Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island : Official Thread
Reading all of this pick up drop off go here and there 3 bags, bring a pump but you can't bring a pump so you should borrow a pump stuff is sort of leaving me feeling like I'm not paying enough attention to all the little details going on with this race......
It's kinda confusing the first time...they've got a "clean" transition which means that anything you have w/ you in T1 must fit inside your swim to bike bag. No pumps allowed to be kept in transition after you swim. There are plenty of folks w/ pumps who hand them off to family members plus the bike mechanics have a pump or two or three. After your swim, wetsuit, goggles, etc. must get placed back inside your bag and volunteers sweep thru T1, toss your stuff into a truck and drive it up to Providence for you to retrieve at th finish. There will also be a seperate truck at the beach for anything you'd like to have while waiting to start. Flips, sweatshirt, visor, etc.. all gets placed in bag, tossed in truck and whisked away to Providence. Not sure about cranks and stuff but the bike course has some rollers in the middle and a steep but short climb right around mile 46. You make a right and go up, up, up. The streets towards the end were kind of crappy - potholes and I seem to remember multiple RR trax. Swim last year was unusually choppy - big ol storm blew in during the night. Some athletes opted for a du and were able to complete only the bike and run portion...When you leave your T2 bags in T2 Sat. make sure your sneaks are in bags within your bag. I didn't do that but tucked my bag shut. Didn't work so well, my sneakers were in puddles when I came riding in on race day. |