Ironman 70.3 Boise (Page 7)

JoshR - 2009-05-28 6:19 PM

I rode the bike course saturday. Right out of the swim there is a nice downhill which leads to a very easy but long climb. Then there is another gradual downhill until you turn onto pleasant valley road which has a decent climb about a mile or so down. It's nothing to kill you but you will probably be in your granny gear. After that is some rollers that aren't too hard and then there is the Birds of Prey hill which I haven't biked due to it being a private road, but from what I've been told it will be another granny gear hill and it's not too long. Then there are some big rollers coming back down pleasant valley but if you pick up speed on the downhills the climbs are relatively easy. One final small gradual uphill down gowen road and then Federal Way is all gradual downhill for the last few miles into T2. SO overall there is a decent amount of hills but most of it isn't bad at all. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The run is flat. As in the only hills are crossing the bridges and running under the tunnels on the path. The entire path is paved with a decent amount of it new pavement and you can run in the grass on the side of the path for probably half of the way if you want.

Also this will be my first HIM.


Edit: The wind could negate everything I said and make the entire bike course suck hard. I'd put it at a 50/50 shot either way. When I rode it on saturday there was very little wind.

bradword - 2009-05-30 2:02 PM Come on Josh. Quite lying to the people! This is Idaho. There is a 94.3% chance that winds will be hard, and you'll get a headwind in every direction you turn

E=H2O - 2009-05-15 6:33 PM

Personally I hate races with 2 transitions locations. I guess if you want to swim in a lake and finish in town with spectators there isn't much of a choice. And if the attraction is to make it an event for the spectators (and athletes who like them at the finish) then you have to start the slow folks first so people finish closer together. But I can assure you that there are some (many?) of us 50+ men & 40+ woman that will finish ahead of some of the later starting youngsters.

As far as not swimming before the races . . .  just plain dumb. I'm sure someone is concerned with the liability issue. But if that isthe case people should be able to just show up and swim the day before like any member of the public. That is of course assuming the lake is open to the public for swimming.

bradword - 2009-05-30 4:02 PM Come on Josh. Quite lying to the people! This is Idaho. There is a 94.3% chance that winds will be hard, and you'll get a headwind in every direction you turn

travljini - 2009-05-31 3:31 PM

Ok, that's just flat out unfair ;-)  I'm all for tolerating a headwind, but come on, I gotta have a carrot at the end of the stick, a tailwind!  oy, I hope some sort of karmic god takes pity on me and halts the Boise winds for me.

In re the swim, no swim before race day or even before your wave I don't understand.

And how am I supposed to pee in my wetsuit if I can do a warmup swim? :-)

bradword - 2009-06-01 1:05 AM Water should be warming up pretty well this year? Warm weather lately, not much snow etc. You been able to check it out Josh? Or does anyone know of a website that tracks that?

chosenprovidence - 2009-06-01 3:36 PM Y'all are going to put me to shame!! I just got back from basic training and still want to "race" this but haven't had a lot of time in the water or on the bike. I feel strong though so am thinking that I'm going to go ahead and show up to this race since I'm already registered for it. The worst thing that could happen is that I get DQ'd but hey, that's better than not trying. I doubt I would get dq'd. I definitely won't be racing this though! Boise is a great venue for a 70.3

jeffnboise - 2009-06-02 11:48 AM OK, folks. The get-together is a GO! Friday evening dinner/cocktails looks like the best bet. I'll try to get us something at a local pasta establishment. What I need now is simply a number of people that will be showing up and a time preference (early PM, late PM etc).jeff

arja - 2009-06-02 11:38 AM Hi everybody and greetings from Finland.

My goal is to finish and have fun while doing it!

E=H2O - 2009-06-02 2:13 PM

I think you are going to win the Person Who Has Come the Furthest contest.