Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread

It would be OK with me if it was chilly this year.....I had all the "heat waves" I need at IMAZ last april.....

This will be my first IM and only my 7th or 8th tri overall. I'm beyond excited, although I've been totally slacking off the past month on any level of training so it's time to kick it back into high gear.

Anyone doing the Horribly Hilly as part of training? I'm considering flying out and doing the 200k. I hear it's great training for IMWI.

In.  #2.

I'm in the MadTown area and planning on hitting the road as early as possible and catching it more over the summer to kick the hills' azzes.

I run part of the run course every few days since my office is just behind the Kohl Center.

Swimming - well, I don't venture near the Lake.  BLEAH!

Yes, I'm in for HHH.

You might want to consider not doing the 200K HHH, but just doing the 100K. When they say Horribly Hilly, they are NOT kidding. I've done it twice and the first time almost chucked my bike off a cliff...out of utter exhaustion & frustration.

Unless you are a really experienced cyclist or are going to have A LOT of time to prepare by training loads of hills,  I'd recommend the 100K.  You will still get time on the course (albeit backwards) and it will still kick your A$$.

I promise you. 

Hmmm, I'm scared now! Good advice. 100K is plenty for me and I'd prefer to reserve hating my bike for the second half of the IM.

And get that seat issue taken care of.

I am in again for the 2nd year in a row.  Great race, and well attended by the BT folk. 

I will most likely do HHH again this year.  It is great training for MOO.  The course is way more difficult than IMWI.  Its nice that you don't have to run after it, although, every year there are a bunch of crazies that run down and back up that last hill....and the last hill is really a mountain.  Many people walk up that bad boy!

So, I agree with Whizzzz..unless you have done it before or have done a bunch of centuries, the 100K is more than enough.   Plus, they have a big party at the end with Beer and good food, DJ, etc.  Its more fun if you haven't ridden youself into a coma for 9 hours or so

With that said, I was thinking of getting a group together to do the 200K.  We could even pseudo race it...just a thought.....I am a glutten.

So I have heard that the crowd support is awesome at IM MOO - the exact phrase used was "The crowd at Madison goes OFF!"

Is it true ????

mr2tony - 2008-12-03 6:30 PM

pseudoyams - 2008-12-02 2:48 PM Im not racing IMWI this year, but will be volunteering and 'strappin.  Keep me in the loop for group rides down there.  Good training!

Not challenging enough for ya?

Umm, yeah... something like that.  haha..   Im gonna battle the heat, wind and lava fields this year

EFFIN' RIGHT, BABY!  I would be one of them!