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2012-06-23 2:03 PM
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One of the sections of downhill is a no pass zone, I can't remember which but it will be marked.


2012-06-23 2:27 PM
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Someone told me it will say not found until the race begins. So don't worry. When you start you should show up...
2012-06-23 3:04 PM
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No passing zone pretty much all the way down the big Mica Grade. Uphill riders have the car lane and downhill riders are stuck between the rumble strips and the guard rail. He said the no pass starts where the guard rail does and I don't know if he meant from the very top where there is a cement barrier along the edge (thinking this is the way of it) or where the metal guard rail starts further down.
I think the only time it will be a real issue is when the pros and top AG catch the BOPers other than that I think the speeds will be close enough that it'll only mean a few seconds of lost time for a super fast descender. Interesting though.
2012-06-23 3:04 PM
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smithe68 - 2012-06-23 2:03 PMOne of the sections of downhill is a no pass zone, I can't remember which but it will be marked.
It's the last downhill coming back from the out and back hilly section. Its the two mile hill on the way down. The people going downhill have to ride on the shoulder next to the guard rail. The people going up that hill will be in the one lane portion. It's going to be scary in my opinion because of how little room there is.
2012-06-23 3:25 PM
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Thanks for the reminder of the section. I don't like the idea of being in that restricted of a space, especially at any kind of real speed.
2012-06-23 5:45 PM
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achen2iron - 2012-06-23 4:04 PMNo passing zone pretty much all the way down the big Mica Grade. Uphill riders have the car lane and downhill riders are stuck between the rumble strips and the guard rail. He said the no pass starts where the guard rail does and I don't know if he meant from the very top where there is a cement barrier along the edge (thinking this is the way of it) or where the metal guard rail starts further down.I think the only time it will be a real issue is when the pros and top AG catch the BOPers other than that I think the speeds will be close enough that it'll only mean a few seconds of lost time for a super fast descender. Interesting though.
Yeah, I don't think it will be a real time issue thing. It's really just a fun suck for me as I love downhill sections where I can hit 50mph+But it will be safer for all involved


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Let's all have a great day out there, folks!  I'm joined by 3 of my family members and a couple of friends tomorrow in the race.  If you see a gang of people in powder blue "Ironclan" shirts as you turn right on 11th, that'll be our cheering section Tongue out....they'll be cheering for all 2600 of us....I think they are crazier than us athletes!

 

See you all at the finish line!

 

Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaawwwwwwww!!!!!!

2012-06-23 7:18 PM
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Good luck to everyone racing tommorrow!!! Have a blast out there!
2012-06-23 7:54 PM
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Good luck everyone!
2012-06-23 8:18 PM
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I'll be wearing a black and white "bike hub" polka dot jersey. See you guys out there!!! Good luck!
2012-06-23 8:24 PM
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Local people????  KHQ news said there would be a 1/2 IM preview on SWX at 630.  What channel is that?


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Good luck all, thanks for the help and encouragement. See you all at the finish line.
2012-06-23 8:40 PM
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SWX is 115 for me on Comcast.
2012-06-23 8:50 PM
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Have fun everyone!!!
2012-06-23 9:09 PM
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Shutting it down for the night! See everyone in transition tomorrow!
2012-06-23 9:57 PM
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Good luck to everyone tomorrow!  I'm so excited!!!


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Good luck tomorrow everyone, enjoy the beautiful course.
2012-06-24 12:11 AM
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Good luck out there tomorrow BT'ers!
2012-06-24 12:54 PM
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That went poorly, got pulled out about half way through the 2nd lap. You just can't drink that much of a lake, throw up half a dozen + times and continue on. Oh well maybe some other year.
2012-06-24 5:00 PM
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smithe68 - 2012-06-24 1:54 PM That went poorly, got pulled out about half way through the 2nd lap. You just can't drink that much of a lake, throw up half a dozen + times and continue on. Oh well maybe some other year.

That stinks.  I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck.

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smithe68 - 2012-06-24 1:54 PMThat went poorly, got pulled out about half way through the 2nd lap. You just can't drink that much of a lake, throw up half a dozen + times and continue on. Oh well maybe some other year.
Sorry to hear this. The water was pretty rough the second lap when the wind kicked up.


2012-06-25 9:56 AM
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What an incredible day, First let me say how much I love the folks of Coeur D Alene, Then it's kinda funny when I trained for this race I only had B2B to compare an Iron distance, so training went well , and I am thinking ...I can break 12, then after Stan's tour, I thought 13 was more realistic, then during the first bike loop I said just finish...I had to run a negative split in The Marathon to get it under 14 ...13:55, and damn proud to have it. What a wonderful day. 
2012-06-25 10:02 AM
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smithe68 - 2012-06-24 12:54 PM That went poorly, got pulled out about half way through the 2nd lap. You just can't drink that much of a lake, throw up half a dozen + times and continue on. Oh well maybe some other year.

So sorry!!!  

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smithe68 - 2012-06-24 9:54 AM

That went poorly, got pulled out about half way through the 2nd lap. You just can't drink that much of a lake, throw up half a dozen + times and continue on. Oh well maybe some other year.


Sorry to hear that. It was really rough out there.
2012-06-25 10:07 AM
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I had a pretty good day.  Swim was awful with the major chop, bike went well albeit VERY slowly (during that last hill on the second lap, I thought I may have been rolling backwards!), and the run was great (what was up with the slanted road?? My left ankle is not happy!).  

Even though I had no "official" goal time, my goal was under 15:30, which I thought was possible until the second lap of the bike.  My marathon ended up being a lot faster than I had planned, so that made up for the much slower bike and I finished in 15:23, which I'm very pleased with.

Congrats to everyone!

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