Ironman U.S. Championship : Official Thread (Page 21)

Hey Team.

Just curious, where is everyone planning on doing a little swimming on the days leading up to the race?

KC

From the athlete guide:

PRE-RACE ADVISEMENTS
Swim: There is NO pre-event open water 
swim. However, the New York Health and 
Racquet Club will allow all athletes, with 
their athlete wristband, access into any of its 
facilities during race week. All facilities are 
equipped with swimming pools. For a list of 
locations:

http://nyhrc.com/locations.html

I would wake up at 4 and eat a 300-400 calorie snack- bagel and peanut butter or something. Then, maybe something small at 5 and about 100 calories an hour before the start.

Not sure about port o potties. I but bring a small roll of TP just in case. There are always garbage cans.

If I recall correctly from Lake Placid a couple of years ago (everything is kind of a fog from that day), the way it works is that your wetsuit goes into your bike gear bag during T1 (you take out your helmet, shoes, bike clothes, etc. and put in your wetsuit after you change).  My understanding is that Tribike Transport is transporting bikes and gear bags post race from transition to the pier (for those that sign up for the service).

Similar process for T2, run clothes and shoes come out of the run gear bag and bike clothes and equipment go into the run gear bag.

Special needs bags are a different story.  According to the Athlete Guide, those are gone forever (and I believe them for this race - they probably don't want to bother transporting 2000 bags back across the river).

Unfortunately, more often then not its pretty humid in this area.  Not to upset you, but be prepared for a humid day and will all hope it's not.

I'm the same as you, hate the humidity.  Sucks the hydration right outta me. 

When you say athlete tracker are you talking Ironmanlive  or a GPS unit or maybe other?

Think I am using http://www.myathletelive.com/for my tracker.

Okay, wake up at 3:00 AM and eat and bring something for the long ferry ride and waiting around part.

Just thought I'd jump in and hijack the thread!  No, not really.

I wanted to comment on the MyAthlete tracker.  I used one for IM Moo last year and thought it was great, it allowed my family to see fairlly "real-time" where I was on the course and they could plan their day around it.  The iPad version of the tracker seemed to be slightly better than the iPhone one, but both worked well. 

One word of caution, though.....absolutely do a short test run with the tracker around your waist before race day.  I didn't do this and I wish I had.  The unit itself is basically a 2" x 1" cube, about the size of a toy matchbox car.  But it weighs almost twice what a toy car would.  This unit is inside a small pouch which is attached to a race-type belt, similar to the Fuel Belt race belts.  The issue is that the extra weight tends to bounce when running, and I was not prepared for that.  I didn't notice this until T2 on race day, and as soon as I took two steps out of T2, I decided I wasn't going to deal with this bouncing for 26 miles and ditched the thing in my Bike to Run bag. 

So just be prepared, and realize it could be something new if you're not used to bulky items around your waist. 

Good luck to you guys doing the race next weekend! I'll be doing the weather dance and offering sacrafices to the weather gods for you.

Steve

Thanks Colin. I did see this but was wondering if any of you have considered which one you might swim at, when etc. Does anyone have any experience with these sites? Which ones are better etc?

KC

PRE-RACE ADVISEMENTS
Swim: There is NO pre-event open water 
swim. However, the New York Health and 
Racquet Club will allow all athletes, with 
their athlete wristband, access into any of its 
facilities during race week. All facilities are 
equipped with swimming pools. For a list of 
locations:

Hey Team.

I am travelling on my own from Canada so I don't have any other option and will have no one there to pick my bike up for me. I decided several weeks ago that I am probably not going to want to get back over there and get it so I signed up for the service from TriBike.

TriBike Transport sent out an email today to let everyone that has signed up know they will be set up at the transition area on Friday to pick up your ID for your bikes so they can be tagged. Look for the red TriBike Transport tent. Also, if you are trying to contact them they suggest you do it by email.

Stay safe everyone.

KC