Ironman 70.3 Augusta : Official Thread (Page 5)

Show up Friday if you can. Much better doing race briefing and packet p/u. Sat is just a zoo.

FM
The "Cube"

Agree with Cube. Come in fri. I would consider going home that night if only 5 1/2 hrs. Not much going on after the awards are over. Ive got a 10 hr drive so Ill leave mon. Im not sure but I think north Augusta is SC. Any of the hotels off I 20 are pretty close to downtown. I had no trouble getting in and out from the LaQuinta last year. Wont use that place again it was a dump but plenty of hotels in the area. Im sure you could priceline pretty cheap. Thats my plan. 

I Learned two years ago about the fri arrival. Much more relaxed doing briefing and packet p/u, then on sat when everyone is running around crazy, you can relax and just drop the bike, cruise the expo, eat eairly and get to bed.
We have the room booked at the Marriott for fri, sat, and sun night...very relaxing weekend.
looking forward to it.

FM
The "Cube"

If you can call a 5-6hr workout relaxing.

I rode the HIM course with a group this weekend that included the Mayor's Executive Assistant, she is also doing the HIM. She told me that the mayor, Deke Copenhaver, has a strong background as a runner, but this will be his first tri experience.  They are both involved with the Team In Training here in Augusta.  You can read a little more here.  

This is going to be a fantastic event this year, the buzz has already started around town; and we are seeing lots of athletes coming in on weekends to ride the course and practice the swim.  We have a new Tri Club forming for organized workouts, should be a good year.

u rock

AWESOME!!!  beer in the cooler for you post race!  email sent. thanks randy!

Thanks for the videos!!! I really appreciate it!!!

The videos are awesome, you da man!!

I havent watched the forums in a while and then I return to this beauty! wow! thanks for the video!!!

Is wind an issue in Augusta on the bike?

Great job....I posted a writen report last year but these rock...very nice
Glad to hear the city is getting more behond it this year. It can be a great race wityh a great vib thruout downtown, ...looking forward to it again. See you all at the Marriott.

FM
"The" Cube

Kudos for those vids!

Thanks

Going through Augusta weekend of July 31 Aug 1. Any chance of riding the bike course????? Any recommendation?
Thanks

 

We don't have consistent winds here, so it really depends on the weather that day.  The good thing about this course is that it is a large-area counterclockwise loop with lots of turns....so if there is a wind on race day, it won't be consistent....you could have tailwinds part of the time.....as well as headwinds.  Unless you ride near me, in which case the wind always seems to change direction everytime I make a turn so I ALWAYS seem to have a headwind. ;-)

Last year, as I recall there was a nice northwesterly tail wind for the early part of the race so everyone had a great first 16 miles until we made the turn, but we didn't really hit a headwind until about mile 30 when we headed northwest.  All in all, the wind wasn't a problem. 

If you're asking for wheel selection reasons, I saw a lot of full disk and deep rim wheels and no one seemed to have a problem with the wind.  But of course, it all really depends on the weather that day.

We have already started seeing groups coming in to test-ride the course on weekends, so you should have company any weekend morning.  There are always groups starting up around 7 or so on weekends, even groups getting together to swim the course.  You can check with the TriAugusta fan page on FaceBook to see if anyone posts any specific gatherings.

Great info! Thanks a lot!

Thanks for sharing these videos...very helpful!  I plan to ride the course this Saturday.

The videos were terrific. Thanks you very much! In response to your comment at the end of video #9: yes I would love to see the run course!

7-24-2010   Anyone swimming the river course or doing the bike route on Saturday morning?

Not this saturday, but I'm going to come up either August 21st or 22nd and hope to ride the bike course.  Anyone interested in working out that weekend please PM me.

A little nervous to just jump in the river and swim, but if there was a group that would look after each other or if we could get someone to kayak along that would be good (more worried about getting hit by a boat than drowning).

Also probably will walk the jog one loop of the run course just to get familiar with landmarks, etc.

Speaking of the swim... what is everyones thoughts on wetsuits for this event?  A buddy did it last year and said he felt fine without it, but he felt like "Where's Waldo" because almost everyone else had one.  I don't own one, and have very little use for one so if I bought one, it would be for this race and maybe a Ironman next year (but if I try to do an Full IM it will probably be IMFLA or IMCOZ, where, again, I don't think I'd need one for the temps, just want one for the extra boyancy.  The other sprints/oly's etc that I do here around Jacksonville are all too warm for them to be legal.

Would you buy one anyway?  Rent?

Thanks,

EW