Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 24)

Check out OOPMH shorts too.  I really like their chamois but its kind of a personal decision.

I changed to running shorts and was glad I did. The changing room is a cluster in T1, but when I arrived in T2 there was plenty of room to sit down on a chair and change. I guess it all depends on how quickly you plan to finish. I figure it only added a couple minutes to my time.

Wore tri shorts for the swim and the bike then changed into clean/dry compression underwear and running shorts for the run.  It just felt so good changing my shorts even though I really do like my tri shorts.

But I was used to running in my other shorts and like everyone else said, T2 is pretty empty compared to T1.

enjoy,

Duane

Forgive the noob question, but then again i guess this is "Beginner" triathlete.com. 

I'm looking to do IMFL in 2013, and don't want to miss the online window.  I heard a rumor that volunteers are allowed to sign up before it opens online. Is this true? I'd like to ride the MC down and do motorcycle marshal, but that doesn't look available.  Run course pointer looks fine.  =)

If you volunteer there is a shorter line to sign up for the next year if u r there in person. Pretty much if you are there in person you will get a slot.  Its been known to sell out online in minutes.  Its fun volunteering If you go to the volunteer meeting you can probably do whatever u want.

It depends on if daylight savings goes into effect before or after the race.  AFTER then you have about an hour more of daylight.....7ish?  if they turn the clocks back BEFORE the race 6ish. Usually you fall back an hour the day/night  of the race

this is so frustrating: I have tried to get the Ironman Perform drink (not the powder, the ready to drink), and it is just impossible to get it.

Tried online, and local stores in Houston GNC, Sports authority, REI....

Any help?

no idea.  Techincally the time to flip your clock back is 2am sunday morning/sat night after the race has finished if it is the night of the race.  The first year I did the race the clocks flipped back the weekend before and it got dark at like 5:30

Time change is that morning, so sun set is an hour earlier.  Last year I finished 6:10 or race clock time of 11:10.  The sun was setting then, just a little bit of light in the sky .

Good Luck!

Most of my second lap was in the dark.  Pretty neat running in the dark though.   Lot of fun although the park gets a little dark.

When we moved the clocks back last year I thought YES - an extra hour of sleep after Ironman.  Nope, even after staying up until 2 am I was up bright and early.  Go figure

Duane

I think most of the what I was going to say has been covered, but I will reiterate it...

Definitely up your protein intake...this is a great stomach satisfier, and you will feel much more fulfilled. One good idea is having a scoop of protein and mixing it in with your coffee (chocolate protein with some coffee=mocha...at least in my mind .

Also, adding some fresh fruits and vegetables will also help.

Out of curiosity, how are your energy levels/recovery times?

Out of curiosity, how are your energy levels/recovery times?

The time will change at 2 am on Sunday, November 4, after the race, but the days are shorter then than right now, so anything after 11 hours (6pm) will look like night time in the finish pictures, you can probably see a bit of sunlight in the western sky at that time.

Make sure you set an alarm clock (a real clock -not a phone) to wake up for the finishers tent, or to get in line if you KQ or want to register for next year if you are not 100% positive the time changes on your phone automatically.

Two years ago online registration was open for 4 or 5 hours, which came as a real surprise to me. Last year it sold out in about 16 minutes.

Well....tendonitis in knee strikes again for me....I got this last time when I hit my peak weak for HIM in June.   I am hoping this doesn't affect my IMFL training after the HIM....arggh!

Question for the group: how fast do I need to be to finish in daylight?

Thanks!

Searched online for sunset times and it looks like 5:55 pm is sunset...you probably need to finish by 1830 to see daylight...which is about 11:30ish, right?

Someone check my math.  It's late.