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 2010-10-31 1:36 PM in reply to: #3186877 |
Master  1402   Cumming, Georgia |  Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Threadcsharp1171 - 2010-10-30 11:03 PM phatknot - 2010-10-30 8:27 AM Here is an email I just sent to my friends and family to let them know how to track us if you are interested in it. Feel free to copy and modify, as I did from marvarnett's from LP. Selfish promotion but I'm wrapping up an application that will update your Facebook status and/or send text messages for each leg during the race. I'm hoping to have it ready for beta testing tomorrow and during beta it will be free. If interested I can can send you or any other participant the link to sign up. I wrote this to update family and friends for when I do Ironman Cozumel. Of Ironman Florida peeps, the site is up and running for you to register to have Facebook status updates and text message updates during your race. http://www.tritracker.com. This is still in "beta" phase but worked well for me duing Ironman Augusta. Edited by csharp1171 2010-10-31 1:52 PM |
| 2010-10-31 1:45 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Champion 8766    Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Hmmm...not sure whether to worry about the temps...or the freaking HURRICANE entering the gulf....WTF? It's NOVEMBER? Didn't the hurricanes get the message??? Edited to add...finally found the "long term" track. Looks like it's going to eventually push north and east and go up the east side of FL...i.e back into the Atlantic. Whew. But the shorter term tracks had it hitting cuba and going straight north... Edited by jldicarlo 2010-10-31 1:51 PM |
| 2010-10-31 1:52 PM in reply to: #3187373 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread jldicarlo - 2010-10-31 2:35 PM I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that a good local shop will be set up in the Alvin's parking lot near the Boardwalk. So if you need someone and can't find it at the Ironman stores, head on over there. If your bike needs some fixing, ask for Dale! He just made my bike GORGEOUS.  They are good peeps and not shady at all, despite being set up in the Alvin's parking lot. Apparently they've been doing this for years. I've been in that tent every year I've been to IMFL. What's the name of the place Jen? Thanks for sharing about them and they are good folks. I recall they have lots and lots of things at better than IM expo prices. I'll need to get some CO2 since I'm flying. I scored a great deal on 20 for $20 thru Amazon now I'll pay probably $3 each for 3 to have for the race. |
| 2010-10-31 1:55 PM in reply to: #3187374 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread csharp1171 - 2010-10-31 2:36 PM csharp1171 - 2010-10-30 11:03 PM phatknot - 2010-10-30 8:27 AM Here is an email I just sent to my friends and family to let them know how to track us if you are interested in it. Feel free to copy and modify, as I did from marvarnett's from LP. Selfish promotion but I'm wrapping up an application that will update your Facebook status and/or send text messages for each leg during the race. I'm hoping to have it ready for beta testing tomorrow and during beta it will be free. If interested I can can send you or any other participant the link to sign up. I wrote this to update family and friends for when I do Ironman Cozumel. Of Ironman Florida peeps, the site is up and running for you to register to have Facebook status updates and text message updates during your race. http://www.tritracker.com. This is still in "beta" phase but worked well for me duing Ironman Augusta. Cool thanks for sharing will look into it and sign up. I'm not a big Facebook person but some friends are. |
| 2010-10-31 1:57 PM in reply to: #3187387 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread KathyG - 2010-10-31 1:52 PM jldicarlo - 2010-10-31 2:35 PM I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that a good local shop will be set up in the Alvin's parking lot near the Boardwalk. So if you need someone and can't find it at the Ironman stores, head on over there. If your bike needs some fixing, ask for Dale! He just made my bike GORGEOUS. They are good peeps and not shady at all, despite being set up in the Alvin's parking lot. Apparently they've been doing this for years. I've been in that tent every year I've been to IMFL. What's the name of the place Jen? Thanks for sharing about them and they are good folks. I recall they have lots and lots of things at better than IM expo prices. I'll need to get some CO2 since I'm flying. I scored a great deal on 20 for $20 thru Amazon now I'll pay probably $3 each for 3 to have for the race. Dragon Sports. If I had enough extra I've give or sell you some, but I was looking through my stock and I only have like 1 extra! When did that happen???? At some point I had a ton of them. I guess I will need to reorder for next year...and look for a 20 for $20 on Amazon deal! |
| 2010-10-31 2:04 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Hmmmm...despite being gone for a whole week for my sister's wedding plus tapering...October didn't turn out too badly.
