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 2010-04-27 10:44 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Member 65 |  Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Threadanother noob question... what kind of crankset is recommended for a course like the FL70.3? i have been training with a compact double, as its really hilly around here. im also planning on using a set of bontrgaer aeolus on race day and i need to get a rear cassette. thoughts? nutrition pointers for the heat? it has rarely gotten over 60 here since last september... |
| 2010-04-28 12:05 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
| Regular 82 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread another noob question... what kind of crankset is recommended for a course like the FL70.3? i have been training with a compact double, as its really hilly around here. im also planning on using a set of bontrgaer aeolus on race day and i need to get a rear cassette. thoughts? nutrition pointers for the heat? it has rarely gotten over 60 here since last september... |
| 2010-04-28 2:33 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Expert 1143   Wellington, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread I ran a 52/39/30 - 12/25 the last two years and was fine, I never needed the small ring up front, but it was on my Madone. I'd love to go back and try my 54/39 - 11-26 Sram Red on my NEW Argon. FM "The" Cube |
| 2010-04-29 11:54 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
Extreme Veteran 425 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread Anyone know when bib numbers come out? Just curious...also, would I be crazy to buy a trisuit there on Saturday for the race on Sunday? I need a trisuit and figured I would just get it while I am down there. Edited by dewcubs 2010-04-29 12:05 PM |
| 2010-04-29 2:50 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Member 8 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread I wondering if anyone local is planning on riding the course on either of the next 2 weekends. I have no idea where to start or park to ride the course if anyone has any suggestion I would really be thankful. |
| 2010-04-29 3:54 PM in reply to: #2826461 |
Extreme Veteran 546 Oakland, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread KevinJ - 2010-04-29 3:50 PM I wondering if anyone local is planning on riding the course on either of the next 2 weekends. I have no idea where to start or park to ride the course if anyone has any suggestion I would really be thankful. Kevin, I am going to do an OWS at 7:45AM Saturday morning and then do part of the Disney 70.3 course. If your are interested I sent you a PM with my cell phone. I am going to have my wife drop me at Lucky's Lake with my bike. I am going to do the swim and jump on the bike and do 2.5 - 3 hrs if your are interested. |
| 2010-04-29 5:37 PM in reply to: #2825721 |
| Member 144 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread dewcubs - 2010-04-29 12:54 PM Anyone know when bib numbers come out? Just curious...also, would I be crazy to buy a trisuit there on Saturday for the race on Sunday? I need a trisuit and figured I would just get it while I am down there. i got an email that the #'s should be posted shortly!!!!! |
| 2010-04-29 8:44 PM in reply to: #2825721 |
Veteran 167 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread dewcubs - 2010-04-29 12:54 PM Anyone know when bib numbers come out? Just curious...also, would I be crazy to buy a trisuit there on Saturday for the race on Sunday? I need a trisuit and figured I would just get it while I am down there. I would be cautious about ANY new equipment the day before an event like this. What if your new tri suit feels great in the dressing room but then by mile 30 of the bike you discover that you are chafing in some...ahem...very sensitive spot! A week from tomorrow my bike leaves for Florida via TriBike!!! So now I am trying to mentally prepare myself for the pain of....THE TAPER! |
| 2010-04-30 6:58 AM in reply to: #2826919 |
Extreme Veteran 425 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread [email protected] - 2010-04-29 3:54 PM KevinJ - 2010-04-29 3:50 PM I wondering if anyone local is planning on riding the course on either of the next 2 weekends. I have no idea where to start or park to ride the course if anyone has any suggestion I would really be thankful. Kevin, I am going to do an OWS at 7:45AM Saturday morning and then do part of the Disney 70.3 course. If your are interested I sent you a PM with my cell phone. I am going to have my wife drop me at Lucky's Lake with my bike. I am going to do the swim and jump on the bike and do 2.5 - 3 hrs if your are interested. Which morning are you doing the Swim the week of? Thursday the 13th? Just trying to see when I can get a swim in and wanted to meet you and say good luck!! Also, is anyone planning on getting together for dinner Friday or Saturday? Tyring to work something into the plans.... |
