Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 57)

Got my shirts yesterday! woot woot! It is feeling like a number day TODAY! fingers crossed!

PM TexasMPGal

Heard on the weather this morning that there was a nasty storm out that way dumping lots of snow!

Yeah, the mtns/ski resorts are supposed to 1 to 2 feet.  Just a few inches predicted here in the SLC valley, but that's all it takes for the first snow of the year to make the driving an adventure! 

It blows my mind to hear about the snow. Its rainy and 73 here today. I am 3 1/2 hours from PCB. But still on the Gulf Coast. People are asking for my #, where are they?

Got my T-shirt!  In between our shifts look for us Volunteers in our bright orange BT shirts...we'll be cheering you all on!! 

You all are getting so close.  All that work and payday is around the corner!!

Anyone know if any of the rough roads on the bike course have been re-surfaced?
Sorry if this has already been asked.

I believe the last we heard from some people that live down there was that it has all been paved and smoothed out. 

Come on Ironman!  I going to break my phone if I have to keep refreshing the page to check for bib numbers.  Post our numbers.......Pretty please

Already posted by another member

Bike course:I rode the first 53 miles of the bike course. It is smoooooth, smooth, and smooth. Did I mention it's smooth? Really great course. Is is really flat until about mile 38, except for around mile 12, where you ride up an overpass...it's short but pretty steep by flatlander's standards. Once you get to about mile 38, there are a few short rollers and one longer gradual shallow hill. Nothing to get worked up about, but you will probably be in an easy gear. Speaking of gearing, I ride a 53/39 chainring in the front and was using an 11-23 cassette, and kinda wished I had my 12-25 on for that first overpass. I could have gotten out of the saddle and pushed a bit to make the 23 enough, but didn't want to stress my legs too much, so I think 12-25 would have been better. The wind was about 12 mph from the north, so the first 20 miles was into a headwind, which sucked a bit but was not too bad. Once you turn onto HWY 20 and go east, even if the wind is from the north, the crosswind is not bad because you have a thick forest to your left along the road which buffers the wind. I was riding an 808 front and Sub 9 rear and even with the 12 mph wind, I felt stable (though I am a big boy at 195 - your results may vary. I decided to use an 808 front for anything under 15mph winds). The size of the hills do not warrant being concerned about weight over aerodynamics when it comes to wheels for this race.

Hope this helps

Mr Steve

So how do you get the bib numbers anyway? Do they email them to you or do they list them on the website?

Thanks for the feedback.
Was hoping for some info on the condition of the second half of the bike course -- specifically 388. The first half has always been pretty good.

I plan to borrow someone's bike while down there. Any suggestions how to ride about 50 miles of the course? The part along the shore but not sure if you can cut through after doing a bit beyond that to get to the road back into town?

I'm just volunteering, but are there any plans for Gatorade swim meet ups on Thursday and Friday mornings? I'd like to meet as many of you as possible and want to swim (no falling over folks that know me) a lap at least once.

If no plans have been made how does 9am by Gatorade check in area work for folks?

they are listedon teh we site.  I'm pretty sure there is no need to check on your own as jjcnb seems to be cheking roughly every 30 seconds or so.

Im in for a 9AM dip!

Kathy, I'll be there to volunteer and am taking my wetsuit and planning on swimming Friday morning. I could meet you at 9am by the Gatorade check in.

That would be every sixty seconds!  What do you think I am obsessed or something.

bib #s are up

Woooo hoooo!  I am #939!    It's official peeps!

Lets do this!

#173

ETA:  Add my numbers up and you get my finish time of 11 hours.

Edited by steveseer 2009-10-27 12:52 PM

# 1167!

#952. if that could only be my finish time ROTFLMAO