Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 20)

Nawww, they're like a prop gun...useless!  

I'll bring my Hk USP .40 compact over with the paddle holster - that should suffice!  :D 

Sorry to be late adding my info... BT= sgillen, Name Steve Gillen Bib # 1404.

I added my info to the spread sheet and it is posted below.


Edited by sgillen 2010-11-01 3:11 PM




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101.1mi ride today. Think God for taper time.

Found a website that is posting the water temp every few days since the COT isn't: http://www.ironboomer.com/

71 degrees on 10/30 ?  are you kidding me?   I was getting ready for a 60 degree water temp...

Locals,  is this temp correct?

Edited by elliot85 2010-11-01 6:34 PM

I think the water temp last year 62 degrees.  It's still in 80s during the day time so that makes sense.  I'm doing the OWS race in it this weekend and will let everyone know the quality, temp, etc..

I went to the site too - I suspect that he's taking temp at or near the surface, so its quite likely correct in that context, given the temps they get in Tempe this time of year in the daytime.

Anything 60+ will seem downright balmy compared to the open-water temps we've had all summer here in SoCal.  Hell, I'm cool with 58F for that matter...its only uncomfortable for a minute or two until your face gets used to it.  I'm more concerned with the murkiness than anything else.  Its not reassuring when the description of the swim venue provided by WTC goes something like "the water is comfortable, but with limited visibility (you can barely see your hand in front of you in the water)..."...which also means I probably won't see the size 12 connected to the guy in front of me that shatters my eye socket or breaks my nose, lol. 

Thankfully, the swim is such a small part of the entire day that its not worth dwelling upon...

Edited by TheWolf 2010-11-01 6:42 PM

Agree.. If you're under a 1:20ish swimmer, I don't think you'll have problems being too cold.  I found it a bit shocking when I first jumped in but I don't remember being uncomfortably cold until I started riding my bike (in wet clothes).  It's the swimmers who are in the water for a long period time that I heard were having problems.

I feel the bigger issues are: (1) The sun will be in your face the first half of the swim... and (2) you can't see anything in the water (unless the new water is better quality).  Luckily, it's a VERY straight forward swim and there are easy objects (buildings, bridges) to sight off of.

Hmmm....check out that green square in a few weeks

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

Hey Mike, I'll look for you at IMAZ, I'll be there taking pictures and in general just cheering on the Bt-ers!!

BT NAME	BIB #	NAME	M/F	AGE
AbbieR	2288	Abbie Feibush	F	36
stumfossil	2642	Pam Sullivan	F	47
trirific10	2667	Beth McCrabb	F	49
mav	2712	Marianne Valle	F	52
grannygear	2732	Melinda Wright	F	53
LeahDD	2742	Leah Davis	F	55
elliot85	183	Elliot Kawaoka	M	25
hockey hands	259	Colin Cook	M	28
cordova78	458	Christopher Cordova	M	32
sax	550	Neil Saxon	M	34
cullyatt	609	Cameron Ullyatt	M	35
Boston Beginner	671	Joshua Ross	M	36
merickson73	772	Matt Erickson	M	36
smeador	814	Scott Meador	M	38
TheWolf	936	John Miller	M	39
kalumbaugh	1051	Kevin Alumbaugh	M	40
ABQkid	1093	Mike Montoya	M	40
pvollands	1198	Phil Vollands	M	41
TheNoid	1241	Mark Harnishfeger	M	42
MrSolis	1317	Mauricio Solis	M	43
baldbuyer	1324	Lance Downing	M	43
sgillen	1404	Steve Gillen	M	44
markdills38	1422	Mark Dillard	M	44
duutri	2039	Frank Lee	M	62

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It is 70 degrees in Prescott AZ at 10:00 AM this morning.  I new there was a reason I moved away from Massachusetts. 

My friend got to swim in Tempe Town Lake this morning because she's a representative for the company (DCB Adventures) that's putting on the open water swim race this weekend.  She said the water was a lot more clear

Swimmers Return to Tempe Town Lake

Looks like I may be too old to be on this list at 62!!

At least it will be cooler thatn when I did in April 2008.

LOL, welcome to the 62 year old club, even though my Ironman days are over for the time being.  My first was at age 57, so it's up to you, now you're carrying the flag for the grey haired community! 

Will be honored to carry that flag!
Cannot the lesson ,however, have IM Texas next May.

Where's the Athlete Guide?

The website says that they typically publish the Athlete Information Guide 2 weeks before the race.

Yeah, it used to say they would publish it 2 months in advance but they changed it   

Shouldn't be too bad.  Don't forget, we don't do the daylight savings thing, so we didn't turn the clocks back!