Thursday, July 31, 2008
7/31/08 Update from Chris
I eventually rolled out at 5:30am and went down stairs for 3 sets of 12 pushups...still struggling with my strength and 125 reps of crunches and leg raises. After that I headed down to the community pool for my first swim since the race. I immediately noticed how tired I was with just a 500 yard warm up. I knocked out another 500 yard set and then ten 50 yard sprints...if I can call them sprints. So 1500 yards was it for the day, I was toast.
Here is a chart of my calories burned so far this week:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
7/30/08 Update from Chris
Another goal for the next 16 weeks is to get in a core workout four times a week and at least two 30 minute sessions of lifting.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
7/29/08 Update from Chris
I weighed in this morning at 204lbs. So only 19lbs to go!!!
Here is my food summary from the day:
Meal | Calories | Fat | Carbs | Protein |
Breakfast | 376 | 6.4g | 64.2g | 29.4g |
Snack #1 | 400 | 9.0g | 38.0g | 43.0g |
Lunch | 349 | 4.6g | 42.7g | 35.6g |
Snack #2 | 385 | 9.0g | 46.0g | 32.5g |
Dinner | 523 | 16.6g | 51.9g | 48.0g |
Total Percentage of Calories 1 | 2033 | 45.6g 19% | 242.8g 45% | 188.5g 35% |
Monday, July 28, 2008
7/28/08 Update from Chris
We had a really long day of travel yesterday. We boarded a plane in Vermont for a 6am flight that didn't end up leaving until about 7:45am. This caused us to miss our next flight out of New York. So we had lunch and boarded our next flight at noon which was supposed to arrive in California at 2:50pm. As we taxied out to the runway a thunderstorm rolled in which stopped all out going flights. We sat in the plane on the runway for over five hours. The flight finally took off around 5:30pm. We landed in Long beach around 8pm and made it home around 10pm.
This morning I woke up at 6am still very tired from yesterdays travel, but wanted to get a small workout in. So I did some stretching and spent 30 minutes doing sit-ups and pushups.
I now have my sights set on Ironman Arizona which takes place in Tempe the weekend before Thanksgiving. I have an ambushes goal of breaking 12 hours this time. I went into Lake Placid much heavy than I hoped. I really struggled with my diet this time around. I just couldn't eat enough food. So I ended up on race day at 205 lbs. I have 16 weeks until Arizona to reach my goal weigh of 185lbs.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Ironman Lake Placid Race Results
It was a very long day of racing in Lake Placid. It poured the rain for 14 hours that day. Overall the race went well. I had an issue with my Achilles around mile 14 and spent the next three and a half hours walking in the rain. Dave caught me at mile 24 and we jogged out the last 2.2 miles.
FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | TOTAL TIME | RACE DIVISION | SWIM TIME | T1 | BIKE TIME | T2 | RUN TIME | RUN PACE |
CHRIS | ELMORE | 14:07:59 | M30-34 | 1:11:24 | 8:37 | 6:34:31 | 5:38 | 6:07:51 | 14:03 |
DAVID | MILLER | 14:07:59 | M55-59 | 1:17:03 | 10:20 | 7:14:01 | 10:21 | 5:16:15 | 12:05 |
Here are some of the pictures from the race:
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Last Leg!
More updates to come!
First loop of the bike!
See ya in about 3 hours!
It's Raining, Its Pouring...
More updates to come!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Adopt and Athlete interview with Mike Reilly
Part 1
Part 2
Friday, July 18, 2008
Running in rain
Now we must dry the shoes with the fireplace.
Interview with Mike Reilly
As we where getting out of our wetsuits we received the call to confirm our interview with Mike Reilly, "The Voice of Ironman". We will be talking about the Adopt an Athlete program we participated in. The interview is at 12:30 and should be posted on www.Ironman.com/ironmanlive later to day.
Thunderstorm!!!
Thunder, lightning and rain....its going to be a fun swim this morning.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Made it to Lake Placid
Registration was quick and easy. We then picked up our bikes and headed to the house.
More to come....
Red Eyes Suck
"Red Eyes suck" says Dave as he munches on his chocolate donut and coffee. Breakfast of champions. We are now in Gate 11 waiting for our flight to Albany. We depart around 9 and arrive around 10:30 (that's 6am - 7:30am for all you California folk). We're so close I can smell the massive amounts of Gu And Gatorade.
7/17/08 - New York
I took one malentonen when I got on the plane and wokeup about 15 minutes before landing.
Now it's time for coffee.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
7/16/08 - On the road
7/16/08 - We have our race numbers!!!
First | Last | Bib Number |
Chris | Elmore | 356 |
David | Miller | 1871 |
Use the our bib numbers to track us during the race at: http://ironman.com/ironmanlive
7/16/08 - 3 Days and 22 hours
We did our last California workout this morning. It was a 30 minute run on the Santa Ana River Trail. It was my first real run in 2 weeks and my Achilles held up pretty well. As we returned to the gym we commented to each other that it feels like we have been slacking off over the last few weeks as the workouts have been slowly tapering off. That got me thinking. I decided to do the math on how many hours we have worked out and the number of miles we have travelled over the past 26 weeks.
Here it is:
Hours worked out over the last 26 weeks | Swim hours / miles | Bike hours / miles | Run hours / miles | |
337 Hours | 66 hours / 75 miles | 181 hours / 3,077 miles | 90 hours / 540 miles | |
Over 200,000 calories burned |
WOW and to think we have 16 more weeks of this intense training when we get back from Lake Placid. In a moment of weakness last May, we signed up for Ironman Arizona which takes place on November 23, 2008. That clearly puts us in the 'are you out of your mind' category.
Here is the race day forecast:
So today I have one last e-stem and laser treatment on my Achilles and a one hour massage to work out the last of my aches and pains. Then it is off to Long Beach for the red eye flight to Vermont.>
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
7/15/2008 - 4 Days and 22 Hours....
On Friday we will head down for the Gatorade swim in Mirror Lake. Rumor has it that you can’t hold the swim in Lake Placid due to the alligator incident that you may remember from the movies. After the swim we will take our bikes out for a short ride to make sure everything is working. We will follow this up with a short run.
That afternoon, we will be interviewed by Mike Reilly, official voice of Ironman, about our Adopt an Athlete program we conducted at Villa Fundamental Intermediate School in Ms Kato's health and fitness class. We took a very unique approach to the program and Ironman wants to celebrate our accomplishment via a live broadcast on their online network from Lake Placid. Look for us on the Ironman website. Friday night is also the Ironman Lake Placid 10th anniversary welcome dinner for the athletes and their families followed by the mandatory athletes meeting.
On Saturday we will do another morning swim and delivery our bikes and race gear to the transition area. When you check into the race you receive 5 bags labelled Swim to Bike, Bike Special Needs, Bike to Run, Run Special Needs, and Post Race. Each bag contains the items you need for the various legs of the race. The special needs bags contain items you may need to replenish on the course.
For a reminder of why we are out here raising money checkout our Motivation Montage and this latest video of Taylor Warren.