Ironman Mont-Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 3)

This is what Mike is for -- fixing technical errors on the site. 

Just joined this thread and wanted to say hi to my fellow 2013 IMMTers.

This is going to be my third IM (2011 IMCDA, 2012 Full Vineman) followed by my -- hopefully -- fourth (IMAZ).

Sounds like a great and challenging race.  Looking forward to it!

That's good to hear davide !

I'm shopping for wetsuits, right now. What is the general consensus on Xterra ?

Hello All

There is a group of us going from Chatham Ontario.

I was thinking of pulling are travel trailer there and staying in it.

Just wondering what traffic would be like to get to a parking location in the morning of the race.

I'm thinking it should not be to bad since it will be early in the morning.

Does anyone have any info on this?

At 4:30 - 5:00 you'll be fine!!! 

it's hard to move after 6:30 but before 5:00 it's ok!!!

Pat

Thanks for the replies.

Since we live in a very flat area (the over pass over the 401 is probably the biggest hill we have) what would you all recommend we do to train for hills?

Also what gearing would you recommend for the race?

It depends on how strong a cyclist you are. I went around 5:10 last year and rode a standard crank (53-39) and a 11-28 cassette and on a couple of the hills on the back end of the course I wished I had a couple more gears because I like to just spin up the hills easy and that wasn't possible with that gearing. Wasn't overly hard but defiantly not easy. 

On a course like this I'd rather err on the side of caution and have those extra gears for the hills your legs will thank you on the run.

Does anyone have a map of where the parking is close to transition.

I'm thinking of staying at a camp ground near the event and would be driving there in the morning.

Thanks

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well and getting in some training.  I just wanted to let everyone know that my club and I are offering a free training camp on the course the weekend of July 26-28th.  For most people, this should be the ideal weekend for your last high volume training before starting to taper.  It should be a lot of fun and a great chance to familiarize yourself with the course.  Please let me know if you're interested or have any questions. 

Thanks.  Happy training!

That sounds pretty good.  I would be interested in doing the training camp that weekend. 

Sounds good Andrew.  I'll add you to the list and reach out to you with more details as it gets closer.

I did it last year. there is parking basically right next to transition (across the road out of the bike exit) but i am not sure about how likely it will be to get spot the morning of the race as many people staying at the resort use this parking.  And the transition area takes up all of one main parking lot. 

During the run portion we saw regular shuttle buses taking spectators/racers back to the old village - not sure if that was overflow parking or not.  We stayed on the resort and had the underground parking in the hotel.

Which resort did you stay at? was it walking distance to race area?

We stayed in one of the hotels that's part of the village - i think it was 'Au pied de la montagne' and we were right in the village - we took the gondola down to the transition area in the morning and on race day they had the gondola running until after the race was done so we didn't have to trudge up the hill which was much appreciated!

Most of the hotels in the ski village which are the closest to the transition are managed by Intrawest and have central booking for those hotels.  But there are lots of condos right around there which can likely be booked through other groups (I don't know what they are). I am sure some other folks did this - we just went with the ski village which was very convenient.  Some places are pretty pricey but there is a range.

Here is a new video I found.  Hope it motivates everyone as much as it did me. 

http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2013/02/sections/news/the-genesis-of-ironman-mont-tremblant/

March 25 registration for volunteers opens, unless you volunteered last year. If so, an email was sent to resister early. I volunteered last year and checked out the site. If you want to know whats still available, I can check for you. Jim 

HI 

Yes it will work, i live in Tremblant and it work fine

It will also work everywhere in the world.(gsp)

Thanks

That would be great! thanks. I plan on registering first thing on the 25th so I hope they will still have alot of options left.