Wildflower Triathlon - Long Course : Official Thread (Page 4)

Bummer.   Can you fix a cracked rim? 

Front or rear?  Performance is having a sale right now, can get their forte front wheel for <$100.

ChrisM,

 You're right!  I won't be able to get there before Friday so I'll just be dry camping it I guess.  It's not too bad as long as I can fill up with water somewhere before we park.  My trailer holds a lot of water so it doesn't do well to haul the fresh water full.  Is there much room to camp there?  Would bringing a trailer be out of the question? 

Heh, nowhere near as bad as the hill at mile 5 or 11 of the run.

joemac3 - 2009-01-23 8:40 AM

PGoldberger - 2009-01-23 7:55 AM

joemac3 - 2009-01-23 5:11 AM 

 BTW honestly how bad is that hill at mile 40 of the bike (think its called steep grade?)

Heh, nowhere near as bad as the hill at mile 5 or 11 of the run.

super just what I wanted to hear Man this sounds like a tough first HIM

Heh.  Paul's about right.  Honestly, Nasty Grade comes at the end of a lonnnng flattish/even downhill section.   It's not Nasty that'll get ya.  It's the hills after it.  I can't remember Nasty in particular, but I am thinking it's sort of like Stunt Road if you've ever been up that, but shorter, and perhaps slightly steeper.  It definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Just found this googling around.  A bit of a Kuota sale promo video, and hard to see how steep hills are on video, but it'll show the surroundings.  Haven't watched the full thing, sounds like there are some tips on how to ride it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1imGsSCcUU

Train like this  

Seriously, if you played water polo, you're better off than most.  Wildflower has wave starts so it's not as crowded as some events.  You'll be fine.  Most everyone is respectful and contact is only incidental.

I've done the swim 3X.  Around 31-33 depending.  Started far left, middle and far right.  By far the best line is far right.  It is a straight shot to the first buoy.  Far left or middle, you get stuck having to swim thru the pack.

there is a mat at the start, but everyone starts with the same time (wouldn't know who to run down/is running you down otherwise if everyone had different times).  About 100 or so in each wave (at least from memory)

On the way back, the shortest line is NOT on the buoys to your left.  There is a left hand dogleg at the end, so unless you have a killer draft on the buoy line, the best place to be is as far left as they will allow. There is a fuel dock with a big orange buoy marking the turn to the finish,  You want to hit that right on.  And don't start sprinting even tho the finish looks close after the turn, it's a bit deceiving and you still have a bit to go.

2 buddies and myself are bringing my toy hauler up from San Diego and are really looking forward to the race and the weekend in general.  I haven't posted many times here but it would be nice to meet a few BT members that weekend.  My toy hauler is a Weekend Warrior FS2300 pulled by a white F-150 and I'll be proudly flying the American flag.  Stop by and say howdy sometime.  I'll even share a brew if there's any left.

Bump.  Just about 9 weeks WF peeps.  What's that, a couple builds, a couple recoveries????  yikes   

I hired a coach to help me reach my time goals but not sure I hired her soon enough!  Need more hills in my diet.

Oh yeah, she said I shold find a WF-like course this weekend and ride about 3.5 hours... here's the funny part, not going any higher than Zone 3 (which is 156).  My sides hurt from laughing so hard

ChrisM - 2009-03-09 11:23 AM Bump..... 8 weeks away.   How're them hills coming along?????  

Well, I have more than 20,000 feet of them in the last 4 weeks, which also included encounters with the Tour of California, the Ventura firemen, and the California Highway Patrol.  Heading up to Lake N. to ride and run the WF course itself in a few weeks and am hoping it's something of a cakewalk compared to what I've been doing...