Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 2)

I like special beverages!  

I am a no- go for CDA this year... I went for a more reasonably priced non IM brand 140.6 that is in Florida...Entry fee was $250- goes up to $375 until 12/31...I can train on the course, drive there and stay cheap.  With one kid going to college in the fall and the other starting to drive, I had to be fiscally responsible.  

I am intrigued by CDA and may do it down the road!  

I'm starting Fink's plan this week also.  I haven't registered yet, so I'm not officially "in" - waiting for some Christmas bonus money to cover the fee.

They are incredibly short sighted if they're quibbling over the cost of hosting.  CdA hotels in particular chase big profits with nearly all of them jacking up prices and requiring a 5 night stay.  I enjoyed racing there in 2010 / 11 but CdA has been increasingly grouchy about the race.  They had to change the bike course to something less interesting because of complaints from the Hayden community.  But there's more here than just cost.  I think there's an undercurrent of anti-race sentiment from some residents that hate bikes and hate the traffic impact.

Money-wise, even just 100 rooms * 200 bucks * 5 nights = 6 figures.  Just sayin.  And that's before all the food, parking, and other things racers and their families spend money on, and there are what, 2-3 thousand participants?

If CdA lets the race go, they'll lose millions each year and some other community will be happy to jump on the opportunity.

Yeah it's a tough thing to distribute.  Some businesses benefit much more than others, like the restaurants along Sherman Ave.  If they charge everyone a fee, I'm not sure how they'd do it fairly.  The idea of setting up a fund is good but it really needs to focus on local businesses, not the racers.

First full on Ironman and I chose to go "home" (i.e. where I graduated high school) to do it. I'm a little terrified and excited. I only joined this triathlon world last year after I retired from 25 years as a dancer (talking ballet, jazz, hip hop and all that traditional stuff here). Love reading all the advice and comments about the race.  Hope to maybe meet some of you who are going this year.

Rachael

Well, some good news, at least for the next 2 years.  I'm confident it will be for much longer term than that though too.  One good thing coming out of this is leaving Sherman Ave. open on Thursday and Friday; that should help the businesses there quite a bit.  Hope everyone's training is going well!

http://cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_42107b8b-4065-5c8a-8b63-b84445234c04.html

I signed up yesterday Mimi.  I was holding out for a change of heart on the homefront that voted against IMMT for a 4th year in a row but I got worried that CDA would sell out as my alternate.  I did CDA in 2009 so I'm curious what the new bike course will be like.

Hey!  I somehow missed the refreshments when I was hanging out in the finish line med tent in '09.  

I was kidnapped by a pair of BT'ers who drove me around the course that year.  It's a lot different riding a bike versus the car.  

Hello!  I'm in for IM CDA!  This will be my first full Ironman.  I'm doing IM St. George 70.3 on May 2--anyone else doing both?  I did St. George last year and absolutely loved it!  I jumped on the double registration deal months ago.  So excited that training is here!

44 today and just signed up for Ironman Coeur d'Alene and Ironman Louisville!  These will be my 4th and 5th full IM distance races and am pumped for this racing year!

Happy training all!

TW

Yikes...that's cold!  I hope it's warmer by the end of June!  Does anyone else's official training begin this week?  Mine does--20 weeks to go!  Waaahooooo!