Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 62)

Somebody want to explain to me WTF is going on this these rule changes 3 weeks out??!!! Not cool!!

Looks like I can answer my own question...

Email from the Ironman people I just got

"Thank you for your inquiry regarding official cut-off times at this year's Ford Ironman Louisville.  Due to event permits granted in 2009 by the City of Louisville and surrounding communities, the following course cut-off times apply:

*        The swim course will close 2 hours and 20 minutes after the final athlete enters the water.

*        The bike cut-off will be 5:30 p.m.

*        All official finishers must cross the finish line at Fourth Street Live! by midnight.

An element unique to Ford Ironman Louisville is the time-trial start, a mechanism used since the inaugural event in 2007.  To more quickly expedite the swim start this year, an additional point of entry will be utilized allowing twice as many participants to enter the water at one time. The final athlete is projected to enter the water at 7:30 a.m.  Swim start staging on race day will begin at 5:00 a.m."

2 points of entry, definatly a good idea

2 points is good.  I also found it interesting that staging for the swim start will beat 5:00 am.  Does ths mean that there will be no lines until then?

Three questions to this, where in the heck will they have a second point of entry? Its a dock.  Second the channel is narrow so now everyone is going to be jammed with no where to go and all of the "slower" swimmers will be at the front creating a log jam.  3rd last year I got in the water at about 7:45am and this year there is almost 1k more racers not sure if it will go twice as quick.

Hi everyone. Jeesh, i go away for a mere 5 weeks to remodel a house and train my arse off and came back to a 77 page thread?

And I see the taper madness has started, great!

BTW, that totally sucks about the midnight finish time. Not cool.

Okay... I don't think I've had a normal night's sleep in over 3 weeks.  It's not that I'm not sleeping it's just that the crazy, vivid dreams that I have mean that I'm not getting the "deep sleep" that I need.  Anyone else going through this?  Also, I've always been a teeth grinder when I'm stressed/anxious but the last week I've kicked it into high gear.  I'm worrying that I'll pull a Tyler Hamilton and grind my teeth to the nerves before Louisville! 

I guess all this means that Taper Madness... or pre-Taper Madness in my case... is setting in.  It's weird because during the day I feel extremely calm, collected, and in control.  Hope everyone else is doing "better" than I am, at least for the sake of your chompers!!!

-Josh

--Also, I never said thanks to Jon for setting up the BT shirts but I love them!  I'm the Safety Director for a Construction company so the "safety green" color is ideal for me.

1)  Rest

2) Get healthy

3) Rest some more

4) Do some easy running/riding/swimming when you are 100% healthy.

5)  Rest some more

6)  Travel to Louisville

7)  Become an Ironman

8)  Rest some more

Seriously since we are under 3 weeks now, there is nothing to worry about besides getting to the race 100% healthy.  You will be fine. . you will finish. 

Just got another email back from the athlete coordinator in response to my email asking for more clarification on the swim start.  Here is what she said:

There will be 20 docks that athletes will be able to enter the water from.  In addition, we will not allow people to start getting in line before 5am because Ironman does not want to encourage people to camp out/get there at 3 or 4am.
Kindest Regards,
Ann


Ann Skerkoski
Athlete Services Coordinator - Ironman
2701 North Rocky Point Drive
Suite 1250
Tampa, Florida 33607
(813) 868-5915

I beleive she probably meant 2 docks and not 20, but notice that they will not allow people to line up before 5am.

My motivation is horrible right now.  I am ready to get on with the race!

If it's the same dock as the one in 2007, it was one long dock that you walked down until you got to the end where I though athletes jumped off straight or to the right....GOOD LUCK PEEPS!!! Can't wait to wear my neon shirt and meet all you crazy kids!

Question: I've got a 3 hr ride on Thursday.  I really want to do it on the trainer. And to be totally honest I'd really like to do the majority of my rides from now till race day on the trainer.  Avoiding the possibility of getting hurt and fitting this in with classes are my main two reasons. 

Really bad idea or ok?