Ironman Mont-Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 12)

Awesome! Thanks! This might be just the trick. 

I checked AT&T's options and I can get a whopping 125MB for $50!!! Yikes! 50 text messages for $10 and phone calls for $0.50 per minute.  With all the people we are traveling with we need to have something worked out so that we can keep in touch once we get there.

This is a great topic that a lot of us are going to have to deal with.  I have no clue what options are available for my phone and Sprint plan.  Hmm.  I have heard that people do buy prepaid phones for such trips.  Maybe we can find one online ahead of time.

I have my first tri of the season this weekend, Mooseman 70.3.  The first tri of the season is always a bit nervous.

I have a rogers prepaid phone (I am cheap) and I don't remember how much the SIM card cost but you can put as little as $20 on the phone and as Axteraa said, you can opt to buy a 'data weekly pass' or even a 'data day pass' for a reasonable amount from the prepaid amount. 

We still have a quite a few mobile phone companies that don't do sim cards but Rogers does.

We finally booked our training weekend. Planning our last big training weekend near the end of July for it.  Looking forward to it.

There's an accommodations sale on the Mont Tremblant website and we got 30% off our stay - i guess the sale is on until June 28th (to book)

How's everyone else doing?

Oh interesting, I will have to look at that.

We are looking at our training weekend for the first weekend of July although we have no other current ideas, if anyone else wants to join us.

Training is going pretty well.  Just did Mooseman last weekend and while not blazing, 6:11 is not bad considering the conditions of the course and the rain and mud.  It was a nice confidence boosting weekend.  I felt pretty strong the whole day.

rdrbme - 2012-06-10 10:07 AM Those curious about wifi availability. All of the hotels in the village have access to wireless that requires payment, but various coffee shops have free wifi, as well as certain hotels. It's a mixed bag, but I've frequently used the wifi at a coffee shop near the base of the hill during "study-ski" trips with a few friends

That's great to know when we make our smartphone decisions, thanks!!

Wow, what are we less than 10 weeks out?!  I'm getting very excited how about you all?!  My training is going well.  I have some big weekends coming up but I feel ready to tackle them.  I'm loving the long bike rides but not really liking the longer runs.  I find i'm tired going into them and I end up having to slow down and run them at an easier pace. 

How are all you future Ironman Mont Tremblanters holding up? 

Training is going really well for me.  I'm really happy with how my body is responding to the training so far.

I'm getting really excited and am looking forward to hearing reports from the half on the 24th (I think).

Good luck to anyone who is also doing the half tomorrow!

The rest of us will be carefully watching and looking for reports of what the course is like.  

Hi everyone! I just did the half yesterday, and here are my Garmin files from the race. I forgot to hit start right out of transition on the bike, so the distance is a little short.

bike

run

Thanks!!! 

The bike sure looks easier/more manageable than the elevation chart shows. What was your personal opinion of the course?

Now if I can just replicate your speed...

Also did the half. Here is my full race report with thoughts on the course

http://www.swicyclorun.com/2012/06/ironman-mont-tremblant-703-race-report.html

What a beautiful writeup, thank you!  And now I have more pics for my background wallpaper. :-)

Thanks for that! Sounds like you had a great day - making me both excited and nervous!

And poutine is awesome!

I know I am beautiful looking guy, but me being someone's background wallpaper? Should I be flattered or terrified?!?!? Hahaha!

Seriously, you are gonna love this place if you haven't been already.

Had a banana nutella crepe for lunch @ the creperie in town. SO GOOD!

Maybe they have a bike jersey tan line fetish??? haha

Great race report, thanks!  I just have one question.  Where did you get the amazing sushi you mentioned because I'll be looking for some after the race in August!

The swim start photo, I like the swim start photo. :-) 

I sure hope there is poutine at the finish, that would be AWESOME!!

All the sub 5 people seem to be posting race reports, I am feeling a bit slow. :-)

that was a great write up.  Thanks for sharing and congrats to you.

Awesome race report, and I agree with all of it. I am just getting back from Mont-Tremblant, what a wonderful course!!!

You guys will love it for sure

Totally stoked now having read that race report! 

Thanks!

Anyone that has done other IM's....how will this course shape up in difficulty compared to other hilly IMs?