Ironman U.S. Championship : Official Thread (Page 5)

Wow do I have a lot to learn - can you give me the extreme begginer explanation? Thanks.

KC

Thanks for explanation - I appreciate it. Looking foward to learning more from all of you and if you get tired of my questions just let me know

KC

KC, That's the great thing about BT, in the 4+ years I've been on here no one ever gets tired of answering questions from the hardest to the easiest and everytime someone asks a question there are a handful of others who want to know the same thing.  Keep firing away.

Hey Shawn, you better heal up.  I'll be in Va Beach in 44 days I'm gonna need someone to show me the best rides and runs in the area.  Although if you're KQing at NYC I'll only be near you for a little while

Hi there - popped in to see what everyone's trainings looking like. Doing IMLP this year and following Jorge's plan - kinda - and trying not to gain oodles of lbs. during the holidays. The less lbs I've got to haul up those hills, the better. 

I wanted to offer up a training camp that we're doing up in LP the weekend of June 8-10th.  It's our 5th year running it - it's on the LP course but it would be great timing for IMNYC also. Hills are good!!! If you're interested, PM me or you can go to our website, start-tri.com or find us on FB. 

Same reasons, cheaper overall for me. I live in nyc so no need to travel and go through the stress of bringing bike through the airport. This will be my first Ironman. Lets see how it goes!

This will hopefully be IM #5 for me.  I am doing IM St. George in May as well.  I chose this race because it was close to home and because of the extra Kona slots.  I will be hoping to pick up a slot at St. George, but if not, I will really be going for it with this one.

I'm not thrilled about swimming in the Hudson, but in general I think this going to be a great event.  I think we'll look back someday and be honored to have been involved in the inaugural racing of this race.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their families!

This will be my first IM.  And I picked it becasue of the location.  I live in South Jersey but am originally from North/Central Jersey. 

I chose NYC because I have a ton of family out on Long Island and this will be a sure fire way to get me up there to see them all after our 3 year tour in Japan.  Also, it's going to be one heck of an event.

If all goes as planned this will be IM #6

IMFL 08, IM Japan 09, IMLP 10, IMOZ 11, IMTX 12, IMNYC 12

Good Morning IM NYC Team and Happy Thanksgiving.

This will be my first IM after just getting into the sport last year and doing a number of sprints to get my feet wet. I have made friends with the leader of my mentor group on here and he somehow convinced me to try it. He has done 5 so far I think. There are a lot of races closer to me here in Windsor Ontario Canada but I have never been to New York City and this should be a real neat experience since it is the first one, so I decided I might as well give it a go.

Enjoy the day.

KC 

A friend called me right before registration opened and convinced me this was a good IM to jump in on since it is local. I live in South Jersey and this will give some friends/family an opportunity to see an IM event and may be catch a glimpse of me.

This will be my second. Already looking at 2013, thinking Arizona!!

This will be my 2nd Ironman.  I raced St. George this past May.  I chose this race because I was coming off the high from St. George and wanted to do another Ironman and heard about this inaugural race. I talked to quite a few athletes with multiple Ironman experience and they generally seem to concur that there is something extra special about doing inaugural races...even though logistics sometimes suck.  For 2012 inaugural races it was this or Mont Tremblanc and I just figured NYC sounded cooler.  I ran the NYC Marathon last year and the crowd support was spectactular. I'll be hoping for a similar environment for this race.