Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 42)

I want to say I had read that at one point a while back too.  But I looked at IMKY's athlete guide for 2011 and it was still listed on there.  TBH, it may be more of a danger for me to NOT get a practice swim in with others (as I'm not comfortable going out by myself) b/c I haven't really swam in the ocean before.  It will make me a lot more comfortable having that practice.

They didn't have an official Gatorade swim last year or anything official. If I have time I can look at athlete's guide from last year for what they say.

I think KY is unique in that you are not allowed to swim in the river any time but IM.

PCB is public beach and anyone can swim when they want so different scenario.

Long weekend for some...what training is everyone doing this weekend?

Tomorrow I am doing 5.5 hour ride and should be in 70s if family can come with I'll start with hour ows then do my bike as a brick. I try to build my power through ride so add about 5 watts more per hour.

Sunday is my daughter's 17th birthday and soccer tournament for my 13 year old. I hope to do 3 sweet spot ride. It is likely to hit the 80s and set a record.

Monday will be another nice day and hope to do another long ride.

I find riding in the 70s much nicer than 50s.

is it allowed to carry your phone with you? (Of course juts Bike/Run)

With the new iPhone feature your family can track your position at anytime.

DanielG - 2011-10-07 1:53 PM Now I'm getting antsy. Just ordered the "Track my Athlete" for my mom to be able to track me on the course. She gets worried, y'know

DanielG,

How or where can I order the Athlete Tracker?...  I was thinking that they had something like that avialable on Ironman.com and was free.. Just pick the race and type in the Bib #.

One of my co-workers used the http://www.myathletelive.com/ tracker for IMWI.  She said it worked well.  It cost about $40.  Probably including shipping to and from the event/condo. 

"Combining innovative miniaturized GPS and real-time cellular data transmission technologies along with years of endurance athletic and high adventure experience, MyAthlete provides real-time athlete tracking in the human powered endeavor of pushing ones physical and mental limits."

FYI - Cell coverage on the course might not be as good as one would hope and it can't be used on the swim. 

This weekend is a little light. 3400 yd swim at lunch, 10 mi run after work. Just a 5k on Saturday, yea, then 4:30 hr ride on Sunday with a 4 mi run.

I'll pay for it next weekend though.

enjoy

Duane 

2 1/2 hour run, 50 mile bike with 5 mile intervals followed by 50 min run. I am building back up from IMWI.  We have had beautiful weather here in Madison 70-80's this week.  I do plan to fit in watching my friends online who are racing Kona tomorrow.

Safe training everyone.

Nicole

5K swim, 120 mile bike, 3.5 mile run in the books. If I keep this up I might win this Ironman , well maybe come in 2nd.  1 hr. into the bike and the masterlink came out of my chain and the chain fell off. ugh! now what?. Call my number 2 biggest fan, Mom, help! Note to self: Carry a spare link it's very small, doesn't take up much space and could be a lifesaver.

Okay, Y'all need to pray that you do NOT have winds like today for race day.

That s*cked great big donkey balls.

Hwy 20 west was a tailwind and somehow EVERYTHING else was a headwind.  Really.  Riding down Front Beach eastbound was like riding in a wind tunnel that was blowing directly at your face.

I was not a happy camper by the time I got back to my car.

I did take pictures of Thomas Drive though.  I need to figure out a good way to upload them that isn't the BT albums because that would take forever.  I think I could upload them to FB and just make sure the album is open to "Everyone".  Do you think that would work?

5.5 hour ride done with increasing watts every hour....best long ride in last month other than IMAB. Found a loops that is similar terrain to IMFL and rode round and round I think 8 times. Speedy for me given my watts...new position and slight tweaks have helped....riding training wheels so will be faster with Zipps, lower CdA tires, latex tubes and disc cover.

I got first call from my son who is in Air Force basic training toward end of my ride He is doing well..very proud of him.

I didn't get swim in due to logistics...shoulder much better but bit sore end of ride...I must swim...I must swim...I must get some swim training in.

Use tinypic.com loads fast super easy

Do they count the run distance on the beach for Lap 2 on the swim as part of 2.4 miles.