Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

Intensity Ride at VQ My new Forefunner 920XT Let's start with a confession. Yes, I love gadgets, I love them so much that I find it really hard to just go for a run or a ride without them.  Yes, I love my Garmin(s) and recently I upgraded my toys to the latest models (the 920XT and Edge 1000), thank you CleverTraining  for this :-)  So I guess this is how it all begins ... For the past 2 years I have been training with a coach and to make my training more effective I even got a power meter installed on my bike.  My indoor trainer rides are on a computrainer so I get the power reading there as well.  Having a coach and riding with power basically mean that every cycling workout is driven by staying/reaching certain power zones (very basic explanation, I know, but more detailed one is beyond my point in this post). My training is focused on improving my lactate threshold, my VO2 max, my endurance, and so forth. It seems to me that it's all about the numbers!!! Espec

It's mid day Saturday, September 7, 2013, I am laying on bed in my hotel in Madison, one day before my first Ironman.  I am already thinking about next year, I ask my friend Debbie, is it bad luck to sign up for my next Ironman before I even raced my first (holding my Ipad with the Mont Tremblant registration page open).  We both go through the "logic" (well at least for us or should I say me?) - if I don't do well in Wisconsin - of course I would want to do another one and if I do well, than I would want to do another one and do better.  Yes, totally made sense. Gotta love Debbie who supported my sick "logic".  So I did, I signed up for my second Ironman in Mont Tremblant. Village of Mont Tremblant After a successful first Ironman, I had an aggressive goal for myself, finishing my second IM in sub12 hours. I really believed this goal was achievable, knowing IM Mont Tremblant course (from racing the half in June 2013), and so the training began. Af