Vineman Ironman 70.3 : Official Thread

I'm in....almost died when I woke up at 5AM, and active.com's site said the race was already full.

I got a vineyard view room; no kitchen.  I seldom cook at home and I certainly don't on vacation.  I will have a cooler and plenty of things to drink and munch on.  Part of my enjoyment in traveling is finding new places to eat, even if it just a place to get breakfast or a sandwhich.

I'm in!

Need some advice on the bike - trying to decide between using my tri bike (11-25 cassette) or a road bike with granny gear. What's best for this course? Any advice from those that have previous course knowledge? Want to make sure I have some legs left for the run.

Thanks! Happy training.

Is there any way you can ride the course  before the event? 

So I'm not racing this year, but I did this race last year as my first Half and have swam and ridden the course many times in training so if anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them.

This year I'll be out there manning the Golden Gate Tri Club's aid station and cheering for all the racers!

I will try to ride it before the race - that would certainly be best - agreed. Any in the area Bt'ers want to see if we can coordinate a day to try to ride the course?

My partner & I planned a weekend to stay up in Windsor, and ride, run and swim the course, or at least parts of the course sometime in June (the date eludes me right now).  I don't think we planned to do it all on one day, since this weekend was partly a getaway and partly for recon. 

We plan to start the ride at Windsor High School instead of Guerneville.  Also, someone on BT mentioned the Golden  Gate Triathlon Club coordinates a group ride on the Vineman route.  They have a public listing of their upcoming rides on their website.  The Vineman course seems to be popular with cyclists, so even if you went by yourself, you'd have plenty of company on the route.