Ironman 70.3 Racine : Official Thread (Page 9)

Thanks!

I'm at 7:59 wave start. This is kinda weird, most of the swim waves are 3 minutes apart, but between mine and the one before, it is 6 minutes. Wonder why.

Thanks for showing that the wave times are up.

BTW, anyone know which pro's are going to be there?  Just curious who is going to be kicking our butts that day. 

Open Water Swim planned for this Saturday, June 23rd with Life Guards in Racine.

http://www.facebook.com/events/311286462294489/313471938742608/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

Open to all.  $20 to help pay for the life guards.

Let me know if you can't see the facebook event.

buy it! i bought all my stuff for imwi and imfl before i raced. im not superstitious though.

plus if you buy it then you HAVE to finish... and im sure you'll have no problem doing that.

my vote: buy it

My first double post - sorry!

Hello All,

I was glad to run into this website becasue this is my first half Ironman and this is great support for a first timer. I am sure that I will ahve many questions during the next few weeks. I have been training extremely hard and I know that all of the pain and sacrafice now will pay off in the end.

That was me last year.  It was a long wait for sure, don't get to deep in your own thoughts!  Don't forget to bring some water/fuel down with you since there is nothing at the swim start.  Just think of it as a really nice long warm up

For pro's Crowie has been there the past couple of years, says he loves the course so I would expect him back this year? Paul Ambrose won last year so maybe he will defend his title? I think my coach Blake Becker (local pro) has committed. Don't know of any other names but the race usually attracts a few good names. I wouldn't expect the like of Macca, Lieto, or any other big Kona racers to be there. 

 WHoo hooo Wave 18 going to have to kick the bike up a notch so I can run with F25-29 crowd.

Last year I was one of the first waves to go (M25-29).  Kind of disheartening when you don't pass anyone all day and keep getting passed by faster people.  I least this year we have the older folks in front of me so MAYBE I'll be able to pass a couple people on the bike.  OR I'll just feel even worse about myself when I don't.

Also, Anton84, I am extremely jealous of your picture with Crowie.

i agree, starting in the first waves has the advantage of not swimming through people on the swim, but its a long lonley bike ride with no one in front of you except the people that are flying by.

starting in a later wave though, there are a lot of rabbits to chase...

In case anyone is curious, Accuweather has race day forecasted to be sunny and mid-70's!

....of course that is bound to change every day between now and then!