Ironman 70.3 Boise (Page 4)

gvey - 2009-04-24 1:01 AM I know Baowolf asked about this already, but I'm not sure if he got an answer. Is the parking area shown on the Boise website open to spectators/family and does it fill up? I was planning on my wife driving me to the swim start. It looks like about a 3/4 mile walk from the parking lot to T1, OK, no big deal, right? The bike dropoff is Friday and we drop of our run bags on the way to the reservoir. I guess my question is, can you get by without taking the bus?

swbkrun - 2009-05-05 7:20 PM

I also would like to know about this?!  I don't really want to take the bus!!!

travljini - 2009-05-06 1:51 AM

I'm just curious as to why you don't want to take the bus?  I think somewhere along this thread someone posted that it's a two lane road and gets pretty congested?

Anyway, I got two tickets for the shuttle anyway, I suppose I can hedge my bets and change my mind as I'll have a car. 

ieandro - 2009-05-11 12:10 AM I'm not sure if this is still active or what not, but I'm registered for Boise 70.3 as well except now i'm all sorts of confused and I actually live in the downtown area.  

Haha.  I said i was all sorts of confused because i'm the type of guy who builds Legos, but doesn't read the instructions (or look at the box for that matter) and ends up with something entirely different.   
I live in Boise, but unfortunately, this 70.3 starts off with a 2pm start followed by a confusing swim start that somehow I have to pay to make my way to.  Maybe I should just read the directions, but all I really wanted to do was leave my room with my stuff, bike to the swim, set up transition and be done with it.  Now I have to take a shuttle that I have to pay for to get there.  

Anyway, this isn't my first 70.3.  I did IM Korea and Jerseyman last year and recently Wildflower Long Course.  I didn't have any times that'll knock your socks off, but i'm taking all this as a training step to other things.  I'm doing the Boise Famous Potatoes Marathon this weekend just for sh!ts and giggles.  By no means am I some sort of fast athlete, just a crazy guy who likes challenges.  Somebody persuade me to do the Vikingman before and Spudman after Boise.  If you have anything else in between like a marathon, that sounds cool too.  

Another reason why I'm trying to do so much in such little time is because I won't be here in Boise too long and my enlistment in the military is done and its home sweet home, but I wanted to say I did these things and get better for my next set of challenges on the East Coast.  

I look forward to seeing you guys at 70.3.  Maybe theres some sort of BT sticker to identify those members from this forum.  That would be cool.  I'm looking for some tri specific gear too so i can stop wearing bib shorts in the water and looking like a total tri noob (plus bib chamois dont float too well).  
 

E=H2O - 2009-05-12 3:37 PM

 

Since it is a 2PM race start, have you considered getting up early, " leave my room with my stuff, bike to the swim, set up transition and be done with it." I think you'd have enough time.

There is that swim/bike/run thing people do after they set up their transition. I guess you could skip that. Your day would come out like your LEGO's, looking completely different than the way the rest of us picture our day.

E=H2O - 2009-05-12 10:52 AM

It's clear I was wrong. I had heard people in Boise had a sense of humor.

mtnbkr - 2009-05-14 12:39 AM There is a great pond called the clock tower pond that is down river we swim in. It's a bit warmer but the same river water. You could also swim in the pond below the dam, which I think would be great because it is even colder than the water we'll be swimming in for the race. Might make the resevior water feel warm! It's a bit small, you can stand up in most of it but it is deep enough for swimming and you could do laps.

travljini - 2009-05-13 6:24 PM

EEEEK, this is all too real now!

travljini - 2009-05-13 8:24 PM

WHOO HOO Athlete guide is up!  But BOO HOO it says NO swimming at Lucky Peak before the race. WTF? I was hoping to get the cold water feel ahead of time. 

AND the rumored monkeying with swim waves was just that, rumors.  Same swim waves as last year.

EEEEK, this is all too real now!

bradword - 2009-05-14 12:41 PM Holy crap. I am in the last wave. 55 mins after everyone else! That sucks! I guess I won't get passed for long. It will be a lonely road to the finish

bradword - 2009-05-14 10:29 PM Do we have to wear it for the race? If you have your race number on, I'd just accidentally cut it off

jkward - 2009-05-14 8:50 PM

Yeah I'm not to excited about starting in the last wave 5min till 3. I thought that the 2 p.m. start was late.