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| 2010-10-31 2:16 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
| Veteran 158 Grapevine, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Getting excited! Started getting some stuff organized this afternoon and ready to pack! EEeekkk! I think about the ironman and my heart wants to start POUNDING. The race is always in my thoughts at this point. Okay... so I just tried to go online at the IMFL website and order a banquet ticket for my hubs to come with me for Thursday. It says that online registration is no longer available. Is getting a ticket once at the race site this upcoming week a possibility? Just need to know if we need to make some alternate plans. Thank you!!!!! Hope to see some of you all at the swims later in the week! |
| 2010-10-31 2:38 PM in reply to: #3187374 |
Expert 658 San Diego | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread csharp1171 - 2010-10-31 11:36 AM csharp1171 - 2010-10-30 11:03 PM phatknot - 2010-10-30 8:27 AM Here is an email I just sent to my friends and family to let them know how to track us if you are interested in it. Feel free to copy and modify, as I did from marvarnett's from LP. Selfish promotion but I'm wrapping up an application that will update your Facebook status and/or send text messages for each leg during the race. I'm hoping to have it ready for beta testing tomorrow and during beta it will be free. If interested I can can send you or any other participant the link to sign up. I wrote this to update family and friends for when I do Ironman Cozumel. Of Ironman Florida peeps, the site is up and running for you to register to have Facebook status updates and text message updates during your race. http://www.tritracker.com. This is still in "beta" phase but worked well for me duing Ironman Augusta.
Cool, I just put my info in for FB updates for both IMFL and IMCOZ. Hopefully this works well, excited to see how it goes. |
| 2010-10-31 3:19 PM in reply to: #3187402 |
Veteran 260 Hong Kong | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Pretty impressive training year! Great volume! You are going to rock at the race! I am an IM hopeful, IMFL 2011. Heading out to NY for the Marathon same weekend as IMFL to get a taste for the distance. Jen, what do you fly? Air Force??? Totally agree on your quote, once you've tested the joy of flight, you will always miss it when your feet are on the ground! Best of luck getting to the race and pushing hard through it! Most important, make sure you enjoy every minute of it! I'll join (hopefully) the party next year, hope to meet you then. Jaime jldicarlo - 2010-10-31 3:04 PM Hmmmm...despite being gone for a whole week for my sister's wedding plus tapering...October didn't turn out too badly.
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| 2010-10-31 4:02 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Elite 3495 SE | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread I think you can do it if you want do it badly enough.
This month was fairly decent considering the taper for 2 weeks now. I eclipsed all of Sept except on the swim. Frankly the cold has killed my morning swims. Today I had to wait until close to 2pm to even bear it. On the year, I am really doing well in bike and run but behind last year in terms of swim and stretching. I virtually stopped stretching at all. I can't say I notice a big difference other than I am more tense physically, which may be a function of generalized anxiety too. Errr...I guess there is some specific race anxiety haha! | ||||||||||||
| 2010-10-31 5:23 PM in reply to: #3187458 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Jen, what do you fly? Air Force??? I've flown the B-1 and MC-12. Currently in a non-flying gig at Eglin (boo). |
| 2010-10-31 5:42 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Below...this month, last month and year total. 60 hours this month of training compared to 72 last month...pretty pleased with training and most running since surgery with a slight increase in pace. My swim and bike total are ahead of last year but run is behind due Lymes, knee injury and surgery. Last month and this month most swim yards I've swam in two months by a significant amount. I've done the hard part training for Ironman now next Saturday I get the reward and the fun of participating in the race
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| 2010-10-31 6:26 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Pro 5123 Canandaigua NY | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread
Very pleased with October and the year in general. Of course 2009 wasnt an IM year and the focus was on running. But for October I hit most of my training plan other than the week I was sick. | |
| 2010-10-31 6:32 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Expert 1360 | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread I started tracking around last November, so most of my totals from 2009 are since signing up for florida. I also didn't put mileage down for trainer rides over the winter. So here are my hours!!! My numbers the last couple of weeks are down a bit from my cold. Got through the big days though. I have a cough still, but otherwise seem to be okay and my cought isn't bad while working out. Hopefully I can kick it before next weekend.
