Ironman 70.3 Kansas : Official Thread (Page 7)

You might want to check out the web site and athlete guide - those will answer all of your questions.

Swim:

6. Any assistance required during the swim will result in disqualification if forward progress was made. Athletes 
are permitted to use kayaks and boats as aid, as long as forward progress is not made. Special provisions are 
made for paratriathletes. Course officials and medical personnel reserve the right to remove athletes from the 
course if determined medically necessary.

Bike:

11. CPSC-approved helmet is required during the entire bike portion including in and out of transition area. 
Athletes riding without an approved helmet or chinstrap not fastened may be disqualified. 
Alterations to hard-shell helmet, which affect its integrity, are not allowed. 

Found this here:  http://ultrafit-usa.com/USAT%20Approved%20Helmets%20Notice.htm

USAT Approved Helmets

Notice to athletes regarding USAT approved helmets for competition

USA Triathlon requires that all participants use a US CPSC approved
bicycle helmet. The CPSC approval sticker is found inside the helmet.
As in the past, all professional athletes will have their helmets
inspected on race day and any helmet that does not contain the CPSC
approval sticker will not be allowed for use. All helmets purchased in
the United States are, by law, CPSC approved. Aero or Chrono style
helmets may be used but must be CPSC approved.

Examples of approved aero or chrono helmets are:

Giro Advantage 2
LAS Chrono
Lazer Chrono 3
Limar Chrono 05
Louis Garneau Rocket
Louis Garneau Chrono
Rudy Project Syton Supercomp
Rudy Project Syton Open
Shain BK500
Spiuk Kronos

Examples of aero helmets that do NOT meet CPSC standards and are illegal
for use are:

Bell Meteor II
Briko Chrono
Casco Warp II
Catlike Chrono
Cratoni Chrono
KED Zeitfahren
Limar Superchrono
MET Pac III
Selev Chrono
Specialized Chrono
Uvex Factory Pilot 2

A list of all helmets on the market and whether they are CPSC approved
may be found at www.bhsi.org/helmet07.htm

Specific questions may be addressed to Charlie Crawford, USAT
Commissioner of Officials.
Email [email protected] Phone 334-332-9092

Sounds like everyone is getting excited which is great.  For those iphone users... I was told about an app a few months ago which is adding to many nerves.  T-zero, allows you to put in an event, any event (race, bday, vacation) and it does a countdown clock.  As of right now the race is only  17days 19 hours 29 min away!  Not that any of you obsess about things like this

Amy

Don't think there would be anything with the chip or Garmin in regards to real-time updates. IM events typically post splits throughout the race (from when you cross timing mats only), but it is historically inaccurate, severely delayed, or just doesn't work.

You can rent a personalized GPS device from My Athlete Live. I used one for IM Louisville and my family said it worked great on iPhone and iPad.

Jayhox - 2012-05-23 12:48 PM I'm #688.  And only 194 people in the M40-44 AG so far. 

Where did you discern that information? Or did you just count them?

OK I counted 114 M45-49. Now to enter each name into Athlinks and previous 70.3 events to determine who my closest competitors are, then stalk them down on Social Networks and Google for pictures so I can keep an eye on them in Kansas! Simple but now I feel sort of crazy......

Dam, i'm still not on the list. I signed up a month ago and it ays updated yesterday.

Time to email MDot to make sure they have me registered correctly.  They certainly took my money.  

Barkeep - 2012-05-23 1:15 PM

Jayhox - 2012-05-23 12:56 PM Did a "find" for M40-44 and counted . . . for a long time . . .

The bib numbers are assigned alphabetically by age group. You could've found the total by taking the difference between the bib numbers of two individuals at the opposite ends of the participant list (727-535+1). This is the type of stuff I notice.

Or just use Google Chrome as your browser and search on M35-39 (in my case) and it says how many times its on the page.  Slacker win for tuwood.  

btw, there's currently 177 in my AG.  Hopefully I can break the top 50 in my AG.

#735 here

Only 64 in my age group.

Last long ride and run this weekend.. 3hr45min ride and 12-mile run. Oh and enhancing my tutu a bit... needs more poof this year

They found out that I was injured so they signed up knowing they have a chance of winning.  But now that I'm thinking of going Chrissie Wellington on them they might back out

Bib #460