Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 46)

jjcnbg - 2009-10-19 9:31 AMThis was posted on youtube today. Obviously not made for this years race but kinda cool none the less. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU3ST-LCdCk

C F - 2009-10-19 10:57 AM Thanks J for the survey!! I am very much enjoying following the posts. If any of you are so inclined to share similar; I have done several full marathons in the past, numerous short distance tris and one half (in 2005). I was living in the Netherlands in 2006-2007 and was bike focused during that time with no swimming and little running. I went to the (IMFL) race as a spectator last year watching a friend compete and was so inspired (or nuts!) to enter for this year. I completed the Gulf Coast half in May- 7:05, that includes a frustrating half hour mechanical problem. This is my first (and probably only) full IM. I am out to race smart, finish, and will be happy with whatever the course and my body will give me on 07 Nov. By the way, its beautiful here in Panama City Today! why I should be excited about the race number..., don't get it??

jjcnbg - 2009-10-19 4:03 PM Anyone else going to use MyAthleteGPS during the race? When my wife heard about it she demanded that I get one. Hopefully it will be helpful for the family to be able to watch my race without sitting there waiting too long. Does anyone have past experience with it?

jjcnbg - 2009-10-19 4:03 PM Anyone else going to use MyAthleteGPS during the race? When my wife heard about it she demanded that I get one. Hopefully it will be helpful for the family to be able to watch my race without sitting there waiting too long. Does anyone have past experience with it?

JPS0135 - 2009-10-19 2:23 PM

I used one of these at IMKY, and found the product was OK.  I was actually signed up to do a beta test for the Trakkers GPS product, but they decided to pull out of IMKY, so I ended up using MyAthlete.  From what I have been able to determine, the Trakkers product is better in terms of the user interface and available data.  That said, MyAthlete's product will do an OK job telling your wife (and others) where you are at at any given time during the event.  I'm not certain if MyAthlete has all the bugs worked out from a back-end technology perspective, as during IMKY their website went down for at least half an hour - tricking my wife and friends into thinking I had stopped mid-bike for 30 minutes.

jjcnbg - 2009-10-19 8:10 AM Happy Manic Monday all,What is everyone else's travel plans?  

mattajw - 2009-10-19 9:29 AM

I am the Lone Scott....(well my wife has one too)

irondreams - 2009-10-19 7:34 PM 14.5 hours this week.  Still hungry all of the time, but I am beyond excited that I made it through the peak weeks, which just a year ago seemed impossible. 

jjcnbg - 2009-10-19 4:03 PM Anyone else going to use MyAthleteGPS during the race? When my wife heard about it she demanded that I get one. Hopefully it will be helpful for the family to be able to watch my race without sitting there waiting too long. Does anyone have past experience with it?

Socks - 2009-10-19 9:43 PM

I will not be using one.  I have had friends use them and they work well on the bike but even my fastest friends while on the run it read speed zero and did not track them well at all.  If my mom saw my speed zero on the course she would have a heart attack and a stroke thinking I was dead on the side of the road.  Until the technology improves a little I won't use it

Catwoman - 2009-10-20 7:35 AM

Taper Tuesday. I like the way that sounds!

Does anyone else feel like they need a day off from work to get organized?

Catwoman - 2009-10-20 7:35 AM

Taper Tuesday. I like the way that sounds!

Does anyone else feel like they need a day off from work to get organized?

mattajw - 2009-10-20 7:49 AM Yes, i am taking off on Monday the day before I leave for FL. It will give me time to shop for food to bring down, back the car, check, double check, and triple check that everything was packed before i leave on Tuesday.