| 2010-04-30 7:05 AM in reply to: #2827729 |
Extreme Veteran 546 Oakland, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread Thursday Morning @ 645 AM looking forward to meeting you |
| 2010-04-30 7:14 AM in reply to: #2827729 |
Champion 6046 New York, NY | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread dewcubs - 2010-04-30 7:58 AM [email protected] - 2010-04-29 3:54 PM KevinJ - 2010-04-29 3:50 PM I wondering if anyone local is planning on riding the course on either of the next 2 weekends. I have no idea where to start or park to ride the course if anyone has any suggestion I would really be thankful. Kevin, I am going to do an OWS at 7:45AM Saturday morning and then do part of the Disney 70.3 course. If your are interested I sent you a PM with my cell phone. I am going to have my wife drop me at Lucky's Lake with my bike. I am going to do the swim and jump on the bike and do 2.5 - 3 hrs if your are interested. Which morning are you doing the Swim the week of? Thursday the 13th? Just trying to see when I can get a swim in and wanted to meet you and say good luck!! Also, is anyone planning on getting together for dinner Friday or Saturday? Tyring to work something into the plans.... yes I am coming down thursday morning and staying at the wilderness lodge. so up for dinner any night... |
| 2010-04-30 8:00 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
Champion 6962 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread I will be heading down on Friday and staying at Downtown Disney. See you guys at Lucky's on Saturday morning! Look for the Darkie...that's me. |
| 2010-04-30 10:35 AM in reply to: #2827853 |
Extreme Veteran 425 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread Marvarnett - 2010-04-30 8:00 AM I will be heading down on Friday and staying at Downtown Disney. See you guys at Lucky's on Saturday morning! Look for the Darkie...that's me. I am going to try and make this swim as well..... Edited by dewcubs 2010-04-30 10:40 AM |
| 2010-04-30 12:11 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Veteran 184 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread We're staying in a cabin at Ft. Wilderness... maybe we'll try to hit the swim too. Thursday and Saturday if I'm following this correctly? And any plans on dinner yet? We were thinking about just cooking at the cabin, but we're game for a group function. |
| 2010-04-30 6:51 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Member 31 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread My pre-race jitters are starting to set in! I'm starting to worry that I won't have the right gear, that I didn't do the right training, that my bike won't make it safely.... eeeek! |
| 2010-04-30 6:58 PM in reply to: #2829514 |
| Member 144 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread wait till the nightmares start. choking on a sports bean... loosing your bike.... can't find the start line... it's all in good fun |
| 2010-05-01 7:53 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
| 28 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread This will be my first HIM and I have felt good about my training. However, I did a 60 mile ride yesterday in the GA heat and followed it up with a 30 minute run. The ride went well but the transition to the run was tough with the heat. Heart rate went up and felt some heat exhaustion. I'm sure hydration was the culprit. I drank 60 oz of cytomax and 40 oz of water with a gel thrown in every hour. I know I needed more water, but the rest stops had their water turned off. Is the water the culprit? and if so how much more do you guys normally intake? Good luck to everyone! I will need it. |
| 2010-05-01 3:30 PM in reply to: #2319164 |
Extreme Veteran 546 Oakland, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread Doing a 68 mile ride @ 7AM on Sunday leaving from Oakland Charter Elementry school. If anyone is interested. All of the Disney Course with the exception of the portion inside the park which is difficult due to roads on World Drive don't have a shoulder and a lot of traffic. I went to Fort Wilderess Campground today to check out the swim and the run. You have to park in front of the entrance and take a bus to get to beach where the swim takes place. They do not allow cars back there. This was very easy to do if you want to check things out early in the week. Go to the font gate of Fort Wilderness and tell them you want to check out the park. You park a few yards from where you enter the park and take the purple bus to the back to the beach area. The beach area is very nice. Today the water was very calm. I saw some of the run which leaves transistion heads first out on a bike path. Maps shows we do a loop 3 times. Looked a little narrow. |
| 2010-05-02 7:39 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
