Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 4)

That would stink.  The ride up to Richards is one of my favorites.  I would like to see them take out the Dobbin Huffsmith section coming back & replace it with 1488 now that it has been widened.  It's nice & fast.

I did Sunburst 3 weeks out from CDA this year as just my last long training run and really liked that. I never left z2 felt really good the whole time on a really hot day and felt very confident coming out of it. I have run a mary 5 weeks out before and felt good coming out of that.

Although I have yet to have  an IM that I am pleased with out of my 5 so I guess take my marathon advice with a grain of salt.

I am planning on a sub 3 attempt either as early as December or as late as maybe Myrtle Beach in mid Feb and then it is all IM Tex training.

I'm with you on Jorge's plan.  I'm actually in week 4 of it right now.  I have a ton of time on my hands so I'll probably do it again at the end of the year.  It's brutal but effective.

I'm also looking for a end of year marathon but my option is limited to one, the Naha Marathon, which is one of the largest in Japan and one of the two that happen here in Okinawa.  I just have to be lucky and get in.  15,000+ 25,000 runners and it's a tough to get in.

I did get back in the pool yesterday.  I've been avoiding it since my crap swim at IMOZ.  But I have new goggles and jammers on the way so I'll end up going more just to use them.  I love new stuff

Stay healthy!

Had to edit this because the Naha Marathon caps off at 25,000 runners, and it's still a pain to get in.

New to this site and new to triathlon.  I just finished my second triathlon, the Amica 70.3 in Providence.  What a great sport with a great following!  Looking forward to IMTX next year, and I hope to meet some good friends along the way.  Best of luck to everyone!

Chad

Welcome to the group and to BT Chad!

Hey Chad, welcome to BT and the IMTX group.  Let us know if you need anything in regards to BT and congrats on your Amica finish.

Hey gang.

I just signed up for IMTX.  I'd like to introduce myself.  My name is Nancy.  I'm a nurse practitioner in Austin TX.  I am a single mom of three kids.  They're now a little older (two in college, one in middle school) giving me a bit more time to workout.  Plus they're amazing kids and know a worked out mom is a happy mom, so they support my habit. 

I did IM Moo in 2006 when it was 45 degrees and pouring rain.  Then worked up the courage to do IMKY in 2010, and it ended up being 97 degrees race day.  So either this one will be relatively easy, or you can all blame be for horrible, unexpected weather.  We'll see 

I'm not sure I have any business signing up for this, as I'm going to do Boston in April, just 5 weeks before hand.  But being in Austin, I just couldn't resist. 

Happy training everyone!

I'm doing Redman too.  Hopefully I'll see you there.  Should be fun! 

oh yah!! have you done it before?? if so, i would love to hear your thoughts! i am excited and super nervous!

I did the Redman Half last year and a couple friends did the Full AquaBike. I will tell you the swim start of Redman is a bit different than the IM stuff (I volunteered at IMFL 2010 and will do IMFL 2011 as my first full) ... Redman is an in-water start, a long straight outbound parallel to the lake shore, a fairly short bottom leg and the longer leg back before turning in to the swim finish. The thing about Redman is that unless they change the course, a lot of the outbound leg is actually shallow enough to get up and walk or aqua jog! I was swimming and ran into somebody who had stood up in front of me. You will swim 2 laps for the full at Redman. That said, it does give you a feel for the full-distance swim without being as crowded as the IM-branded events.

There is a Facebook page for Redman as well, in case you want to follow the updates there.

I will add people were stuck in the potty line.  The lines where LOOOONNNGGG.  I think it worked out for me because where the gun went off I picked the cleanest line before I got into the water.  This set me up for less battleing so I could do my slow swim with minimal hitting.

So, it was like this (I didn't race, but was there watching)--the temps made it non-wetsuit legal.  However, people could still choose to wear wetsuits IF they were willing to forgo age group placing, awards, Kona slots etc.  They then had 2 different lines for people go across different mats to start the race. It kind of looked like a mess to me.  I have some friends who weren't so thrilled with the mixture of suits out there for a variety of reasons.  In my personal opinion, if they go this way next year, I hope they do it as two different wave starts--send off the non-wetsuit folks and then send off the wetsuit folks.  But, that's just my 2 cents.

Nancy, welcome to BT and our growing group.

Redman was my first Iron Distance race and have done 4 IM's since then. They are totally different beasts as far as size, crowds, and cities being behind the race (except Louisville) But when the gun goes off 140.6 is 140.6.

Redman was great and they cared about every single athlete. Very one to one attention throughout the day that IM cannot offer due to size. Swim was fine because of the lack of participants. I think the year I did it there was 140 people in the full and a few hundred in the half.

IM swims are just violent. Never felt that way at Redman. Someday I will go back if they keep it going. Good luck.

you could were a wetsuit but not be able to KQ or podium.  There were 2 timing mats prior to entering the water.

I would reccomend goint to the "texas" forum on this site and reading some of the last few pages of IMTX thread.  Lots of good pre and post race information about the race.

parking was very easy and the in and out for spectators was easy as well.  Remember, the race takes place by one of the largest malls in the Houston area so the parking around is plentiful.  The swim start is a about a mile from transition, but it is not bad.  I think there was a parking area across the street from the swim start at some company, but I chose to have my car close to transition after the race (although I walked the 1.5 miles back to our hotel). 

HEB is right across from transition, but I bet they will have it blocked this year. 

I parked (as a spectator) across from the swim start - by the church that is right there.  Parking was along a side road in the grass.  This was a short walk to the swim.  From there, you can walk to the swim finish and T1 area then over to Market Street and the finish area.  For driving around, just avoid Woodlands Parkway.

The "last few pages" huh? Before signing up for IMTX I read every single page of last years thread! Took a few days, but learned a LOT from it for sure!

Welcome to BT and our crazy family Nancy! It's going to be a fun year!