Ironman Kansas 70.3 : Official Thread (Page 4)

Hi rrobinson,

I got your info from a tri friend, sorry to bother you on here, I'm not sure of a better way to contact someone.  I tried [email protected] but didn't hear back. 

My dilemma is that I was scrolling through the age divisions, got distracted, came back to my desk and finished my application with it left on the handicapped division.  I'm 31 today, born on May 1.

Who do I need to e-mail/call to rectify this? 

Thanks,

Josh T.

Thanks Ryan,

I sent it again just now with "PLEASE FIX MY INCORRECT APPLICATION DIVISION" as the subject.

Thanks!

Josh

Website said that Pip Taylor is racing.

I just signed up. This is my first 1/2 Ironman. I took last year off to recover from back problems. 3 years ago I did the Olympic Topeka Tinman and Jackson County, both of which were excruciating. I focused mainly on sprints in 07. I weigh 230 so my goal is to drop down to 215. Love to hear from any Clydesdales out there.

 I don't know where I got this idea from other than people in my office are training for the Chicago Marathon. All things on our Bucket List.

It sounds as if this is a challenging bike ride. I'm trying to go by Tom Hollands 12 Week Triathlete book, doing 2 base phases to start out for the 16 week training program. 

If anybody has any good advice for someone that is a larger frame it would be much appreciated. The run scares me a bit being all asphalt(any grass sides like Longview?)

Is it likely wetsuits will be allowed. I think I'm going to buy one. It sounds like it speeds times quite a bit.

I'm thinking about signing up. Ryan - are you guys going to do the Team Javelin discount again this year?

I had sworn off halfs this year, but several in our club (TRI-OKC) are going up, and I've started getting the "itch" again. 

I was riding with a club member who's signed up, and as we were getting our bones rattled on our local roads I told him I can't recall feeling a single bump or divet along that bike course last year, much less a pothole!

New course - do you have the elevation gain? IIRC last year was ~2800 ft of climbing total?

Yeah you Okies need to learn a little about road maintenance! Kidding. Kind of. Redman did a number on me last year! I bet there was a spray paint shortage after all of the potholes the race staff had to mark, heehee!

 That road's seen better day, huh?

I came down with the flu ~3 days before Redman. Bummer since I live about 2 miles from the start/finish. Coming back down this year?

Probably not. I'd love to because I had a BLAST last year, but honestly the Halfmax Championship thing is really intimidating. Being that they're only accepting a few hundred "general" entries, I really don't want to find myself in the midst of all those atletes vying for a national championship trophy! I'd surely look like an idiot putting along at my measly 15mph... and 10-minute-miles. I may do the Oly with my tri club, but we'll see.

I'm actually thinking about Austin 70.3 for my late season HIM - it's better timing for me.

While there will surely be some impressive athletes at RedMan this year, some of the qualifiers will be mere mortals like me.

However, while I was planning on doing RedMan again this year, scheduling might not work out. My training partner is talking about Austin as well, so I'll have to figure that out.

On a Kansas 70.3 note, Ryan's last post got me off my butt and I finally registered today.

Bripod - 2009-03-04 8:31 AM

cmlane - 2009-03-03 9:41 PM So Bripod, now that you have whipped the PF, does this mean you are considering racing again this year? 

hahaha funny guy I'm far from having the PF whipped! I would love to come back this year and check out that new course though. Just don't see it happening - I haven't run or biked for about 6 months!

 Don't worry, running and biking is way overrated.