Louisville weather (Page 2)

Yeah, everyone talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

Worrying about the weather is a good thing....it means we have nothing 'serious' to worry about.....or rather, nothing that is in our control.  

~Mike

Nothing to worry about!! What am I going to wear? White shoes or black shoes? Should I shave my upper body for the swim since no wetsuits? 1 bento box or 2? Should I put new pads on my aero bars? What about new tape on the handlebars? My shorts with the stripes make my a$$ look big, will that ruin my finish picture? Fuel belt or no fuel belt? Am I really going to go through 20 gels in this race? Garmin or no Garmin?

What do you mean nothing to worry about!! I need to get out for a long ride! Wait....... I'm tapering!! I CAN'T get out for a long ride!! AAAAAhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Can I have a coffee please?

Geesh, some people just can't handle taper....knock on wood - knock-knock-knock.  Oh, excuse me, I think someone is at the door.....

:-)

~Mike

holy schnikes! it still looks like it's going to be a VERY hot weekend in L'Ville for the race.

However... i take some solace in the fact that 7-10 day forecasts are very rarely right, so i'm still holding out hope that what we see there right now, is at least a little bit wrong.  i'm okay with HOT, but i don't need BRUTAL.

~B

We're on the 10-day forcast at Intellicast.  Whoohoo!  87 is not too bad...at least it's not 90-something!

Fri  aug 22 Partly Cloudy 93° 72°

Sat  aug 23 Partly Cloudy 92° 71°

Sun  aug 24 Scattered Thunderstorms 90° 69°

Mon  aug 25 Partly Cloudy 87° 68°

Tue  aug 26 Partly Cloudy 87° 68°

Wed  aug 27 Scattered Thunderstorms 88° 67°

Thu  aug 28 Isolated Thunderstorms 87° 66°

Fri  aug 29 Scattered Thunderstorms 85° 64°

Sat  aug 30 Partly Cloudy 85° 65°

Sun  aug 31 Mostly Sunny 87° 66°

Weather.com's 10 day outlook for Louisville, including Sunday:

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USKY1096?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

From this site:

But wait...is what's left of Fay on it's way?

I was thinking the same thing....but it doesn't look like they are predicting it will move up there.  It's still lingering in FL though so maybe they just don't know what it's gonna do.

~Mike

yeah, hail would be COOL!   I would love to do an IM in hail!!

pray for hail....

If you can find a pair of De Soto Arm Coolers, I would highly recommend them.  I have found these tend to pretty versatile and work like regular arm warmers when it is cool (especially on early morning rides in the 60 degree range), but with a cooling effect/sun protection when the sun comes out and it heats up.

Cheap arm-warmers tip:  When I did Vineman last year the race director gave everyone a cheap idea for arm-warmers.  He said rather than go spend $ on real arm-warmers (since we would not need them for the entire ride) he told us to buy men's tube-socks for $2 and cut the toe off and tada, arm warmers!  This way you can toss them in a garbage can along the course rather than carry them during the race.

Swim 2.4 miles and it's hard to imagine you are gonna be chilly after you get out of the water and dried off and into biking gear.  Besides, if I see someone on a $3,000 bike wearing tube socks on their arms, I might just fall off my bike laughing!  :-)

~Mike

I have my strategy for ensuring that I beat Mike.

*off to buy some tube socks*