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| 2010-10-31 6:39 PM in reply to: #3187616 |
Extreme Veteran 483 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Hi guys, Probably my main concern at the moment is cold - just no used to it - I look forward to meeting y'all and getting some advice, currently my plan is to layer up and progressively ditch at the aid stations. For the bike I'm thinking sleeveless jersey with short sleeve jersey on top and some disposable arm warmers (tube socks) Plan on wearing compression calf sleeves for both bike & run - but have compression tights which I might use instead. Thinking of vest for first half of run (will have a couple of varying thickness in my bike-run bag) then got a long sleeve dryfit top for the end of the run (if I do get hot I'm thinking I can ditch either the vest or the long sleeve). Hoping walmart/home depot will have some cheap thin gloves in stock - would like 2 pairs (early bike and late run). I don't ever wear socks for training, but am now worried - problem is not sure if wearing in my bike shoes will help or hurt. Anyways, good chat, thanks for listening |
| 2010-10-31 6:43 PM in reply to: #3187679 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread millarg - 2010-10-31 7:39 PM Hi guys, Probably my main concern at the moment is cold - just no used to it - I look forward to meeting y'all and getting some advice, currently my plan is to layer up and progressively ditch at the aid stations. For the bike I'm thinking sleeveless jersey with short sleeve jersey on top and some disposable arm warmers (tube socks) Plan on wearing compression calf sleeves for both bike & run - but have compression tights which I might use instead. Thinking of vest for first half of run (will have a couple of varying thickness in my bike-run bag) then got a long sleeve dryfit top for the end of the run (if I do get hot I'm thinking I can ditch either the vest or the long sleeve). Hoping walmart/home depot will have some cheap thin gloves in stock - would like 2 pairs (early bike and late run). I don't ever wear socks for training, but am now worried - problem is not sure if wearing in my bike shoes will help or hurt. Anyways, good chat, thanks for listening You live some place hot so 60s may feel really cold to you. But weather forecast will probably change again so we need options and to be flexible. Consider putting a gallon ziplock bag down your tri shirt. Keeping your chest warm is key in the conditions we might be riding it. Arm warmers and second jersey will help but on the bike bike when it is colder and you are wet wind is what makes me feel cold. I've been doing lots of riding in the 50-60s here in MA. Vest may be more helpful on bike then early on the run depending when you get off the bike. You can always hit up some used clothing stores or someplace like Marshals to see what you can find cheap that you cans ditch along the way. |
| 2010-10-31 6:52 PM in reply to: #3187374 |
Extreme Veteran 483 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread csharp1171 - 2010-10-30 11:03 PM Ironman Florida peeps, the site is up and running for you to register to have Facebook status updates and text message updates during your race. http://www.tritracker.com. This is still in "beta" phase but worked well for me duing Ironman Augusta. Thanks, all signed up :0) |
| 2010-10-31 7:11 PM in reply to: #3187373 |
Extreme Veteran 483 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread jldicarlo - 2010-10-31 2:35 PM I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that a good local shop will be set up in the Alvin's parking lot near the Boardwalk. So if you need someone and can't find it at the Ironman stores, head on over there. If your bike needs some fixing, ask for Dale! He just made my bike GORGEOUS. They are good peeps and not shady at all, despite being set up in the Alvin's parking lot. Apparently they've been doing this for years. Hi Jen, do you know if they will do full set-ups? thought of dropping off and picking up all together sounds nice right about now - will get in Wednesday and time is tight (and I am lazy). I'd b eternally gratefully if you could post or pm a company details or number - googling Dale & Panama City brought up some very undesirable suggestions  |
| 2010-10-31 7:19 PM in reply to: #3187688 |
