Nautica New York City Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 3)

Thanks for the advice!!!

Cheers and have a great race!

1 week away!!!

I'll be volunteering at the mile 3 aid station on the run. Say hi if you're able to, I'll be in there with ya next year! Good luck all!

5 Days until showtime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

W00t! Bib number 4644. Good lord, how many people did they register this year?

Here is the Weather Forcast for the race on Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Good luck to everyone. I am looking forward to that Finish chute lol...

Jim

(I WILL NOT STOP TRI-ING)

Thanks!!!  Same to you.  I'm very excited about doing this, it's just that because of some of my own personal struggles I haven't been able to train as much as I would have liked so I'm nervous about being sufficiently ready for it.  I was tempted to defer, but for me personally completing this is very important so I'm going to go out there, give it my best shot, and have as much fun as I can with it...

IronDiva - 2011-08-02 6:33 PM Good luck to everyone!  Not racing this year but it was my first tri ever 3 years ago.  Don't be nervous, you'll all have a great time.  I don't post here super often, but I'm an opera singer as well as a triathlete, and am honored to be singing the anthem for you all at the swim start.  Hopefully they'll let me stick around and high-five people, so say hi if you see me!  

Opera singer?  Wonderful!  Looking forward to hearing you sing the national anthem...

Just thought of this now (I'm completely new with this whole scene so...).  I'm going to be riding my Gary Fisher hybrid for this race.  I have a rack on the back and going to have my bag on top of that with bike stuff.  I'm guessing it's okay, but to be sure, I can have a rack on my bike, right?  Not quite up to the Cervelo P3 or Trek Speed Concept bikes yet.   ;-)

Blur26. I say this to you brother. Don't be nervous it takes to much energy. Enjoy the moment you hit the water you will be surrounded by 3.000 people supporting you brother. Just remember you put the work in to get here now just Rock&Roll........

Jim

( I WILL NOT STOP TRI-ING)

i believe they have petty cabs that will take you from the finish to the transition area.  but it's a pretty easy walk there.  It is a bit of a challenge to get your stuff back from transition to hotel/home.  a few yrs ago my wife took my bags in a cab and i rode home, not sure if this is a possibility for you.  

in the beginning of this thread, some posters have attempted to decipher the tide tables and max current.  Now that the start is time trial and everyone should be in the water by 7:15am, can someone predict the effect of the tides?  i'm in red transition, M35-39 AG.

also, does a possible thunderstorm overnight have an effect?

i'm obviously obsessing about the Hudson

The ebb tide starts at 6:17, max ebb is at around 9:58 AM.

The later waves have more help from the current. I think it's really hard to tell when you or myself (30-34) will splash to be honest given this is the first year of a TT start. Given the first wave is at 5:50 and there is a 20 minute break between yellow and red transitions, that should allow for a decent amount of current for the 35-39 AG.

Where did you read that everyone's in by 7:15?