Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 132)

6'0  210 and creeping up everyday with the training hours dropping!

Hey neighbor, we're staying there too.  I'll keep an eye out for you and your little ones.  I'll be there on Friday then my wife and kids will get there Saturday.  If you see us walking around with a red-headed teenage girl, that's us.  

Brad

I have a post-race question/help request for any CdA or Spokane locals.  I am driving up from San Diego.  Since I made all my plans, my brother got engaged and his wedding is on 2 July. I absolutely didn't want to do some quick, post-race drive back to SD and then to TX for the wedding. So, Wed morning, post race, I'm flying out of Spokane to TX for the wedding, and then flying back on Sunday (July 3rd).  I found a good parking garage and all, but at the same time, I'm really wary about leaving my bike/race wheels and stuff in my car at parking garage, regardless of how "secure" it is.  So, I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to let me store my bike at their place until I come back on the 3rd and head back to California.  I would probably need to drop it off on Tuesday as I have a Wed. morning flight.....so, if anyone has any garage space they'd be interested in sharing to keep my steed safe, I'd be most grateful.

I see a friendly rivalry developing here.  Count me in on team teensie.  5'4" on a good day and 125 as well!  Maybe we should take bets on whether team clydes fares better than team teensie

Oh... I thought you were going to say you also have a tutu

Welcome to the group Ryan, never to late to join in. Make sure you read all 164 pages, Honey Badger would be pissed if you skipped any

Okay thanks. We are bringing a sit and stand stroller with us figuring they will wear out before days end but the park will be nice. So any parking suggestions on where they should shoot for? And also will it be possible for some but not all of them to come down to the swim start and then head back to the hotel or is it a complete pain and they should all pack up and head down and plan on being there all day?

Bring it on sisters!!!  (Gonna speak for my fellow clydes, besides Honey Badger is a clydesdale at heart)

I suppose we should come up with some sort of rules or stipulations

The past two years, the crew I've been with has been able to get good parking over near the baseball field that is located near the park where transition is.  This is very close to everything, including one of the most amazing playgrounds ever--you'll wish you were 6 and could go play on it. The ball park sells a few concessions too at decent prices. 

Thanks Brittany, I will look that up on google maps and make note of it. Definately need to keep the wife and kiddos entertained and happy if I want to keep doing these each year.

Hmmm... would honey badger wear a tutu?  I think he may be too nasty for that. 

Although the idea of doing the Ironman marathon in a tutu is amazing!

your def in the Clydes group with those melons. in fact you look pretty sweet haha

I may have a false alarm but i cant pull up the participant list page for IMCDA. Could they be going up?

Being a clyde at ironman is definitly a double edged sword.

Pros:

1) clydes love the swim...much like the humpback gracefully cuts through the water.

2) Nobody confuses our manly physique for the fairer sex before, during, or after IM.

3) Gotta love the downhills.

Cons:

1) OMG, why is this hill so frickin' steep?  Wonder how much lighter I would be if I amputated a leg below the knee?

2) Marathon, Marathon, Marathon.

3) Finding finishers gear in XXL is hella tough.

On another note, my experiment to lose weight be eliminating beer from my diet was a complete bust.  I have been dry for better part of 6 weeks.  Not only did I not lose weight, but I gained weight...during the peak of IM training.  Was at 200 lbs at the start of the 6 week cycle, finished at ~205.  All I can figure is that instead of nursing ice cold 100 calorie light beer, I was throwing spoonfuls of PB down the old hatch.  So, broke my self-imposed sobriety last night and killed a couple of beers.  I hope to employ this strategy to get back down to race weight of 200 lbs. 

[ On another note, my experiment to lose weight be eliminating beer from my diet was a complete bust.  I have been dry for better part of 6 weeks.  Not only did I not lose weight, but I gained weight...during the peak of IM training.  Was at 200 lbs at the start of the 6 week cycle, finished at ~205.  All I can figure is that instead of nursing ice cold 100 calorie light beer, I was throwing spoonfuls of PB down the old hatch.  So, broke my self-imposed sobriety last night and killed a couple of beers.  I hope to employ this strategy to get back down to race weight of 200 lbs. 

Oooooh!  I'm going to be distracted all day.  Come on numbers!