Ironman 70.3 California : Official Thread (Page 13)

Wheelcover or not on the 808?  I ask because I hear that the winds may be a problem

Ditto, thanks for organizing it Mike.  And these guys (mike and doug) are really fast.  I mean...  really.  I think I rode with them for about 1/2 mile on the way up, and 2 miles (?) through the campground on the way back, and that definitely wasn't my half pace.  And then the run?  Literally, within about a mile and a half I couldn't see them anymore. 

As for my pace, that wasn't out of any strategy, as my race day strategy at this point is summed up in one word:  survive.  I am just not very good at pacing, especially right off the bike.

Looks like I am starting my extreme run taper now, and probably won't run again until 4/2.

Just as an FYI, there's very little of the bike course you can actually drive, other than the bit through the San Onofre campgrounds and a bit of Cristianitos, none of which is actually worth the trouble.

Why is that?  I thought it was along open roads? 

Nope, about 1/2 mile in, it enters Camp Pendleton, can't drive on it without military ID.  About 15 miles or so later, it leaves Camp P, but enters bike path on the old landing strip.  Can't drive there.  Then enters the campground, you can drive that, but....   Then it's on a bit of road right before San Onofre nuclear plant, can drive on that, but it's all of 2 miles or so.  Then another bike path just before Cristianitos, which you can drive on for a couple miles, then it enters Camp P again until 1/2 mile before the end. 

Thanks Chris.

DP

Too early to start obsessively checking considering weather?  I know, it's one of those out of the box things we can't control.  But yet it is a time honored taper tradition.

FWIW (and I understand it isn't a whole lot), this site says high of 60 and sunny for race day.  Sounds pretty perfect

http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/oceanside/92049/forecast-month.asp?mnyr=4-01-2011

Winds out of the NNE @ 9 mph w/gusts to 26. Bah!

Just think warm thoughts.

Agreed, it won't be close to accurate unitl a couple days before.  Already showing 69     I remember at IMAZ even the night before the April 2008 race ti was showing decent temps and no winds.  Turned out very hot and windy.

Bib numbers are posted.

Mine is 418

Good luck all!

Yep....me and my brother mktoson are in the M 35-39....gonna be an anxious wait.  More people to pass, that's all. :-)

ETA: I'll be trying to catch our oldest brother who starts like an hour before us. :-)

Woo! #635.

Swim waves are also now listed with alphabetical breakdown.  So if your age group had two wave you can now see which one you're in and what color cap you'll be. 

I'm in Wave 7, starting at 6:59 in a purple cap.

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wave 20, 7:39.  That swim is gonna be a hot mess back there