Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens : Official ThreadI just signed up for it, doing it as a warm up for IMCOZ. I plan on going hard on the swim (for me ) and just hammering the bike. We'll see what's left in the legs and tank for the run. I really want to get a good gauge of what my legs will feel like again for an IM. I did this last time when the race was in July as a warm up for IMC '06, and yep that is about what my legs felt like at the start of IMC's run.
When I did the race in 2006, they took the water temp from a bit out and down to make the race wetsuit legal. Lk Stevens will be pretty warm come mid August, there should be plenty of hot July days to warm that lake up. Not sure you'd need wet suit. Last weekend at Lk Sammamish it was really warm for this time of year, warmer than usual.
Yes there were only two water stations on the bike course. Its a double loop though, so they are not that far a part.
It will be interesting to see if it sells out this year. Being so close to IMC they must be loosing athletes to IMC that would have done both if Lk Stevens was in early July still. |