Ironman USA Lake Placid (Page 15)

Not exactly - last time I was there they had sparse quantities of gatorade and water, and that's it.

Total yay!  Although the cape does get in the way a little for showing your obvious determination ......

I was eaten alive by bugs watching fireworks over the 4th, and then became concerned about encountering a similar fate during the marathon (as I will almost certainly be running in the dark - assuming I make the bike cut-off...).  Is this a problem in LP this time of year?  Should I bring bug spray?   

Couldn't hurt to through some in your run S/N bags

I'd say no to that as your senses are really acute after that much effort and it might cause some breathing/respiratory issues.  Not too mention that your skin needs to "breath" and sprays/lotions often clog up your pores.

At least that is my story and I'm sticking to it!

Speaking as the 4th IMLPer that attended a certain dinner, I say yay as well.  I just want to know when you are attending packet pickup as I want to see the response to that. 

runnerx - 2008-07-10 6:56 PM

JessXU00 - 2008-07-10 6:10 PM I'm in for 2009. Assuming I survive the first go in 2008, that is.

Jess - I see the "New ark" location for you. Are you a Blue Hen? (like myself) How I miss Nachos Grande from the Deer Park. And those 45 cent beers.

LOL...Yes, I am from "New_Ark" .  I'm a Blue Hen by profession, not academics, unfortunately.  But...I do love half price burgers on Tuesday and Thursdays!  My office is right across the street, so we're frequent diners.

After Lake Placid, I may try out the turkey pretzel...it's quite good, from what I hear.  The roads up Maryland are good for training - if I go up 273, it's almost just as much climbing as LP, so works out well.
 

Grrr. The girl who sits on the other side of my cubicle wall is "sick as a dog." (Her words not mine.) She has been out with the flu - high fever, chills, congestion, etc. It's really freaking me out. I just turned to my boss and said, "I think I'm going to go home sick. All this sickness in the office [other people are coughing and sneezing too] is really stressing me out." But she just said, "Nah, you'll be fine. Just think positively and you won't get sick."

Grr! I really think I want to go home! The bummer is that I am only working on Monday, so I have a lot of work to do. The sick people should stay home -- where they belong!!!