Ironman 70.3 Racine : Official Thread (Page 7)

This Sunday morning (5/15) I will be riding the Racine bike course around 9am.  My plan is to do about 45 miles at a pace somewhere around 17-18mph.  Anyone is welcome to join me.  Also, I've haven't been to this area of Racine in years.  Does anyone know the best/easiest place to park in relation to the bike start?

I'm gonna try and make that 5-15, 9am but Saturday might end in a drunken mess.  The North Beach parking lot IS the transition area on race day so park right there, walk your bike to the street and see if you can clip in while tackling the hill. 

Speaking of dinner, can someone recommend a restaurant? We are completely and utterly clueless.

Last year we all met at Infusion's (Italian).

x2 on the Italian food for a pre-race dinner.  Do you have an address?

Good luck!  How cold is cold, exactly? I did a short OWS last night and the water temp was about 59. That seemed rather "brisk".

And on the food, either Infusions or Olive Garden sound great. I am all about the food. 

i'm planning on doing a warm up tri near racine in lake mills, wi on june 5.   i did it last year (first tri ever) and its a nice sprint distance race to get the season started!

on another note, my training was briefly interrupted by a night out in milwaukee with some old friends - i was a wreck the next day.  just finished a brick over lunch and i'm back at it.

I am trying to fit in a ride on the course with a run off sometime this week, either Saturday or Sunday, most likely Sunday. I'll probably be riding avg of 20-21 mph.

How 'bout that RAIN!?!? The mid-west is getting pounded. I did a 30 mile bike in some very dense mist last week (probably not the safest ride I've ever done but it wasn't as bad when I left the house, plus it was on the TRAINING PLAN), then I did a 10 mile run monday that was supposed to be a 13.1 but I got rained on so hard (like that hard horizontal rain) that I had to circle back by the house to change my cotton sweat pants pants because they were so heavy and wet that i ran out of time.  I finally wised up and rode the trainer yesterday because of MORE RAIN, and now I am hoping I will have a 4 hour window to get a 60 mile ride in this weekend.  Allegedly it is supposed to be sunny! 

Oh thank goodness, its raining NOW!!