Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 76)

Friday's BT met ups

Gatorade Swim by bag drop off: Friday 9am

Friday evening after volunteers meeting about 6:30 pm Mellow Mushroom. 8746 Thomas Drive. Panama City Beach, FL 32408. (850) 235-2811

Probably look around for others than get a table wander around and say hi....not likely to get a few tables near each other but we can try.

Missed you guys today.  I will try again tomorrow at 9.  I'm wearing a sleeveless Xterra Velocity  full leg speed suit with a Red Lavaman cap.  I'm 6'0"  I will look hard to find you guys!

Tom from Kailua, HI

Good Morning everyone.  This time tomorrow,I'll begin heading down for body marking.  Unreal how fast a year went by. 

Mr Steve

Morning all! 24 hour countdown!

Edited by ShawnFromNorfolk 2009-11-06 6:31 AM

Good morning.  24 hours.  Yikes!  Well it has been a good week down here.  I have had to deal with a few medical "issues" but hey what's a race without a something cropping up.  To answer the question above the SN drop is at "Alvin's T shirts" I believe.  

After doing the full 1.2 swim yesterday I have learned a few things.  Swallowing salt water makes me VERY sick, jelly fish hurt but not as bad as I thought, and I overheat easily and should have bought a sleeveless wetsuit.  Oh well

After attending the dinner and race meeting I am ready to race.  Nothing can be as brutal as sitting through all of that.  By the way if you are curious who I am I was one of the last few people standing up for the "biggest loser" challenge wearing the light blue Ironman t-shirt and white visor.  I lost 60 pounds when all is said and done.  

I think I am going to take this morning off and skip the swim.  I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.  Stay safe and sane today. 

Edited by jjcnbg 2009-11-06 6:47 AM

Do special need bags need to be at Alvin's today or can we turn them in tomorrow. What all needs to be checked in today besides the bike?

Special needs is dropped off on race morning.  Today you need the bike gear bag, run gear bag, and bike.  You will be able to "set up" your bike on race morning so you just need to bring the bike itself. 

I felt so good i bike this morning. I can't wait.

I just called the MyGPS Athlete tracker company.  They are NOT coming to IMFL.  So there goes my idea on my family tracking me in real time during the race.  Just will have to depend on Ironman.com to track me. Oh well.

Still debating on a throw away jacket for the beginning of the bike. 

Mr Steve

I had to order my athlete tracker in advance and mail it back.  I am not a big fan of the interface.  I tried it out on a few training runs and it is not all that user friendly.  However, it is better than nothing until trakker comes out with their product.  I guess I will just clip the race belt to the bike and power it up before the race so it links up and then put my racebelt on when they bring me my bike. I am not doing the throw away jacket because I think it is actually supposed to be pretty warm when we get out (low 60's) and warming rapidly. I am going to use arm warmers and I have a throw away in my special needs run though just incase.

Edited by jjcnbg 2009-11-06 8:44 AM

Do we put our bike shoes and helmet in our bike bag that is checked today?  I have heard a few different things and I am so confused.......I am obviously one of the 1300 first timers 

BTW...I am skipping the swim today.  Got a bad neck burn yesterday from my wetsuit, so I would rather not make it worse before tomorrow.  I know what my first Ironman pain will be

Have a good day everyone....tomorrow is our day!!!

Yep - everything for your swim to bike transition

does anyone know if we have access to our transition bags in the morning?

I believe only for medical reasons!

You can't take them in in the morning but you can access them...

Althete guide says no access to transition bags in the morning.  Which is different than last year since i worked T1 and had people coming and putting stuff in their bags.  Not doing the throw away jacket. Will take my arm warmers.  taking my fuel belt for the run so i had to fill up the bottles now. 

Double checked everything. ready to head down and turn in the stuff.

If I said I was not nervous about all of this, I would be lying big time.

Mr Steve

We have access to both transition bags in the morning. 

What Trishie said!  (much less colorful).

I'm seriously considering this race next year.  :-)

thanks for the words on encouragement. For those of you that finish before me, just leave some of the food available.

Mr Steve

Hi all,Well won't be at dinner hubby took the wrong bus and won't get in till 630PM. Oh well! Wishing everyone a great race tomorrow! Purple tri top and black skirt on the run if your a bop like me, Hope to see you out there!

What is the elevation gain on the bike?

GOOD LUCK everyone!  Has been nice meeting a few of you throughout the week!  Best of luck, and stay within yourself. 

Look forward to swapping war stories post-race!

Cheers,
Mark

Good luck folks. Rest easy and well tonight and see everyone out on the course tomorrow. Race well, race hard and leave it all on those 140.6 miles!!!