Ironman Mont-Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 2)

Signed up for this one aswell.

1st IM for me.

I live in Quebec city and i have a friends in Ste-Agathe, but, due to road closures, i think i'm going to rent a condo for the weekend for me and the whole family.

I am signed up for 2013 and was wondering if  the friday night festivities are worth attending with my family.  We are either staying local or in Montreal on friday night.  We are in MT on Sat and Sun.

thanks in advance,

John

I just booked a condo on VRBO ... thank guys for the heads up for that, i would never have found that link. Not a whole lot of choices left, glad i have mine locked up already.

Yes road signs are in French ("Mont Tremblant" instead of "Mount Tremblant"), but it`s not complicated because roads are numbered. A GPS will get you there easily aswell. Just get to Montreal and follow highway 15 North, then follow Mont Tremblant.

Any questions about the province of Quebec and its people, i'll be glad to answer. Just be prepared for a slight language barrier with the locals, nothing to worry about really, it will just make your experience here, more unique !

Thanks for the info about www.homeaway.com  I got on the site last night and was able to book a townhouse within walking distance from the pedestrian village for 2 nights. The site was great with the map feature and listed phone numbers of the owners and I called last night and got my place. So excited about my mini vacation and volunteering at IMMT then registering for 2014!!!

I rode a compact 11-25 as that was what was on the rental bike. The course from the Ped Village to Lac Superieur on Chemin Duplessis is short but very steep, so  I plan on using a compact w/11-28 for the race. Most race reports say if you grind that hill twice on the bike, you will pay on the run.

I am/would use a tri bike, there is more of an opportunity to go aero (80% of the course) vs the steep climb (20%). This year most riders used a tri bike, but don't worry what others are doing, ride what your most comfortable with. It's more important to have proper gearing for the hills so you don't burn your legs out before the run

Here is the PM I sent Mike regarding the issue.  Hopefully it will be resolved shortly:

Mike--

It appears there is a discrepancy with the IMMT race discussion thread. I started a thread using the race talk button on the BT Race widget, which links to the official BT listing.  After I created that thread I was asked to delete because another thread that is not linked to the BT race listing already existed.  Is there a way to link the pre-existing thread to the official BT listing and then delete my thread so the thread people are using is linked to the race listing?

Thanks

Kelly

So you know, Mike fixed the issue.  He linked this thread to the entry in the BT race directory and removed the other thread.  If you have indicated that you have registered for this race in the race directory, you'll notice on your training log that there is a banner with "upcoming races."  To go directly to this thread all you need to do is click on "Race Talk" under the IMMT listed race. The listing will also show you when (and how many) new posts there are in the thread.

When starting "official race threads" in the future, the best was to go is to start the thread through the race talk button on the BT Race Race widget (which automatically creates and links the thread).