Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 70)

One more OWS at the lake tomorrow...

My ride... looks a lot like everybody else's... too bad I didn't buy a better motor to go with it... oh, well.

And I DID test it for beer-can-worthiness....The Gansett will probably bounce out of the cage - wait! you mean AFTER I am done? :-)

P.S. Don't you just love that fancy bike stand?

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I'm the one that wrote the application and tried to keep it going this year even without the WTC's permission but just can't afford to keep doing it for free and risking a lawsuit from the WTC so I stopped offering it.  IM Live can be very hit or miss for some reason and if I charged people a small fee and then IM Live goes down I am the one stuck with refunding fees.  Processing credit cards is a rip off to begin with but paying to issue refunds sucks even more.  I then switched to a "donation" model but again the results were not always reliable and the majority of people never came back to donate.  Missing splits, splits changing, results being 30 - 60 minutes late, unreliable text message delivery, etc. all make it very difficult to offer a reliable service.  Give all of that I decided to pull the plug and concede that without cooperation from the WTC it isn't a viable service. 

Now that I'm off my soap box.  I hope everyone has a great race and I plan to do IM Florida next year.

We did appreciate the app last year, but your decision is totally understandable. Sorry to see it go this way... and good luck in 2012!

Shark stuff arrived today and our son called as he gets 15-60' a week as he is in Air Force Basic training.

Tri top and vest is great...couple items are to big.

Here in the wind tunnel of Texas, the wind definitely BLOWS!! And I mean that in the most unenjoyable fashion...

If the wind is sucking, ala Kansas, there is most certainly a different issue to worry about! :-) Be careful out there, Chad!

The big question....

Who is signing up for next year?

If so Friday or will you wait until Sunday?

Beautiful bike!!

Ha ha......thought of that already!! We have Gansett water bottle's being made - exact replica of the actual can!! See you at the end with a cold Gansett!

I am signing up for my FL to be my First IM! On Sunday though since I am a volunteer not racer.

Water temp is 76.  Doubt it'll change much in a week.  I just bought a full suit because it was so cold last year. This year a sleeveless might actually be better.

Friday

DanielG - 2011-10-29 3:43 PM

KathyG - 2011-10-29 4:16 PM

The big question....

Who is signing up for next year?

If so Friday or will you wait until Sunday?

If I make 17 hours, this is my last one. I'll stick with OLY and HIMs after this. So I'll be able to answer your question at midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning

this is my 1st ever and my commitment to my family is to wait a few years before doing another, they are cool about me doing as many as i want, but i just don't feel right about the time drain, i'll be doing OLY's and HIM's until then

Last long trainer ride tonight.  Just got bike back from the shop today.  All ordering of stuff complete.  Just got confirmation email that race wheels will be ready.

Here is my steed...

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Those wheels you have look good enough....what wheels are you renting?

I'm renting some wheels because I have had problems with my rear wheel the last three months or so.  I have busted numerous spokes and can't keep the wheel true (last event was vs. a dog, but different story).  LBS here told me that I had bad corrosion of the nipples and that they would all need to be replaced eventually, and that future spoke breakage was just matter of time.  Well, didn't want that to be on Nov 5, so I just took the wheels out of the equation and rented some Zipps.  I'd have raced the ones I have, love them to death as they ride great when true, but at this point just can't trust em.  Probably have the wheel rebuilt after the race when there is more time off the bike at that point.  

Good trainer ride tonight, about 50 miles.  Last semi long run and swim tomorrow and then short stuff all next week.

Next 2 years are for my wife. I'll be back, but will want to a different one,,not that i wouln't do this one again,,just like the marathons i have run,,gotta do a different one.  Maybe one in the spring.= like St George or the one in Texas.

Signing up on Friday for sure!  Don't want to wait until Sunday because I might not want to.  But a few weeks later I would have wish I did and be bummed because it will be sold out.  We have about 15 people signing up for next year - most of them coming up to volunteer this year.

Duane

I made the deal with my wife for an IM every other year and a couple of HIM's on alternate years as I train at about HIM level anyway. If I really like IMFL, I may do it again, but I'd kinda like to do a different one for some diversity. IMFL has the rep of being flat and fast (ie, not as taxing) which is perfect for my first.  Next one will be maybe CDA or St. George (major hills). 

I know most people are rolling in Wed and Thurs...

Anyone coming on Tuesday?

I will be getting down mid to late afternoon on Tuesday.  Would be up for grabbing dinner with someone.