Ironman USA Lake Placid (Page 21)

On Wednesday when we pulled into town Lake Placid was still kind of quite but certainly not today. Wow! The town is buzzing with people and you can already feel the excitement in the air.

It all started this morning when I went down to the lake to do a lap of the swim course. There were about 100+ other triathletes there either coming out of the water or about to jump in. The IM folks had a tent set up where you could check in your bags. When you picked it up after your swim they'd give you a bottle of Gatorade. Music was playing and everyone was chatting and laughing as friends reconnected. It was a fantastic atmosphere. I looked around for any BT signs or to see if I'd recognize any faces from this thread but had no luck. I'll try again on Saturday when I'm going to go for another swim.

In the afternoon, the main stip was just filled with people walking around, going in and out of stores, etc. In restaurants staff and other patrons would ask others if there were participating in the IM event on the weekend. If you answered yes you immediately received congratulation for just getting here and well wishes for Sunday. It was all pretty neat but to be honest and until I sat down to type this up it really hasn't hit me. Amazing!

I'll try to snap some picks and post them.

Hey guys,

I posted on the main IM forum about maybe meeting up for lunch on Saturday at say 1:30 (I know lots of you have family obligations then)http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=124061&posts=1&start=1  I figured more of the spectators/volunteers would see it over there. Let me know- I'll be at the swim tomorrow and Sat and have internet access here.

This is a bit unusual for us-- can't recall the last time I've seen hail! Better today than Sunday!!!!!

I posted some of the group photos and other pictures here

BT get togethers:

See many of you at the athletes dinner tonight..let's meet via cell phones to find each other
Saturday: 8:30am for swim meeting
Monday: 1pm at the Lake Placid Brew Pub

I'll look for you guys at the dinner.  Cell coverage is iffy so far! 

Thanks for the support everyone.

I've had a lot of fun so far, now time to rock and roll tomorrow!

GOOD LUCK everyone!!!

have a great time!!!!