Ironman 70.3 Branson : Official Thread (Page 5)

I'm only doing the Olympic but I am very happy to see that it will warm up a bit from what it's going to be in the next couple days AND no rain.

Anyone looking to register last minute for the 70.3?  I have one heck of a deal for you...$100 with the use of my schwaggle code ( I paid 120 4months ago)  as I am unable to do Branson this year, at the last minute I don't want it to go to waste (or loose all the money I paid).  Email me [email protected] and I'll give you the details and instructions to register with my code (my loss is definitely a great gain for someone).

Water is 64?  Really?  64?  I will want to get out really quick. :-D 

It's going to be very chilly waiting on our waves to start Sunday morning. I was hoping for a non-wetsuit swim, but with the weather forecast I'm going to be glad to have the wetsuit on!!

I read somewhere they wouldn't be posted until registration on Saturday. I'll bet they go same order as last year.

I am PUMPED about the temperatures! I attempted the abbreviated Muncie race in the heat and looks to be WAY better! No complaints about being too cool from me!

Official real water temperature, not an estimate was 78F for the main lake on 9-13-2012.  I checked out some fishing reports with real temps.    

So I'm trying for sub 6 hours...this is my first half ever.  I wish everyone good luck and NO FLAT TIRES!!!   

I'm still 25-35 pounds from ideal perfect competitive race weight and I'm confident next year I'll be closer to that weight and I'd only use it this one time and then never use it again    Oh, and the one I was going to pull the trigger anyway and try to resell it was the pro xterra sleeveless but they were on backorder and not coming in on time for this race.      But I'm sure I'll be fine and my body actually thrives in cooler water like this when I'm pushing it.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=zmw:65615.1.99999&hourly=1&yday=266&weekday=Sunday   

Actually, looking at that...I'm going to want to get in that water and not want to get out.   Those temperatures have me rethinking wearing my white 2XU tri top and instead wearing my black nike long sleeve, size too tight, tech shirt on the bike and then switching to my tri top for the run depending on the temp I feel.   I just can't see the bike ever getting comfortable(not cold) at the temps I see there.  What do you guys think?

Did you get an answer to this question?  I was wondering the same.   Do I use my own bottles and fill up with what they give me as I ride, or do I use their bottles from the get go and just throw them?   Or do some people just ditch their own personal bottles and then grab the race bottles?    I really want to understand this.   Btw, I have no aero bottle thingy in front, just the normal bottles on the frame, and if need be I can zip tie another cage behind my seat but I rather not do that.

Just got the updated MDC fishing report:

    Table Rock Lake (James River arm): 80 degrees,

    Table Rock Lake (main lake): 77 degrees,

Someone had posted on the Facebook page some 60 degrees or something like that.  No way it will be that cold.  It'll be a wetsuit swim for sure.