Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 43)

Did anyone see the creepy clown that was kind of lurking by the woods by himself in some random spot? I didn't like that very much it was kind of creepy, lol. Also there was someone wearing a weird mask right before you turned into Cross Plains....that was pretty creepy too, lol.

Great moments to share! I was a finish line catcher until midnight and helped that family when they crossed. It was so much fun to spend a few moments with them, what an incredible thing to do as a family! I didn't realize he had to wait for them. Just amazing.

There is a lot of magic during an Ironman, sounds like you experienced a lot of it!

Wow, money surely is a motivator and I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that.  FinisherPix are up already!

I am almost positive that was Chewbacca, btw.

They claim it filled in record time.  

Hmmm, not sure.  I was assuming that general slots were still open, but I didn't take a closer look.  Only the Foundation slots are remaining.

Omahabritt - 2012-09-11 8:44 AM Congrats to everyone that raced Sunday!!! (is it Tuesday already?) I was volunteering inside the 1st turn buoy on a kayak, no one stopped to say "hi", I'm not sure why , what a rush!! It was a great place to volunteer, & for the most part everyone did really well in the water. At one point, a guy stopped swimming (he was probably 2,000th at that point), & said "am I still in 1st?". Made my day! I knew with an attitude like that, he would finish. We went back to the finish from 10-midnight, & it was such a wonderful, emotional experience!!! I loved seeing everyone's faces. I'll be there in 2013, this time as an athlete. Hope to see some of you there!

Did you hear me mooing?

If anyone wants a easier to read/download version of this years results, I will leave this link up for a little while:

IMWI 2012 Results

Congratulations everybody !
i am been reading this thread for some time as I was planning on this race.  Since IM Canada got priority registration for IMMOO,  I signed up last week so I will see you there next year. 

One question to all,  somebody mentioned on this thread about a "shuttle".  what kind of shuttles are available and what time from what hotels?  I am trying to decide on a hotel

thanks for your help !

Holy Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!  I hope they nail this S.O.B hard in court!

Congrats to you too!  I'm also ready to sign up for another one, but my wife..... well, lets just say I'm smart enough to wait

My swim was significantly faster going in to this race than I was in 2010, so I expected a time around 1:10 to 1:12.  I just could not get clean water at all and ended up fighting traffic for 1:23.  I moved inside the buoys after the second turn and was okay for a couple minutes, but that didn't last. In '10, I seemed to find an opening after the 2nd turn and it lasted for almost the whole swim. I swam 1:27 then.

There is a shuttle from the AEC (Alliant Energy Center).  There are some hotels near there.  I'm sure that there are also many other shuttles.  Last year we stayed at the Best Western Plus Inntowner on University Ave and they had a shuttle that was on demand/call!  They also provided free warm breakfast for IM athletes/volunteers/spectators.

This year we stayed at the Best Western Inn on the Park.  No shuttle needed as it was a 5 minute walk from it's location on the square to the Monona Terrace doors. 

I hope that gives you a good start on a couple of locations.

my family had no problem finding parking about two blocks from the finish line both at the start of the day around 6:30 and again in the afternoon after spectating on the bike course.  cheaper than the AEC parking and shuttle.

When I drove downtown (just before 5 am) there was tonnes of on street meter parking available (free on Sundays).  I think I parked about 3 blocks from the finish line.

If you go back several pages you'll see that I was most concerned with the swim start, but I had very little contact.  Even the last sprint tri I did with 120 people in my wave was 10 times worse as far as contact goes.

I stood on the shore in the rocks all the way at the front.  At 6:59 I saw an open spot all the way at the front just off the shore and swam out there until the gun went off.  I was probably 2 or 3 people back from the front row 5 or so people in from the shore and it was awesome.  The guys up front disappeared pretty quickly (I'm not that fast of a swimmer) and the people behind me swam around gracefully and I was able to hook on and draft for a while on just about every person who passed me.  I gradually worked closer to the buoys but ultimately stayed a good 15-20 yards outside the buoys the whole way around.  I certainly added a few hundred yards to my swim overall but I wouldn't change it for anything.  I came out of the water relaxed and refreshed with a 1:19 swim and a smile on my face.