Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 53)

All, this will be my first Ironman event, and I have what some may consider "dumb" questions - I just don't know the answers to them, so I thought I'd ask for input from this group.


1.  What should you include in your special needs bags?  Just food? an extra tube & C02 cartridge? clean socks?
some put a spare tube, but I only put food, advil, spare salt tabs.
2.  If you don't use your special needs bag, do you get it back after the race, or is it thrown away?
Im pretty sure they are tossed out after race
3.  On the bike, do you stop for your SN bag, or is it a flying grab like a bottle exchange?
Most slow slightly, some will stop and relax and some will fly by
4.  How tightly do the judges call penalties?  Specifically drafting?  I certainly don't plan on drafting, but with the course being a 2 loop course, and having so many people competing, it seems to me that you would have to work really hard to say out of the "zone".  I've done some 70.3's, and I didn't see even one penalty - but I did see lots of drafting.
I did not hear of many penalties, but with all the rolling hills it seams to break the field up quite a bit.
If there are other things that seem to be "basic", but which first time IM'ers might now know, could you also post those?
I would just race your race, don't worry about what others are doing and have fun!!! remember the race is the reward for all the training!
A month to go - anyone else getting nervous like me?

Thanks,
Joel

For the IM Louisville veterans. What can we expect for post race food? What did they have last year and where if any was it located?

Thanks

For the IM Louisville veterans. What can we expect for post race food? What did they have last year and where if any was it located?

Thanks

Hope everyone had a good training weekend....been quiet in here so I assume your all out racing/training