Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 63)

mdfahy - 2011-03-10 9:18 PM Anyone know roughly the total elevation gain on marathon?

3Aims - 2011-03-10 3:58 PM

As a joke, I emailed my 7 mile hill run file this morning to one of the people screaming in my ear.  Average pace 6:43.  Average heartrate 167.  I asked if this was considered "Z2 or Z3".  Response was "Neither, only the Lord can help you at this point".         

TriRSquared - 2011-03-11 7:50 AM

Zero, because you end where you start... kidding...

http://www.mapmyrun.com/s/routes/view/run-jog-map/idaho/coeur-d039alene/465685

Looks to be less than 100 or so feet per lap (2 laps)

mdfahy - 2011-03-11 9:23 AM

Thanks for the link.  If this link is accurate, it doesn't look bad at all.  I thought this course was more hilly.  So if there are only a couple hills over 13.1 miles, then it looks like entire course is around 400ft elevation for 26.2?  Does that sound right to anyone who has been there?

Maybe to be more clear, I was looking for total elevation gain through the entire 26.2 miles or just 13.1 since it's 2 loop course.  Fore example, my garmin says that my 6 mile run on a hilly trail last weekend had an elevation gain of 367 ft and an elevation loss of 366ft.

mdfahy - 2011-03-11 12:23 PM

Thanks for the link.  If this link is accurate, it doesn't look bad at all.  I thought this course was more hilly.  So if there are only a couple hills over 13.1 miles, then it looks like entire course is around 400ft elevation for 26.2?  Does that sound right to anyone who has been there?

Maybe to be more clear, I was looking for total elevation gain through the entire 26.2 miles or just 13.1 since it's 2 loop course.  Fore example, my garmin says that my 6 mile run on a hilly trail last weekend had an elevation gain of 367 ft and an elevation loss of 366ft.

coxma22 - 2011-03-11 4:19 PM Rumor has it that the run course is being changed this year...

coxma22 - 2011-03-11 3:19 PM Rumor has it that the run course is being changed this year, so the eastern run turnaround point will be after going all the way up, over, and down the hill described above, as opposed to turning around at the top of the hill as has been done in the past. This would replace the flat turnaround section west of the transition area. If this is true, we will have to run up, over, down, and then right back up and over a 135 vertical foot hill at around miles 6 and 20 of the run. I think the hill is about 1.5 miles running/biking distance, peak grade 14% (this is from a chart I posted way earlier on this thread). There's nothing else interesting to speak of hill wise on the run course.

3Aims - 2011-03-11 4:52 PM

Damn, that's a nice hill.  My weekly hill run has some steep hills, but nothing 1.5 miles long.  My last hill below is about .5 miles and it really sucks.

Also they are still listing Gatorade as the sports drink on thecourse when this changed 2 years ago.

spudone - 2011-03-11 6:12 PM

Last year was plain Gatorade.  I think they were originally going to provide Gatorade Endurance formula (for 2010) but that changed somewhere along the way.

TriRSquared - 2011-03-11 2:36 PM

I guess $500+ per person is not enought to update the website once a year?

Sheesh...

zivp - 2011-03-12 4:27 PM

Guys and Gals,

I have read some pages ago that the food on the course does not match what the website said, and wanted to confirm / double check that. I want to start training with the same food and drinks there will be on the course so need to know what to expect.

The IM CdA website says:

What nutrition will be available on course?
Bike course aid stations will offer the following:

• Ironman PERFORM
• Water
• PowerBars
• PowerBar Gels
• Bananas

There will be aid stations approximately every mile on the run course offering:

• Ironman PERFORM
• Water
• PowerBars
• PowerBar Gels
• Fruit
• Defizzed cola

Is that accurate ?

 

zivp - 2011-03-12 6:27 PM

Guys and Gals,

I have read some pages ago that the food on the course does not match what the website said, and wanted to confirm / double check that. I want to start training with the same food and drinks there will be on the course so need to know what to expect.

The IM CdA website says:

What nutrition will be available on course?
Bike course aid stations will offer the following:

• Ironman PERFORM
• Water
• PowerBars
• PowerBar Gels
• Bananas

There will be aid stations approximately every mile on the run course offering:

• Ironman PERFORM
• Water
• PowerBars
• PowerBar Gels
• Fruit
• Defizzed cola

Is that accurate ?

 

kstater39 - 2011-03-12 10:11 PM

Please let others chime in on this but I do not think the run stations are every mile.

kstater39 - 2011-03-12 7:11 PM

Please let others chime in on this but I do not think the run stations are every mile.