BT IM Wisconsin thread

Well, we are starting to get up...    Had to check the weather, it looks cool/cold with a chance of showers.  Who knows, though?  It is what it is.

Thanks for doing this, and good luck to all!  Should be a good day out there.

Get out there and kick a$$!! The weather looks perfect for some great times out there. (Until the sun goes down that is) The pro's should be coming out of the water soon!

wooooo hoooooo!  go go go!

I'm on my way to the bike course to meet up with Coredump and Whizzzzz. I am so glad I met so many of you, now I know who to look (and scream!) for!  

Biscay moves to the front
The one athlete we can identify clearly is Hillary Biscay, who is now swimming next to whoever is leading the pro race right now.

Hillary's rockin the swim!!! After doing IMKY last week!!  Go!Go!Go!

It's going to be hard to get a workout in today!!

oipolloi is racing today

Bib number 1091

Austin Ramirez leads the age group race
The Wisconsin native in his first Ironman was two minutes faster than the pros with a 49 minute swim this morning.

HOLY CRAP!!! Nice swim!! Why isn't he a BTer?

My LTS owner is the only racer from my area doing IMMOO.  Just registered in as a 1:07 swim....GO MO!

Pros had some pretty good swim splits.  Top 10 were all under 52:33

Kick a$$ swim Dan!!! Now get out and do what you do best!! Bike and run!!! KQ!!!

Good morning, race peeps!!  Couple logistical notes....

The race began with a mass start at 7AM EST. Unlike IMKY, where there was a wave start, when you see times posted on the IMLive site, they will be 'real' times.

The race was wetsuit legal.

The athlete tracker is HERE --> http://ironman.com/events/ironman/wisconsin?show=tracker

The live video feed starts 11AM CST. The link is not up yet, but should be activated in the next couple hours. The link will be located HERE --> http://ironman.com/

The only splits available, it appears, are: Swim Total, T1, Bike Total, T2, and 2 equal run splits (13.1, 26.2). We'll try to get as many updates as possible from the course to break up the long-ish time between splits. I'll handle the updates through T1, Aaron sould be back from winning his aquabike by then.

And most, bestest of all, race well and safely. Look for STELLAR performances from some of BT's finest. There are some absolute horses out there....birkierunner, pseudoyams, Lar Dog, marvarnett. Look for some solid, solid results on a cool day in Wisconsin.