Ironman Mont-Tremblant : Official Thread (Page 4)

Great question.  I would be shocked and very disappointed if they moved away from the mass start, but I have heard they could change it away from a beach start to an in water/treading start.   

I have a friend that works for the WTC and is the head of the swim for a lot of their races.  He mentioned this in conversation a few months back.

hey guys,

I know your all busy with training but I'm new to triathlons and I was looking to register for the 2014 Ironman Mont Tremblant. I am a very strong runner and a good swimmer but fairly new to cycling. I don't reallly know anyone that competes in triathlons so any advice on where this goal is attainable would be great.

Thanks

Hi Guys,

Press conference by the race organizers yesterday. It was all in french but here is the summary of it :

- IMMT was named sporting event of the year here in Canada, notably in front of the NHL all star game that took place in Ottawa.

- IMMT will broadcast live in a similar fashion to Kona World Championships, over a webtv program.

- The 2013 course was revealed. Very similar to last year. They did say that the boats at swim start will be moved. Congratulations on listening to last year partipants comments. No mention of a wave start.


Lots of statistics for last year's events (combined 70.3 and Full)

4500 participants, 75% male/25% female
Coming from 50 different countries
47 US States represented and 9 canadian provinces
70 % of non-canadian visitors did not know the region before registering
49% of responders were visiting the region for the 1st time
Each athlete was accompanied by 4 persons on average
23% came in the weeks before to train on the course
11,000 visitors were present during the events on top of those accompanying the athletes


More infos are coming out ... i'll get back to you with the rest !

Some more athlete survey results :

For Ironman participants average training time per week
- swim 11k
- Bike 373k
- Run 77k

Why did you choose Mont-Tremblant
Date : 8.7%
Location : 60,9%
Course : 18.0%
Attractions : 12,4%

450 kids did the Ironkids run. The run is going to take place this year also.
Addition of inflatable games to the Ironkids Zone





Ironman Village setup date

70.3 : June 12th
Full : Aug 5th


Update to the bike course : a section of the rue St-Jovite will be closed to traffic.
There will be a motorbike slate for lead man & women on the bike course with gap times

The courses are now on the website.
The list of participants are also on the website.

Hey Guys

Does anyone know of a hotel in the area that might have accommodations still? I am trying to find something for a friend of mine who is volunteering and having a hard time finding a place. Any info would be great thanks.

A little more than 15 weeks to go.  How's everyone fairing so far?  My hubby just hit me with the news we may be moving to CA this summer - puts it at 50/500 should know more by next week.

Will definitely make for some interesting training.

First ever IM, second summer of triathlon.  Doing a couch to Ironman in a year timeframe.

Those miles look crazy based on previous years.

Training is going well, planning a trip to Tremblant to ride and run the course within the next month.

yeah the average training "time" per week (suppose to be distance per week in kms), is way off imo.

I am guessing that either most are lying and just talking about their peak weeks, or they made up the numbers, or these are average Pro numbers.

I was just thinking the same thing!

Don't know if anyone saw this yet, but IMMT will have wave starts, part of a new 'SwimSmart' initiative by Ironman.

I'm OK with it as long as the entire AG is in the same wave, otherwise you don't know who you're racing against if going for a Kona slot.

Yup, just saw that.  I'm sure they'll keep the AG's together which is a must, but I'm still very disappointed about this.  Part of the IM experience is the mass start.

perhaps wave starts lessen the initial congestion, but cause the secondary effect of faster swimmers of later waves running over the slower ones of earlier waves.