Ironman 70.3 Muncie : Official Thread (Page 8)

isn't the arbitrariness of life amusing sometimes?

@sbrdave - yes of course, the volunteers as much if not more so. We are going to be a handful on Saturday!

The bike aid stations are nice and long, just slow down a bit, come out of aero, and you'll be able to get watever you need.

wife is tracking the FB page. She just notified me the start time was moved up 30 minutes to 6:30...fyi

Does anyone out there use the First Endurance nutrition products??? Poor planning on my part and now I am in desperate need for some grape EFS Drink and have called every bike shop between here (Grand Rapids, MI) and Muncie without having any luck. 

I'd gladly pay top dollar for a few scoops if anyone is going to have any with them.

Hi Kevin,

I am going to Muncie not to race, but to support a friend.  I have some EFS powder that I could bring.  The only flavor I have is Fruit Punch, though.  But, if you get in a bind and have no other choice, let me know and I will bring it!

Stacie-

Thanks for the offer! I think I'll pass though. I've never tried the fruit punch flavor to know if it would settle with me or not. The fruit punch Gatorade is a nightmare while the other flavors are fine so I am worried that there is something in the artificial fruit punch "flavors" that doesn't digest well. I ended up finding some Powerbar Perform powder that I think will work. I did the Perform powder all of last season and it worked pretty well. I just got screwed at IMWI with the oncourse Perform because the premixed stuff tasted and digested completely different than the powder(too syrupy or something). Oh well. Between the weather, stubbing my toe and ripping a chunk of skin off it, and poor planning on my nutrition needs, this is going to make for an interesting race to say the last

-Kevin

I would add to this:

Even if you have a great run strategy you will not have a good run if you over-cook the bike!!!  If you have a HR monitor keep an eye on it and don't go over your planned HR limit.  If you're going by RPE the effort should feel pretty relaxed.  Not just cruising along but you should not be putting out a hard effort on the bike.

Trust me, your run will thank you later!

Paul- it's easier than you might think.  I wore a Camelbak for my first HIM because I wasn't familiar with the handoff process, and it wasn't necessary at all.  They usually place the bike aid stations somewhere other than a downhill so you won't be going extremely fast.  Just slow down a bit (i.e. don't go 25mph, but you don't need to slow to 5mph either.)  Chuck your empty bottle right before you get to the volunteers with full bottles.  They will all be in a line with arms outstretched holding the bottles by the top.  You just reach out and snag it right in the middle.  No problemo!

Also- if gatorade and water volunteers are mixed together, shout out which one you want so the opposite volunteer doesn't reach one out to you.

Not a local, but last year they were directing traffic coming from the N (Muncie side) to the lots farther out from transition. I came in from the S (took 35 to S 540 E as you suggest) and was directed into the lot next to transition. I don't know about taking 700 instead of 67 to 35. I think it would be faster to take 67 even though it's a longer distance.

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Totally agree, and it's easy to over-cook the bike on this course because it's so darn fast it's tempting to just hammer it. The run is rolling hills and it will be baking hot, so you'll need your legs to be as fresh as possible. To manage the heat, wear a hat (for shade and to stick ice in), carry a bottle to fill with cold water at aid stations, and use those ice water sponges liberally. Good luck, everyone!

I saw things about that too. Glad I didn't sign up. Hope they get the mess sorted out ok.