Ironman St. George : Official Thread (Page 20)

Another question for the locals. How good is public transportation, especially from the airport? 

Thanks, Brad

Hey Brad, are you going to be relying on public transport while here? Rental car? Where are you staying? The airport is about 10 miles outside of town. You could just ride your bike in.

Dan.

I guess he better pack pretty light.  

Nah, the guy wants to be an Ironman. He can make several trips to get all of his gear in to town. It's only 20 or so miles round trip.

Just a few details courtesy of the Naval Observatory for St. George.

It'll be nice to be running under the big full moon on Cinquo de Mayo.

        Saturday 
        5 May 2012            Mountain Daylight Time         

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight       6:07 a.m.                 
        Sunrise                    6:35 a.m.                 
        Sun transit                1:31 p.m.                 
        Sunset                     8:28 p.m.                 
        End civil twilight         8:56 p.m.                 

                         MOON
        Moonrise                   7:10 p.m. on preceding day
        Moon transit              12:38 a.m.                 
        Moonset                    6:00 a.m.                 
        Moonrise                   8:24 p.m.                 
        Moonset                    6:49 a.m. on following day

Full Moon on 5 May 2012 at 9:36 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

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Hey Brad, are you going to be relying on public transport while here? Rental car? Where are you staying? The airport is about 10 miles outside of town. You could just ride your bike in.

Dan.

I guess he better pack pretty light.  

Nah, the guy wants to be an Ironman. He can make several trips to get all of his gear in to town. It's only 20 or so miles round trip.

Or just run....helps take the edge off taper

Now you're talkin'!   It would be an interesting sight with me putting my bike back together at the airport then packing all my stuff onto it. I wonder if I could put panniers on my tri bike ...

But seriously, thanks for the info about where the airport is. I only asked because if I fly in and rent a car, it occurred to me there will be some days when I would barely use it, if at all, so I thought it was worth checking about other transportation options. Ultimately, I think I'll just wind up driving down there so my daughter and I can take a few days to see some of the sights while meandering back home. Of course, at this point, I might actually need a boat to navigate through the northwest so maybe that's another transportation option for me. Maybe one of those things that converts from a car to a boat ...

Brad

I'm envious. Sounds like a perfect day. Enjoy your ride!

<whine>Sigh ... after being able to ride outside the last two weekends, I'm once again chugging through a 5-hour ride on the trainer.  It's like friggin' December here today. Between this and the 3-mile pool swim this morning, it's a bit of a mentally challenging day. Trying to type while riding provides a nice mental break though.</whine>

You rode out to Sunflower?! Damn!

Those hills are killer, and the traffic on some of those section is a really bad. I've only ever seen a few people out beyound the reservation, you must have been one of them. At least the road work out there is done.

Ok, Lonestar 70.3 was a total blast.  I thought it would be a good training course since it has 800 feet of elevation over 56 miles.  Ha!!!  Brutal run with the heat and humidity.  

Training thus far paid off big time.  Clocked a 4:46 and PR'd by 7 minutes.  Woot!!!   

Nice! Well done.

I thought of your post above yesterday at the race.  I seem to have recently developed a habit of scooting back in the seat which is putting way too much load on my glutes.  I felt some soreness coming on and I scooted forward on the seat and it was gone.  Great tip. 

It's right under the overpass at Winchester Hills which is the only up hill on that section of the course. It is well placed. You don't slow down for it.

Tomorrow is the longest training day of my workout schedule.... 100 mile bike, then 13 mile run.

Going to be rough since the weather has warmed up so much down here in Mexico. But should be good in case race day is warm in St George.

Anyway... Kinda curious what others have in the way of longest days around now, already done? Still coming up?

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Ok, good that makes sense. By the way, I got clearance from the boss for one more trip down so if the invite is still good I would love to join you on the 15th.

Hey Cody, invite still stands. Saturday the 14th. Swim an hour at lake, bike full course for 112, run one loop. Then the taper begins.

Sounds good - If I meet you downtown somewhere, is there enough room to get me and my bike out to SH? Otherwise if I meet you at SH then I'll have to go back to get my car.