EagleMan Ironman 70.3 Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 9)

Thanks, everyone- just talked to a friend today who has little ones and who's done Eagleman before and she had the same thing to say so it looks like it'll be a weekend away for me. Thanks so much for the input- and my husband thanks everyone too, or else he would be the one having to entertain them for hours on end!!

So, I'll be camping at the high school - has anyone else done this before? What's it like? Does anyone know if dogs are allowed - we were planning on bringing our black lab, but I'm not sure if he's allowed on the high school grounds?

Fingers crossed for good weather! I did some hard training this weekend - I purposely went longer than intended on my brick run yesterday because it was hot and sunny and I figured I'd try to replicate usual E-man conditions as best I could

It always seems to be in your face -  the entire time. It can be brutal

Hey Jess. Christy, Shane and I will be camping also. It will be a Ragnar reunion!  :-)

12 days and counting!  Last big brick this weekend - 65 mile ride on the Eastern shore followed by 9 mile run. So can do the distance, but heat is daunting. Having "practiced" the EM course, wind really does feel like it swirls - but it seems like the back leg tends to give you a break - hopefully.

Very excited to just get this over with at this point - too much training and too much obsessing (my first HIM). I'll be the one wearing the hat that says, "This seemed like a good idea 3 months ago."

Thought it was fitting

Let's hope the water is calm and jellyfish-free, the wind is at our backs, and the humidity is below 50%. See you out there!

Paula

If nobody has seen yet, it looks like the wave times are up:

http://www.tricolumbia.org/Eagleman/2010_waves.html

Great, same as Columbia, going to be out there late into the heat of the day, yay!!!

Same here I don't start until 8something.  Figuring I'll be running around 1145-1230 ish.  Ugh! 

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^^^^^^^ This! Maybe there is an advantage to getting older

I like it as well (same start time).  But James is actually a bit older still.  So aging only works to a point. 

Actually, I believe Vig changes up the start times from year-to-year (as do some other RDs) in an attempt to be fair.  You can't please everyone all the time in a race requiring 14 waves.

btw I think catching PennState and DocSwim24 is just not doable with a 30min head start. 

Now 25mins would be another story.

Ouch!

Any thoughts about this race not being wetsuit legal?  The open bay waters are over 75 degrees at the surface already.  The choptank is usually a degree or 2 warmer.  Long range forecast suggests that it'll keep warming up right until race day.

Wow, last age group to go - Women 25-29 at 8:24. It'll be a LONG hot day... I like the fact that I won't be getting run over by the intense people once the bike starts, but other than that, not much to like about being absolutely last... At least every guy I may manage to pick off will be a small victory

And I'm trying to get mentally prepared for the possibility of not having a wetsuit!

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I agree 100%.  No wetsuits would be great, but I'll take whatever the day brings.  Historically its a wetsuit legal race...but with warmer spring temperatures that could be less and less the case.

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