Vineman Ironman 70.3 : Official Thread

Sold out in three hours....woah

I'm in!  The wife was on the computer early and got us both signed up! 

This will be my second 70.3.  Can't wait to get back to training.  Healing an injury right now. 

for those who need a 1 night hotel the best and only places to stay are in the Santa Rosa area.  I contacted 4 local hotels/ inns and they are at minimum 2 night stays. 

I found Extended Stay Santa Rosa North via hotels.com  $107 for Sat night and they have kitchenettes in the rooms.

If you're going w/ family/friends who are not racing and don't mind camping, may I suggest Riverbend Resort. It's far from being a "resort"; however, it was close enough to bike to the start, there was a playground for the kids, and it was right on the bike route for the family to watch.  (and the showers were free   )

This was my first half and LOVED it!  Hope to go back and do it again in a few years.

HAVE FUN!!! 

I'm in, along with my wife.

We're renting a house not far from the start.  Found the place on VRBO.

This will be my 3rd HIM and my wife's first.

    Chris

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this will be my first 70.3. I have a sprint, a marathon, and two olympics under my belt so far. I'm looking forward to kicking my own in my training. I'll be staying at the rental my family got for that weekend. Good luck to everyone with your training!

getting closer..

all the Vineman 70.3 athletes must be too busy training to go on this Forum!
I rode the course Memorial Day weekend and am glad to say it is much easier than what I train on at home. Training has been going really well but since it will be my first 70.3 I can't help but be a little nervous. I'm excited to race, especially after seeing how beautiful the bike and run course are. The roads are absolute crap! People had mentioned the crappy roads but I thought they couldn't be too bad. They are absolutely horrible! Parts of it feel like cobblestone! After riding the course, my arms were more sore than my legs from holding on so tight. Looking forward to race day since it will be a closed course and we can ride where cars usually go, since the shoulder is crappier than the middle of the roads for the most part.

The run is really beautiful and has rolling hills but nothing too bad. My age group doesn't start until like 8:30 so it will be getting hot when it's time for the run!! Good thing it starts off in the shade. Now that I know any elevation gains won't be my biggest concern, I've been making a point to heat train so the higher temps won't shock my body.

I've been tri training a little less than 3 years now and this is by far the hardest thing i've gone through, but still fun! Finishing Vineman will be such a big accomplishment for me, but so much of what is important happens on a daily basis. I've been having mini victories every week since I am going longer than I ever have.

How is everyones training going? Feeling ready or behind? Who else is doing this as their first 70.3?!

I'm thinking you will need a car.  Guerneville is close to 90 miles away from SFO, so no public transportation between the two places that I am aware of.  Also, with the two transitions, you will need to get to Windsor on Saturday for both the mandatory athlete meeting and the show drop-off.  You will also need a way to get you bikes back from Windsor to wherever you are staying (shuttle will take you back to the start, but you cannot bring a bike on the shuttle).

  Chris

Hi BT'ers

Does anyone know the water temp? Fingers crossed for wetsuit legal.

Have a great race everyone.

According to this thread the temperature was 71deg on the 28th.

This accuweather extended forecast has me worried! I could see the water warming up quite a bit between now and race day.

Almost time to taper.  Stay healthy everyone!

Thanks for the water temp info....hmm see what you mean regarding the weather forecast. Perhaps the water is the least of our concern ---running in 90+ degrees is tough. oh well - its the same for everyone.

Have fun

i don't think we should worry about any forecasts until july 9th or so; weather always changes.  but no matter what we all deal with the same thing.

50% confident and ready/excited

50% scared shitless

a first for a new distance is always a little scary.

Numbers are out! 

I'm 2370 - starting in the very last wave! 

Less than 2 weeks to go. 

I'm excited! (and as ready as I can be)

I'm a little worried about the potential heat on the run, too. Since I have a gym membership, I've been spending some time in the sauna and doing all my runs in the hottest part of the day, but since I'm near the coast. 'hot' is closer to 80 than 90.

Guess it just means that my target of a 9 minute mile (don't laugh, it's fast for me) won't happen and I'll run closer to the mid 10s if it's that hot.

I also suspect I'm the only one registered who would rather swim without a wetsuit, so with my luck the water will cool off before next weekend.