Ironman 70.3 Boise (Page 5)

Personally I hate races with 2 transitions locations. I guess if you want to swim in a lake and finish in town with spectators there isn't much of a choice. And if the attraction is to make it an event for the spectators (and athletes who like them at the finish) then you have to start the slow folks first so people finish closer together. But I can assure you that there are some (many?) of us 50+ men & 40+ woman that will finish ahead of some of the later starting youngsters.

As far as not swimming before the races . . .  just plain dumb. I'm sure someone is concerned with the liability issue. But if that isthe case people should be able to just show up and swim the day before like any member of the public. That is of course assuming the lake is open to the public for swimming.

Brad, What a great idea!  I'm getting so excited, both because I now know I will survive (like I've said before it ain't gonna be pretty) and because the hubster and I are headed to Yellowstone after the race so some nice R&R afterwards.

I have a Felt B2  and will prolly wear my Zoot two piece turquoise tri top / black shorts.  I never even bothered to look into more substantial tri shorts for the bike, I'm just gonna suck it up for the 56 miles :-) 

I shoulda grabbed a shot with my sherpa now that I thought about it, but our height difference is rather noticeable

I'm riding a Lightspeed with clip-ons so be nice to me when you go by. I'm a swimmer starting at 2:15 so I'll have a bit of a head start. See you at the finish

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travljini - 2009-05-19 5:24 AM

E=H2O - 2009-05-18 10:46 PM

I'm riding a Lightspeed with clip-ons so be nice to me when you go by. I'm a swimmer starting at 2:15 so I'll have a bit of a head start. See you at the finish

 

 

My start time I believe is 2:10 so while I'm delusional enough to think of it as a head start, y'all are gonna pass me by I"m guessing. I'm just hoping to hit the finish right around sundown, 9:27 p.m.

I checked your race log and saw you completed the Motor City Sprint Tri.  I am abit concerned for you in the swim leg of Bosie. In Motor City you list your swim time as

14:59:00 | 546.81 yards | 2h 44m 25s / 100yards

Almost 15 hours. Maybe I should pull you along, otherwise you'll never make the cutoff.  

I just look at your recent race report and offered some unsolicited thoughts. Take them for what you think they are worth.

Hey Steve...MTNBKR from JD's group...you must be kidding...6.5hrs?? At the rate you're training you will blow that away...I'm hoping for less than 7 and you're way ahead of me!!

Good luck..............Tom

Even if you feel you are not going fast in your training, the amount of preparation you're doing is spooking me. I was feeling confident after feeling fresh after an Oly last week, but I am doing no where near the distances you are doing (except for the swimming which is easy for me). This will be my first 70.3 and am thankful that the run will be flat.