Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 73)

Awesome poem! I'm catching from 9 - 12 - see you there!

Deep breath ...

On Saturday you will have a few hours (up to 17 if you go for the full moneys worth) of no cell phone, no email, no computers. you will be catered to by hundreds of people trying to give you food and drink. And there is no training plan for Sunday. 

I used to live in Plant city!!  Actually I just moved away in February.

I am  reasonably sure we met last year standing in line and have most likely passed each other on the Van Fleet trail.  

I would suggest going to the web site of whatever airline you are flying and look up the bike fee because they may try to charge you another fee.  On USAirways you would pay less buying a ticket for your bike. 

I went on  Delta website and it said $150 but I weighed  my packed bike at work and its only 50 pounds . So I meet the weight just not the size cirteria UGH!!  $150 is better than $209 UPS 2 day insured.

If they cut you a break by only charging for excess baggage or the oversize fee rather than the bike fee, save the receipt for use on the way back when you will probably not be the first person that day the check-in agent has seen with a bike case. Usually, they will charge you the same rate.

I needed this!  Printing it out and posting it on my mirror with that poem from the "You are an Ironman" book.  Great stuff! Thanks.

Increased pressure raises partial pressure of Oxygen, so you would get hyperoxygen while breathing at depth.  This is why hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is used to treat wounds, burns and various other ailments (to include "the bends").  Benefit from that increased O2 dissipates quickly upon return to atmospheric pressure, so should be no affect on an athlete.  No red blood cell damage or anything negative though.

Just got an e-mail from the town manager that power restoration has not even begun yet because of the number of falled trees obstructing roads.  The crews will not start to restore power until all the downed trees are cleared, which at best will begin tomorrow afternoon.

So it looks like we're without power until we leave for Florida on Wednesday morning.  I'm not looking forward to trying to pack in the dark.  Its going to be interesting to see what I forgot once we get down to PCB. 

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Quad post - not sure what the deal is - even using my laptop

So I guess complaining that our pool (outside) is only 77 degrees tonight for our last swim won't cut it huh?     

Tomorrow morning I'll be on the trainer in the pitch black.  Sun doesn't come up here until 7:15 a.m. or so and I need to get a bike-run in. This is totally throwing me off my game.  I love routine and this is anything but.

This is what it looks like here:

Do most people change after the swim? I plan on wearing a tri suit for the bike and run but not sure if I should change into this after the swim.  Thoughts?

Feel the same way.  I just don't have time to do get ready for this trip.  It looks like I will be picking up my bike, packing, etc on Wednesday before I leave early Thursday AM.  I can't believe I have to get up at 3am for my flight on Thursday...what was I thinking?