Subject: RE: Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official ThreadOriginally posted by GatorDeb
Five weeks people !!!!!!!!! =)
Question: How windy has it been in past years? And how about heat? And who's ticked off they're missing on the Washing Machine? First Ironman for me.
I've ridden the course 2 different weekends so far.
1st weekend -- tailwind going out of town on big loop with somewhat of a cross/headwind coming back into town. Wind was around 15-20MPH. Air temp was pretty decent the whole day. I wore arm sleeves for the 98 miles I rode that day (1 short loop plus 2 long loops ) and felt comfortable the whole time.
2nd weekend -- 5-10MPH wind going out of town that was head/cross wind. I hope it is similar to this on race day as I don't want a headwind going back into town on the second loop. Air temp was nice at 8 in the morning but by 10 it was getting warm (88 degrees is what it read on my bike computer ). Again wore arm sleeves for the ride and was comfortable till 10. Of course that was coming back (from big loop ) with just that slight tailwind and going slow up the hills made things hot. As long as I was riding a a decent speed, I stayed cool enough. For the run, I did about 6 miles that day and I had taken off the arm sleeves. I was comfortable considering I didn't take any liquid on the run. I know during the race though I should be fine as long as I keep dumping water on my hat and put ice under my hat.
Morning temps -- last year it started out at about 60 I think but then dropped into the 50s right before the race with the wind picking up. The afternoon, the weather go to be pretty nice and probably a little warm. I'd say around 75-80.
So hopefully on race day it will be a morning around 60 and a day where it decides to not heat up much.
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