Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 163)

I didn't read much into it.  I think one of the local churches served the food at the athlete's pre-race dinner so that's where the prayer came from.  I don't follow an organized religion but I appreciate the good thoughts in any case.

IMAZ can be cool now that it is in late November, water can  be a little chilly too

Wow lots of differing reactions coming out this week. Been on vacation all week here roaming the great northwest and spending time thinking about my race but probably more so the "ironman lifestlye"

Well I can say I accomplished one goal, I am currently not signed up for any other races.....yet. I promised I would do CDA and take time to think about what I want next. Trying to figure out where to go from here.

Post IMWI last year (which was my 4th IM that I sluffed through the training and came in unprepared), I was a ball of fire for training and stayed pretty strong through early Nov. and was making great progress on weightloss and getting faster. Then my business took some turns and my workload increased and IM was no longer a top priority again. After training maybe 3 or 4 weeks between Nov and Apr. I kicked it in gear the last 8-10 weeks before CDA.  

So I can't complain about my race cause I had no business to when I didn't put forth the effort I should have.

So now my dilema. I want to finally have a good IM and I know I love the training but am I willing to sacrafice my lifestyle to get there.I own my own business and am trying to expand which causes times of heavy workload like the week of CDA (worked 45 hrs the week of in only 3 days.) Also I have a family with two small boys that come first and always want to be there. Plus sports, concerts, casinos and all my other vices makes me a ton different than the average triathlete.

Sadly no other distance motivates me besides IM. I would like to have a fast HIM but basically as training for IM not as a race I would put as a goal race for a season. Currently I am leaning towards REV 3 Cedar Point and iMTX next spring with a winter marathon for good measure but I know the sort of commitment that would take over the summer to get where I want to be by then. 

Decisions Decisions....

100 people?!  Wow!  Thanks for sharing that info.  Thanks for volunteering Flyboy!

Last few hours of vacation for me then flying from Portland OR back to Chicago and driving through the night back to Michigan. Anxious to get back at it, hopefully my bike will get back sooner than later. 

Thanks again to everyone in the group, this last year has been a blast on this adventure.

I wanted to thank everyone on this forum for all of the information that you guys have provided over the last 10 months and to Bonnie for the awesome honey badger mascot. I've not really posted because this was my first Ironman and not knowing the venue, I didn't have much to contribute. I will pay it forward and keep an eye on the CdA 2012 forum to see if I can provide any help to those planning to do CdA for the first time even though I'm planning on doing IM Florida next year instead (I hear there is less chance of hypothermia there).

Has anyone heard anything else about the video shown at the awards ceremony? My friend who did IMTX was able to get a copy of the one that they had there.

Weeeeee!

Sweet!!!

awesome tatt! really nice. how about that highway robbery for the official cd photos? 129.99? dang...

just ran 10 on really sluggish legs. still dealing with the race demons here. more mental, but physical too. hope you all are happy or moving forward!

Did any of you folks preorder the photos from Ironman CDA?

I did for $115, but still haven't received anything from asi yet.  Have tried contacting them, but I either get no response or my email bounces.

Impressive!  Anyone else get a the tattoo?  I don't plan to get one, but I did get a visor/t-shirt/took/bumper sticker etc.  I think I paid more for the clothes and accessories than I did for the race!  ....when I walked into the store and saw all the merchandise, they had me at "hello"   

I was able to get a hold of them last week.  They will send out the link July 8. They wait to send out so you can go through all the photos and add ones that were not automatically found of you.

I ordered one too, but when I was there the woman said even though they are saying 8-10 business days it could be longer since so many people are ordering them.  When they do have them in stock they usually run out of them pretty quickly.

So I emailed them at [email protected] with the number to a couple of extra pictures I found in their Lost & Found.

Never heard anything back....you think I'm good to go then?

I did the same and it took a couple of days for them to add the pics to my basket.  Yes, I think you are good.