Extreme Veteran 483 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread KathyG - 2010-10-31 7:43 PM You live some place hot so 60s may feel really cold to you. But weather forecast will probably change again so we need options and to be flexible. Consider putting a gallon ziplock bag down your tri shirt. Keeping your chest warm is key in the conditions we might be riding it. Arm warmers and second jersey will help but on the bike bike when it is colder and you are wet wind is what makes me feel cold. I've been doing lots of riding in the 50-60s here in MA. Vest may be more helpful on bike then early on the run depending when you get off the bike. You can always hit up some used clothing stores or someplace like Marshals to see what you can find cheap that you cans ditch along the way. Thanks Kathy, plan on swimming 1 lap on two days - an early one to get idea of start light & temp & a later one for finish temps - thanks for the zip lock tip (like newspapers on the TDF) I also have a couple of thin 13 gallon kitchen bin bags - rolled up with elastic bands - great rain coats - but please - whoever is in charge, please no rain (Tomas, Tomas go away - I'm gonna be leaving home with a hurricane in the immediate vacinity) |
| 2010-10-31 7:44 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Expert 885 | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread
Big month! Very happy with where things are. Wish I was faster on the bike, but oh well. I have been trying to hit 1000 miles of running in a year for the past couple of years and it looks like I will finally get there this year. I am mostly packed. Have been watching the weather as well. My bike ride Saturday morning started at 40 degrees. I had on a tri outfit with arm warmers and two jackets. My legs were fine in the shorts. My fingers were freezing to start, but got warm shortly after getting going. Also had a head band to cover my ears. My concern is starting the bike wet, so if temps are cold, I will swim in something different and change to dry clothes in T2. I can handle running in the 60s in shorts and sleeveless tri top (ran this morning in 50 degrees and got hot with a long sleeve top on), but do have a long sleeved top and gloves to put in my special needs bags. It will be interesting. I am taking stuff to be warm but will continue to watch the weather. One more day of work. I'm ready to get to Florida. | |
| 2010-10-31 7:57 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Expert 658 San Diego | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread SO, I know I don't get into the forums a lot but it would be cool to meet some of you guys. 110 pages is a lot to surf through so I'm sorry if this has been covered. I know I saw some people meeting at the swim, but due to military training and some really awesome help from the IMFL athlete services, I'll be getting in Friday afternoon to get all my stuff taken care of. I'm local (@ 45 min away) so I'll be commuting the whole time. Anyone going to be wandering the village or getting food or whatnot? If there is already a meet-up plan I'll do my best to make it. Thanks and see some of you next weekend? |
| 2010-10-31 8:31 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Master 2005 South Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread
Didn't get to do my 2 hour spin today, or I would have come to around 750 on the bike, which may be my biggest bike month ev-ah. And I'm feeling good As far as temps...it's gonna be quite cool for me...I"d like it to warm up a bit. Depending on when you will be running, it can be quite cool and windy, especially along the water. I have run both years there in a long sleeve top for the second loop. Can.not.wait.to.get.outta.here. Really. | |
| 2010-10-31 8:35 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Master 2005 South Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Holy crap...just looked at the forecast for saturday |
Last I saw was a low of 49....it's now a low of 39??????? high of 66?????? | 2010-10-31 8:51 PM in reply to: #3187835 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread Mimir98 - 2010-10-31 9:35 PM Holy crap...just looked at the forecast for saturday Where are you looking I still see low of 42 and high of 65 on AccuWeather? My bike is packed..first time packing up the Ordu which is always a learning process to figure out how to fit it in the box. Not sure how you all with bigger frames do it. With internal cabling less give in moving around base and aerobars. |
| 2010-10-31 9:00 PM in reply to: #2512129 |
Extreme Veteran 481 The Land of Mickey-Orlando | Subject: RE: Ironman Florida : Official Thread I will be coming to Panama City Beach and staying at the Boardwalk Beach Resort either Wednesday afternoon or EARLY Thursday morning. Myself and several friends are going to be volunteering all weekend and wanted to offer our condo at the Boardwalk as a resting place for any BT spectators and family. I will bring my computer and post my condo number. If I can do anything for anyone racing, please let me know. Our crew is very excited about volunteering and cheering BT'ers everywhere on the course If you are registering again for 2011...you'll see me in line...You gotta believe that the 3rd time is the charm...right Consider me your personal Ironman concierge...if I can help...send me a message here or watch for my condo number starting Wednesday... Now go out there and kick some A$$ |
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