Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 5)

Thanks guys for the response, my wife and friends will be glad to hear they can get around easy. Some IM's have not been as spectator friendly/

Hey congrats on the new baby!

Thanks for the welcome everyone. 

And thanks for the heads up on reading last years groups posts.  I'm still in the middle. But learning a lot. 

Nancy

What are you stalking me and Brittany from the CDA group???

Jk,  cool man, welcome to the party. I am going out on a limb that the water in Texas will NOT be 54.7 degrees on race morning like CDA

Camille Evans, Aug-01 02:50 pm (CDT):

Hello Travis,

Thank you for your e-mail. Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas is 70% full at this time. In order to guarantee a slot a recommend registering as soon as possible.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards-

Camille Evans
Athlete Services Coordinator
Ironman World Headquarters
2701 North Rocky Point Drive
Suite 1250 | Tampa, FL 33607
(p) 813-868-3569 (f) 813-868-5930

Wow, we are into August and only 70% full. This has a chance of staying open a LONG time.

Selachophobia - 2011-07-29 5:57 PM

Shermbelle - 2011-07-29 5:25 PM

Selachophobia - 2011-07-29 4:09 PM Hey IM Texas Group just FYI registration is still open....  How do I know b/c I joined your ranks today!!!  Very stoked!!   My name is Travis, blonde hair and blue eyes and also a Libra...  whoa  sorry wrong intro....
Still Travis, 4th IM (Last 3 all IMCDA - 2008, 2010 and 2011), I have a smok'in hot wife and two beautiful kids, boogity, boogity, boogity Amen, (You NASCAR fans will get this.... LOL) now lets kick this pig......

What are you stalking me and Brittany from the CDA group???

Jk,  cool man, welcome to the party. I am going out on a limb that the water in Texas will NOT be 54.7 degrees on race morning like CDA

oh no not you two....  LOL  yea somehow I bet the water is a little warmer and the weather as well......  should be fun though....
plus I would bet with Brittany on here the thread will get to 200+ pages as well.

Uh oh, pressure!

Has anyone else noticed that any Marriot hotels in the area (minus host) have no openings/aren't releasing them till January. Odd...

TexasMPGal - 2011-08-03 10:18 AM

Selachophobia - 2011-07-29 5:57 PM

Shermbelle - 2011-07-29 5:25 PM

Selachophobia - 2011-07-29 4:09 PM Hey IM Texas Group just FYI registration is still open....  How do I know b/c I joined your ranks today!!!  Very stoked!!   My name is Travis, blonde hair and blue eyes and also a Libra...  whoa  sorry wrong intro....
Still Travis, 4th IM (Last 3 all IMCDA - 2008, 2010 and 2011), I have a smok'in hot wife and two beautiful kids, boogity, boogity, boogity Amen, (You NASCAR fans will get this.... LOL) now lets kick this pig......

What are you stalking me and Brittany from the CDA group???

Jk,  cool man, welcome to the party. I am going out on a limb that the water in Texas will NOT be 54.7 degrees on race morning like CDA

oh no not you two....  LOL  yea somehow I bet the water is a little warmer and the weather as well......  should be fun though....
plus I would bet with Brittany on here the thread will get to 200+ pages as well.

Uh oh, pressure!

Has anyone else noticed that any Marriot hotels in the area (minus host) have no openings/aren't releasing them till January. Odd...

Yep, the Residence Inn Market Street keeps telling me the same thing. We stayed there last year and it was PERFECT! Close to race, inexpensive, and I liked having the kitchenette. Plus they had a pretty decent breakfast each morning. I did talk to someone in the know at that hotel group and found out that WTC has already reserved some space there though. I also had someone tell me the host hotel is already filled but I havent confirmed that personally.

I read on some other site that hotels that were charging "decent" rates last year have increased their rates significantly this year.

Luckily it is easy to get to so staying a mile or so away from the start won't be a problem.

Alright kids, I know that we are still quite a ways away but we need to kick this thread into gear! How is the training going??? Since I have essentially taken the last 2 years off I am slowly building a base. Feeling good so far, swim is def coming along, run feeling good (slow) and I still love to ride my bike. Planning on the Houston Tri sprint in Sept and then possibly the 5150 in Galveston in Oct.

Come on IMTX crew! Let's hear it!

I'm doing some training over here.  Built my own BT maintenance plan and have been sticking to it and I just finished Jorge's winter maintenance program as well.

My left leg is finally coming around after my awesome achilles blow out last year.  The injury didn't stop me from doing IMOZ 7+ months after surgery but it's been a battle getting ol' lefty back in the game.

Working towards a marathon in December to help lefty get his butt in gear for the beginning of IM training.

I'm winding down my triathlon season and heading into marathon season.  One olympic to go and then 2 marathons (Detroit, Houston) and 2 half marathons (Dallas, Austin).  In the meantime I'm in "maintain mode" for the bike and swim.  Once Houston Marathon is over, then it's full speed ahead training for IMTX. 

Has anyone heard if IMTX is getting close to selling out?  I remember the race organizers said it would sell out in a week.

And the group gets bigger. Welcome