Ironman Wisconsin : Official Thread (Page 44)

Thanks!

Pickles! Eat them by the truckload. Pretty much zero calories and they give you something to chew on. Wish I could be @ IMOO. Would have been my 5th time this year.

I met Tom Ziebart on the course today...really nice guy. He was going to do a loop to get a feel for the course and he commented on how bad Whalen was. I told him to wait until he got to the bad parts.

Hey guys,  I am a lurker.  I did Racine this year at temps in the water at 58 and pre race swims a few times 4 weeks before.  The temp was 56 one time.  Double cap?  No way.  I had a sleeveless and after about 5 minutes it was fine.  You will be so into your cadence you wont even notice the water any more than you do in the pool.  I wish you all well. Ill be in the MultiSport Madness tent on the run at State street.  You wont miss us.  We have at least 40 of us to cheer you on.

Godspeed and a prosperous journey!  

With some of you getting pre-race jitters/nerves/anxiety, concentrate on getting a good night's sleep these next couple of days so you feel refreshed and ready!
Tomorrow starts it all off and I can't wait to hopefully meet some of you during registration weigh-in!

Good luck to all of you that are racing this weekend. Be patient, smart and safe out there! Looks like you guys should have great conditions to do an IM.

Have a great day.

Can not believe tomorrow it all starts ~ yowzers am just as excited as I was last year
My office is one block off Lake Monona talk about hard to focus this week, glad tomorrow is my last day working this week but thankful for the distraction from Ironman Brain.  
Hope to meet some of you this weekend  and that everyone has a terrific race and enjoys the Madcity.


Nicole

Looks like all of you guys are gonna have great conditions. Hope the forecast holds. I'll be out there serving you guys quenching refreshments at the Mt. Horeb bike station and the run station at UW. Can't wait to race next year. Good luck everyone!!!

One more day of work, then the drive starts and roll in on Friday sometime. Maybe I should start packing

good luck everyone! 

I am going around the 10-11 hour, getting my wheels, checking in, etc. I have been getting  a small cold this week due to the weather changes so I don't think I will hang around much if any. Trying to rest up and get ready for the weekend. If I feel better I may stop down and mingle some more tomorrow, well see how it goes I will probably play everything by the moment. 

Keep drinking water, I have been having what I think(hope) are some pollen issues this week, but have been taking Airborne, Echinecia(sp?) tea, washing hands a lot, etc.  hoping to keep it minimal.  My son who  is a PharmTech thinks it is definately pollen issues since the Ragweed is at an all time high around here and I am going with that!

See you around!

Well the party has definitely started in Mad town!  I swam this morning at 6:30am.  The parking by Machinery Row now has an attendant to make sure you don't park in the reserved spots and there are signs up warning that there is no life guard on duty so you are swimming at your own risk.  The IM trucks are out, the bike transport people were there and there are significantly more people swimming, biking and running around the Terrace than yesterday.  The swim is a little chaotic because you have people going out and coming in in the same area without the normal course set up.  Nothing to worry about, just a heads up. 

I'm coming down Friday around noon. After I regester I would like to take my road bike and check out the run course as I have not checked it out yet. Any problems with doing that? Are the trails open to bikes etc..

Driving to Madison in a few hours.....get there tonight in time to crash at the hotel......will be swimming at 7am tomorrow......look for a guy in a BRIGHT orange "IronBrick" t-shirt near the swim area in the AM or at registration after that.....then I will be chilling out and double checking the bike and my stuff in prep for bag packing......hope to meet as many BT'ers as possible.....

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Paul

Good luck to our BT crew!

I'm volunteering in ladies T2...so when you come off the bike, just shout for "Barb" and I'll cater to your every whim and need!

Checked in, met 1stTimeTri briefly and got the heck outta there! So much nervous energy. I'm probably going to show up at the benches by Lake Monona tomorrow around 1 and will hang out there until I find someone to swim with. So join me!

Benches at 1? sounds good man I will see you then....ill be the one wearing an ironman wristband carrying a wetsuit...hehe

Waitaminute...I'll have that too. How will I know if it's you or me?

Want to wish everybody a hearty Godspeed on Sunday. 


I will be working the 5:30 am shift for swim bag drop off so make sure you say "Hi" when you drop off your bag.  I will be the one wearing the volunteer t-shirt!    Oh, I will also be wearing a black USAT visor. 


Kick some MOO!  Be safe!

 

Oh, c'mon.... Phil isn't that scary...or nervous...or makes others nervous (sorry Phil, couldn't resist the implication of UWMadTri's sentence).

My last swim is this evening, but I might come down to watch and soak in the atmo.

Have a safe drive everyone! I'm leaving early tomorrow morning.

EEEeeeee.... so excited!

If you see a chubby slow girl run by and think what the heck is she doing here? That's probably me!