Tupper Lake 1/2 Ironman 2005 NY ?

I'm planning on going.  I will have to rent room for my family (wife and 3 out of the 4 kids).  I was planning on waiting until Jan - Feb time frame to sign-up, although I will keep an eye on the number of people signed up and jump in earlier if I have to.  I want to buy an on-sale wet-suit first, since the water is going to be cold!.  How much was the room at Shaheens Motel?

I will be there and already have my room at Shaheens. I hate to say it but you may be out of luck at Shaheens for a room, a friend called at 10 am December 1 (when they started taking reservations for that weekend) and all they had left were smoking rooms. However, there are many other places around to stay.

As far as a wetsuit goes check out www.tribonzai.com (this was posted a while back) they have wetsuits (2002) on clearance $100 to $150 bucks a pop for full or long john varieties. I got an Exterra Vortex full suit for a $100 and I think shipping was included. You really can't beat that price if they have your size.

There is also another thread on this race here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp...

Hope to see you all there.

Adios
Dave

Dave, you live in Middletown CT??? I live next to you in Rocky Hill...Dave skar

Well then that settles it. We will definitely have to coordinate a ride or run during training. There are several people at the gym that I go to that are planning on racing the Tinman and once we get into our "official" training and the weather gets a little better we were thinking about trying some group training rudes / runs. If you are interested I will keep you up to date.

Adios
Dave

Dave,
Have you done Tupper Lake before? This will be my first time at Tupper Lake as well as the 1/2 IM distance.

Adios

This will be my third Tupper race. I did pretty good in 2003, horrible on 2004. your gym wouldn't possibly be New England health/fitness??

Yes, as I always revert to Champions. OK, so your the Dave that I met last week, Stacey introduced us on either Tue. or Thurs. morning. You were saying the bike is quite hilly, right.

yup..small world.. Are you going to use the 20 week 1/2 im program?

Yeah,
That is my plan. Currently I am trying to build base so I can hit the training "running" (pun intended), and like you am really trying to work on stretching. I am also trying to get my nutrition on track, not that I am to bad, but for me there is always room for improvement.

Adios
Dave

Well I have gone and done it. Signed up for Tupper Lake last week. I am really looking forward to the training and the race.

Adios
Dave

Best of luck to you on the Tupper Lake Tinman. I really love that part of the Adirondacks. My family did a four day canoe trip on the Raquette river last summer. Fantastic! (Let me tell you, though, the water was cooold... and it was August) The Raquette feeds into Tupper Lake. I hope to do the sprint there next summer. Can't make it this year. We have a new baby due in mid-may, plus it's about a month early for my couch to sprint plan. If I find in '07 that I'm up for a 1/2IM, Tupper Lake is definitely the one I want to do.

Edited by dontracy 2005-01-10 8:17 PM

Can you make recommendations as to other where one might stay?
Thanks much
-Adam
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I usually car camp or backpack. But there are a lot of places in Long Lake which is about 1/2 hour away.

I've had dinner here a lot. Have never stayed here but it seems like a good place.

http://www.adirondackhotel.com/

Here's a list of other places in Long Lake. PM me if you want an opinion.

http://www.longlake-ny.com/Accommodation.html