count me in.

We fly our to Cali for Vineman today. I am alone all week though, Tues evening?

Want to do a prediction on what the wifey does?

Stats:
Height: 5'4
Weight: 125lbs
FTP: She thinks high
Open Marathon: 3:20
Swim: 2 hours a week
Bike: 155 miles a week

Thanks. I think I will hold off for a few more days to pull the trigger. I don't feel like paying over $1000 to get fried by the sun.

I read that the water temp was 74-75 today. And with a few days in the 80s and some rain I bet this is wetsuit legal.

My plan was to arrive Friday AM.

Actual number i think was nearing 4000. Then with known attritions it will be back in the low 3s by the gun.


the path is 9' wide. just 4.5' each direction.... that'll be a lot of fun on loop two.

Ask DC (the RD), he seems to think that an awful race in boulder is something we should be happy for over no race at all. He wasn't exactly open to the professional opinions of other RDs in the area. (personally i'll take nothing over shit but if this event discourages people from thinking boulder is the shit than i'm all for it ;) )


mostly shade, still going to be a a lot of course in the sun tho. 100% concrete, no asphalt. and some downhill-ish running closer to the canyon.


smart man!

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she is doing vineman and boulder?

have fun. we HAVE to sit down and talk!

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Right now it looks like party cloudy 79-80 degrees for 8/3/14 but we know things can change pretty quick! My plan is to hold off until Sunday to make the decision. But if it hold 79-80 and partly cloudy is perfect racing conditions.

You've pretty well maxed out your training other than trading swim for bike time... not a bad move overall. Being a taller guy, the bike is where you need to shine.... without killing your run.

CTL for all 3 disciplines?...or just run/bike? FI all 3 its' pretty low.... especially with that volume. If just run/bike it's pretty solid. Good thing your working on the bike. 290 FTP is good but not a great P/W ratio for this course, but according to BBS, it's just as fast as IM Florida.... for me at least (has my time 25' faster than IMWI).

I'd guess 1:10/4:55 (depending on how aero you are)/3:35... so I think a 9:45-9:50ish is very possible. Good luck!

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Sorry CTL is for bike/run. I only started tracking it last 12 weeks. 4:55 seems fast I was thinking 5:10-5:15. Not sure why BBS is making this a fast course.

after the week we've had all the locals will be rejoicing for a similar forecast. a lot of times when temps are forecast for that low (but not all times) it means that T-storms will develop early so there's the possibility of having to deal with them on the bike. Just trying to set up all contingency plans!!!!

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What's the water temp? I didn't even consider packing a swim skin with me but I'd love it if it were a no wet suit swim.

The water temp has been between 74 and 76 this week.

I made the decision to race IM Maryland this Sunday. I did a 2.4 mile open water TT at IM effort. I ended up coming out at 00:59:35. The swim volume has been paying off and the wetsuit really helps me. But it looks like IM Maryland might be wetsuit illegal so now I'm wondering if I should go and race Boulder. My fear is my TSB is -19 after my AM workouts this AM. If I basically do nothing till race but a few easy workouts to stay loose I could get this to come up a lot. Thoughts? Also, thoughts on time to get a Kona slot. I think I could be close to 9:30.

There is chart showing best performances related to TSB. It turns out that best performances tended to group from -5 to +5 TSB. Plus if you believe Brett Sutton he doesn't really taper his athletes.