Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 159)

If you are still having issues I created a page that is still up with all of the BT members results.  It is missing the bike split 3 and run split 4 but all of the totals are there.

http://www.racedaytracker.com/BT/IMCDA.aspx

Quick note before leaving for the airport to head back to Virginia.  Great race and race venue, unbelievable day for me.  Finished in 13:29:11, better than my best time prediction and felt great the entire marathon.  Thanks to everyone for tips and strategy advice, they all played into a successful first timer ironman.  Sorry to hear of the troubles from the cold water and other challenges, but great job to all the BTers.  I agree, this was a phenomenal group to be part of.  I loved the Honey Badger inspiration sighs, saw two on the bike and two on the run, they all brought a grin to me, thanks Bonnie, YOU'RE THE BESTEST EVER!!! 

Got in late last night, glad to be home. Sunday night I was saying "one and done," by sunset yesterday I was already planning for next time, learning from my mistakes, and getting extremely ambitious with goals for next year.

Frig.

I wrote this race report for some of my non-tri friends so not a lot of technical details but it sums up my day.

http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12359

I probably peeled a few of you and body marked a few of you.

Congrats on your races.

What a great time!

They found the two bikes that were stolen before the race.

http://www.krem.com/news/Ironman-stolen-bikes-found-at-pawn-shop-124658579.html

I really only had one gripe and it was about a racer not the race. 

If you are gonna pee on the bike, make sure no one is behind you.  I was screaming down a hill (35ish) and the guy in front of me lets loose.  Fortunatley for him I was far enough to the side that it did not hit me, but he never even looked to see if anyone was near him.  I mean come on, move to the side if you are going to do that.  And he was on the same lap as me so he was NOT trying to KQ.  Not like stopping was gonna cost you ore than 30-40 seconds.

And I say fortunately for him because had he "sprayed" me he would have been the first person to DNF this race due to a broken nose and busted jaw.

As for the race logistics I was amazed at the volunteers and layout.  I cannot think of a negative.

What an awesome BT group!  I'm gonna miss you guys and this forum.  It was fun to meet some of you during the week, hopefully our paths will cross at future races.

My main goal for the day was to make the bike cutoff.  Mission accomplished.  I did have a little panic after getting stung by a wasp on English Point.  Seriously.  After the HB theme and all the Bee signs on the course, that was really weird.  My leg had a bit of a reaction, but thankfully nothing too serious.  Good thing HB don't give a about getting stung.  The marathon didn't go so well for me and I walked probably 20 miles.  But I met some great people because of it.  I've got some things (blisters, cramps, nutrition) to figure out before Arizona in November.  The run down Sherman - AMAZING.

Congrats to all of you for getting to the start line.  Whether or not we hit our goals, I bet we all learned a lot about ourselves on Sunday.

One cool thing I found out about today...

My little brother worked as a bike handler in T1.  He told me that while we were all out there swimming, they were checking each and every bike for flat tires.  They changed close to 40 flats.  The volunteers were taking the wheels on/off, while the techs were changing the tires and running the bikes through all the gears before the volunteers reracked them.  They even changed a few tubulars.

This is one of those behind-the-scenes things that I don't think many people know about, and certainly doesn't get recognized.  I'm not sure if it's a CdA thing or if it happens at all of them.  But how awesome!

That is rough!!!!  Glad you're alright... could have been scary hurt!

That is cool!  How in the world 40 people managed to flat during the swim is beyond me... assuming mostly pinched tubes that had never been ridden and then were over-inflated on race morning.  That's just crazy dumb (note I'll probably arrive to a flat in T1 in my next race but I gotta call it like I see it).  The evil part of me wishes the techs had just put a post-it note on the flatted bikes that said, "REALLY?????"

A little more info on how they solved the bike theft.

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_5fbf0596-a1a3-11e0-9b54-001cc4c002e0.html

or an invoice

I noticed that too, but I'm not too upset about it - mostly because I have a disgusting coating of splattered bugs to wipe off my bike from the drive home.

Sarah, glad to hear you made the bike cutoff. Best of luck in AZ.

Like others I am still vacationing but in Seattle. Just starting to do some reading and I think I will post bits and pieces as it comes to me. What a weekend and first of all must say what a town and area of the country. WOW!!!!

Was just blown away by the scenery and just the set up of the town and how they embrace this race. The most of any of the ones I have done so far.

Didn't have the race I wanted but will work through that as it comes to me.

My buddy who was racked next to me came out of T1 and a bike tech said that they had just changed a flat for him. He grabs his bike and his rear was flat also. What are the chances of that??