Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 33)

The whole special needs thing has something to do with the company that used to put on IM Louisville. Way back in 2007, IM races were put on by two companies NAS and I think the other was WTC. NAS put on Kona, Canada and Louisville. WTC put on the rest of the races. NAS policy is not to return SN bags. Just more of a head ache for them to get them out to a point on the course and then have to return them back to wherever.  In 2009 (this date could be wrong) NAS sold the rights to Kona and Louisville to WTC. Long story short all three races still have the policy that you will not get your SN bags back.  As it was stated earlier, you can walk back to get your bag from the run SN between mile 13 & 14 but be prepared to dig for it. Last year once you were done with the bag they had a dumpster and a huge pile of bags and it went in one of the two.

Can I join your party? I spent Tuesday night in an MRI only to find out I have a torn meniscus.

My doctor said I can. However, I can hardly walk. Limping 26.2 miles does not seem like much fun to me. So if I am not feeling much better by Monday I am going to withdraw.

Sounds like my race from last year.  Hoping to do a little better this year!

So I have been behind the 8 ball  training wise but been busting my rear end the past few weeks and Finally  things are falling into place just at the right time. One thing I  did noticed is that I find sweet things like gator aid or even a GU peppermint gel to be toooooo sweet for me now. I love my sweets. I even changed to a Dark Chocolate snickers bar on my long bike. My body is messing with my mind and my addictions

Hope everyone is doing well

OK, as much as I hate to say it I'm glad that I am not the only one with this darn chest cold.   Good luck to everyone and try to stay healthy....

I used to ride with nothing but gatorade and gels but on long rides it becomes too sweet for me and makes my stomach turn. Now I carry some perpetuem with me and a peanut butter/honey sandwich in addition to the gels and gatorade. Not a big fan of the ironman perform either I will be depending on my own nutrition for the bike portion.

I'm so excited that the race is almost here!!!  I was jealous of those racing in NYC this weekend....And I will be envious of those racing Mont Tremblant next weekend!!

Another couple of days and I will be paying close attention to the 10 day weather forecast!

Yep I feel ya!

In 2010 My family and I stood by the river on Saturday and watched the current I made the comment "This is going to be great I will fly through the swim". Woke up Sunday morning and the river looked like glass not even a ripple.

I have heard they close some locks farther up so we don't get much if any current at all.

It would be so sweet if they did have a decent current.  Maybe after they saw IMNY times they will allow it this year (I hope, I hope) as those were some wicked swim times.  With that island I wouldn't think we would feel that much of a current going up stream would we?

Hope for some rains in the days leading up to the race so they will have to open the locks upstream.  That is the reason for the time trial start, after all.  The current was so strong in 2007 (the inaugural year) that they didn't want athletes swimming against the current.

It was crazy that year leading up to the race.  I went down to the practice swim and we watched the debris go flying by. A few people braved the currents and were swept  downstream pretty quickly. Race day though there was not much of a current.

Just got back from a 3-mile lake swim.  It's only taken a few weeks and I'm used to swimming without a wetsuit.  I actually prefer it. 

Swim Question: When you make a u-turn past the island and start swimming down river, what do you use to sight off?  The shore the left or perhaps the bridges?

I aimed down the Bridges very easy to see. My only issue was looking into the sun when we started.

I agree with using the bridges to sight off of, but you can use the buoys also.

So what type goggle are people using. Tinited or clear. I need to buy a new pair for the race. I normally use  TYR tracer metalize but if i need to get the TYR Clear or lightly tinited I will.

OK I am thinking about renting wheels for the race.

Zipp 404 front and 808 rear for $110

I have had a good amount of people tell me that they would make a good difference over the 112 miles.

I have basic Ritchey wheels with Gatorskins now. Any advice would be great.

Thanks

I am happy with  my goggles just type tinted or clear or smoked for the race as we swim in three diffrent directions. The metalized ones are pretty dark in low light.