Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 55)

I used it last year at IMKY, worked great.  Great for family and friends to who are not at race

Taper with Intensity! 

Im Getting excited!! Just did a 2.4 ows with wind and waves and smoked it(Thank God!)...tried the gel b/f and was fine..Thanks for the tips everyone. Gotta go get my bike from the lbs now, got it all tuned up and checked..got a question for the guys, other than tri shorts what do you wear under your wetsuit. I wore a compression shirt today and it rubbed a good bit...

Thanks for all the help and tips.

Wearing 2XU tri top and skinfit tri-shorts under my wetsuit and putting on tri-glide spray( made by the gods and brought to us by angels of ani-chaffing and blisters) and spray it every where you think you might and going to chaffe. I am only putting on Sun block and arm warmers in T1 and the normal , helmet,race belt, sunglasses, shoes and off I go.

im a 15x a day-er...easy.  ive always got it pulled up here at work.  sometimes on more than one computer.  i usualyl flip flop btw this one and the iron distance forum to see if any race-appropriate threads are being discussed.  i looove this webiste.  itll be a lot of fun meeting up with some of you up there just to see who is behind all the words and avatars!

did the spreadsheet thing.... way cool

There is a BTer who has a business that he makes something like a spreadsheet that gets updated automatically when folks go over timing mats and that information is uploaded to ironmanlive.com.

I hope he does it for us as well. He does it for free but if you like what he does after the race you can make a contribution for work that he has done.

Do you think we will have any/many competitors from the Cape Town Challenge? If so, do you think it will be enough to make a noticable difference in congestion on the course?

http://ironman.com/mediacenter/opportunity-to-compete-at-remaining-ironman-events-in-2011#axzz1bS8WLuQt

Shed 40 pounds training for this event.  I am praying that my wetsuit is not going to be too big and bring in water!!!

One more weekend then...  Happy Taper Everyone!

YEA!  No injuries feeling great.  First Ironman, First day being 51. 

Can't wait.

I am still undecided where to start the swim so I did the math and this is what I came up with. If the 1st turn buoy is 1/2 mile out then these numbers will work. Using the c= sqrt of (a*a)+(b*b). I was suprised! If I started 300yds from the buoy line then I will only be swimming 50yds more than if I started right on the line, and.....if the current is going from right to left then I won't have to fight it as much. Then by the 2nd lap I could probably swim closer to the line. Again I've never done anything like this before.

A= Buoy line distance (straight line)  B=Starting position (distance from the buoy line) C=Haw far you have to swim to the 1st turn buoy.

Someone check my math please

The difference of starting on buoy line or not isn't great if you swim straight to turn buoy.

If you start in the mass you will get more draft effect. The difference between my first and second loop was 10 minutes.

I agee with both your math and your logic, I was at the extreme west end of the start line last year, I'm a slow swimmer and it was the end of the first leg before most of the fast swimmers caught me - they had got stuck in the taffic jam at the start.

By the second lap it doesn't matter since eveyone is so spaced out by that time.

BTW, my swim last year was 1:19 - T1 was bedlam by the time I got there - no room to do anything!

I'd like to be 'slow' like you Glen

T1 is much more crowded if you come out in the MOP. FOP or BOP much less crowded.

I had a blast the year I worked women change tent both T1 to T2 from start to finish.

Bah!  I have a massage scheduled for Friday night...I really want to go up to PCB for the volunteer meeting to get my shirt and such (so I don't have to do it in the morning) but I haven't gotten a massage in over a month (scheduling issues with my LMT).  I guess I can call and try to reschedule but I've cancelled so many it's frustrating now!

*sigh*

Part of me thinks it isn't worthwhile to drive all the way over to PCB Friday just to get a shirt.  Maybe I can work a deal with the person in charge of the change tent....

I mean, if y'all were up for partying Friday I would be TOTALLY there...but something tells me there won't be much of a party in PCB on Friday night!  Everyone will be sleeping!

I go see Pain Management on Tuesday.  I hope they can work a miracle with my leg.  Right now I can't stand up for very long which will make volunteering in the change tent very difficult.

Do you know what the time slots are for finish line volunteers?  I want to be able to go back to the finish to catch Shaun.

As an FYI at IMLP this year, the volunteer meeting was the day before the race but volunteer captains were explicitly instructed not to give shirts out until people actually showed up for their shifts on race because the shirts are now a "commodity" and people were just picking up the shirts and never showing up for the volunteer shifts.

I am still undecided where to start the swim so I did the math and this is what I came up with. If the 1st turn buoy is 1/2 mile out then these numbers will work. Using the c= sqrt of (a*a)+(b*b). I was suprised! If I started 300yds from the buoy line then I will only be swimming 50yds more than if I started right on the line, and.....if the current is going from right to left then I won't have to fight it as much. Then by the 2nd lap I could probably swim closer to the line. Again I've never done anything like this before.

Not sure about the math but that would be great. I am thinking the same thing starting out side the mass of people. I'd rather give up a few minutes and have a clean swim lane.

Hoping to have some math grads on this thread.

Getting ready for my last long ride, 4hrs today and a 2hr run on Sunday.

Have a good training day everyone, be safe.

Checked the weather in PCB, currently 43, high expected to be 68 wind out of the NNE at 7 mph.

BIB# 2644

I will be volunteering at the finish line from 9 - 12 with my husband and two friends.