Ironman 70.3 Racine : Official Thread (Page 4)

waupaca11 - 2011-02-26 7:33 PM 21 weeks out!  Who is starting their 20 Week plan this Monday?

quincyf - 2011-02-26 8:10 PM

I am doing a 22 week plan...so already started!  Which was good b/c I was getting antsy.

Is anyone doing Steelhead too???   Wondering how to work the bridge between the two.

TIA 

oriolepwr - 2011-02-26 8:14 PM

Q-  I'm doing Racine & steelhead as well!  Plan is to get injured like usual.  But then race anyhow

quincyf - 2011-02-26 8:53 PM

OK, based on that, I guess my plan is to have a full mental meltdown both during training and on race day.  I can't decide if I am going to get combative and yell randomly to myself during the run or just get lost on the bike.  We'll see when it gets closer to race time.  haha. 

Slowbutnotlast - 2011-03-01 8:52 AM I did this one last year too.

Several racers camped at Racine Co. Park named Cliffside a bit north of town. Clean and easy. $23 with hookup.

Neoprene booties were key. Two regular swim caps doubled were enough. I was very glad I got in the freezing water the day before so I knew what to expect..No porta potties out at the start so a lot of folks were out warming up the lake while waiting for their wave.

Raced Racine last year as well.  I seriously thing all this super cold water talk is misleading. water was fine.  I wore sleeveless wet suit. one cap.  waded in water before my wave.  was perfect water temp as soon as I hit the first turn. 

Bike was mostly flat with bumpy roads. It looked quite flat on google earth street view but that was quite misleading. I was pretty alarmed driving the course the day before as the back side has some notable "rollers" which we would refer to as mountainous in the flatlands where I live. They really are no big deal but it is definitely not flat as in Eagleman or BeachtoBattleship flat. I went back and got my bike and then drove back to the middle third of the course so I could ride the three or four rollers to calm the jitters. I'm a 15mph just-finisher and if I can do it anybody can.

Agree  basically a flat course.  There are some rollers but this is a fast course. 

Someone recommended I put my bike in the lowest gear before racking it as right out of T1 there is a short but steep driveway you have to get up. I was glad not to have an issue there.

Good tip. you do not want to hope on bike at the mount line and then immediately have to shift to get up that crazy drive!  Saw some try and fall over

There were no where near enough porta-potties on the bike and I rode for an hour or more having to like a race horse with no relief. They told us in the pre-race not to pee on the side of the road so I didn't and it sucked.  

Pee on the bike maybe?  (ha not that I have)

There were some pretty gusty winds the day or two before the race which could have been troubling but race day was pretty calm. A shower rolled through transition while I was out on the bike and I was glad I had left my run gear in my usual sorting trash bag.

That was not just a shower.  It was a monsoon with high winds that ripped tents, signs out of the ground!   I was on the run at that point.   

The run was hot, the two "hills" were painful but not a big deal unlike the sun and heat. I carried a bike water bottle as I always do on the run and dumped it on my head and refilled it at the aid stations. They ran out of ice... The only part of going through the "zoo" that I can remember is a smelly dumpster.

Run was super hot  a broiler, I agree  the sun/humidity/heat wass the issue   The zoo is such a joke.  I saw one empty enclosure and the dumpster.  lol  but nice lake views!


All in all it was a great race and Racine is a fun town. I didn't make it to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax building but I hear it is amazing.

Also agree   Racine was lots of fun plan on doing it every year they host it!

AshleighK - 2011-02-20 12:26 AM

Hi all! Been signed up for Racine for about a month now, but I'm new to BT. Looking forward to following everyone's training this year!

Hi there Anne! Let me know if you decide to go up on one of the group rides/runs for practice, maybe we can carpool. I'll do what I can considering I have to work every other weekend, and I'll also be trying to get down to Louisville for practice at least once this summer.

I'm in the full swing of training with a half mary on April 2, A full mary on April 30th (my 39th bday!), plus I'm starting to get into a regular schedule of swims and bikes to get ready for Tri season! So excited! Happy training everyone!

AshleighK - 2011-02-20 3:32 PM Ouch, I just said the marathon was on my 39th bday. No no no, it'll be my 29th bday!

guppie  With my 50 degree outside temp personal minimum,
 

oriolepwr - 2011-03-01 9:48 AM

Anton84 - 2011-03-05 5:42 PM

Good to see that people are getting back to training.  Let's hope that we had THE LAST SNOW today in Chicago.

As the weather is turning around I plan on heading up to Racine to ride the course and have a few questions:  How is the [vehicular] traffic on the course?  Looking at google maps it looks like some of the ride course is going through the town, with some of the roads being just two-lane roads with very narrow shoulders.  Has the traffic been an issue for the training rides?  Any thoughts on best time to ride the course (early morning Saturday/Sunday?).

Also, where does everyone park up there? (at IM Wisconsin Fireman's Park is basically a camping ground for triathletes, is there something similar in Racine?)

Thanks, and happy training everyone!