Expert 1143 Wellington, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread On race day and for packet p/u you have to park in the doppy or grumppy parking lots @ the Magic Kingdom and take a shuttle bus over to Ft. Wilderness. You cant even go into Ft. Wilderness at all!! Remember this so you dont get stuck on race day. Also, sounds like you only saw the first "bits" of the run that are on golf cart paths, they are very nice to run on, the hell starts back into the course when you get off road. FM "The" Cube |
| 2010-05-02 8:32 PM in reply to: #2829518 |
Veteran 167 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread oohhh...I am still haunted by the nightmare of choking on a green sports bean...maybe I will switch flavors... I wouldn't worry too much about finding your way to the parking lot, the transition area, the starting line, the port-o-johns...This is Disney, they pretty much have the crowd control and getting large numbers of people where they need to be thing down. Plus I am NOTORIOUS for getting lost, walking with in 3 feet of where I am supposed to be and not seeing it, or swimming an extra who knows how far on the swim course because I sight on the wrong buoy and I had NO problems with any of those things at this event. There are like 3 million volunteers and they seem to be standing at every corner ready to point you in the right direction. Edited by guppie 2010-05-02 8:38 PM |
| 2010-05-03 7:19 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
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| 2010-05-03 7:29 AM in reply to: #2832523 |
Extreme Veteran 546 Oakland, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread Man the heat has hit Florida. In the last week the humidity has returned. I did a 52 mile ride yesterday on the course and cramped really bad from sweating so bad. The wind was blowing out of the south pretty hard. I was not proactive with taking salt tablets and I am a very heavy sweater. The weather shows temps and humidity coming down at end of week. The last few days the weather here has send the temps and humidity have been at late June levels. It feels like that. If the wind is blowing out of the south at a good clip it will mean the last 8 - 9 miles of the bike will be against the wind. Yesterday was the worst wind I have had on the course and I have ridden it several times. I was glad I had the issues with the cramps in that it made me realize the importance of being proactive with the salt tablets. I had no issues with cramping since Oct 2009 due to the winter temps here in Florida. Not the case now!  |
| 2010-05-03 7:40 AM in reply to: #2832541 |
Extreme Veteran 572 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread [email protected] - 2010-05-03 7:29 AM Man the heat has hit Florida. In the last week the humidity has returned. I did a 52 mile ride yesterday on the course and cramped really bad from sweating so bad. The wind was blowing out of the south pretty hard. I was not proactive with taking salt tablets and I am a very heavy sweater. The weather shows temps and humidity coming down at end of week. The last few days the weather here has send the temps and humidity have been at late June levels. It feels like that. If the wind is blowing out of the south at a good clip it will mean the last 8 - 9 miles of the bike will be against the wind. Yesterday was the worst wind I have had on the course and I have ridden it several times. I was glad I had the issues with the cramps in that it made me realize the importance of being proactive with the salt tablets. I had no issues with cramping since Oct 2009 due to the winter temps here in Florida. Not the case now! Awesome! Thanks for the added fear factor, just what I needed!  I actually had that problem at IMFL 09 and I will NEVER get behind on nutrition or salt EVER AGAIN!!! |
| 2010-05-03 8:07 AM in reply to: #2319164 |
Veteran 184 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread http://www.hammernutrition.com/knowledge/electrolyte-replenishment.1274.html Scroll down for info/opinion on salt tablets, especially for those first time racers... |
| 2010-05-03 8:18 AM in reply to: #2832616 |
Extreme Veteran 546 Oakland, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida : Official Thread I decided to try InfinitNutrition from this website. I set up my formula based off the questions they ask. I talked with a friend who is using it and says it has been working for him. I am not sure I will use the formula on the day of the race which I don't think would be smart not testing how my system handles it even though I have never had any stomach issues from anything I have eaten or drank while running and riding. Hope the way it is customized for you that it helps with my heavy sweathing and cramps in my quads and hamstrings. |
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