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 2008-07-04 7:01 AM in reply to: #1507774 |
Veteran  246   Racine, WI |  Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympichundoracer - 2008-07-03 9:38 PM sparco - 2008-07-03 11:48 AM (a man can dream can't he?) sure you can dream , but it should be about new bike w/awesome wheels, or the latest hi-tech gadgets. LOL i've seen all sorts of weather this year, nothing surprises me anymore. |
| 2008-07-04 3:29 PM in reply to: #1507795 |
Pro 4541  A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic rcntly4298 - 2008-07-03 9:54 PM weather.com shows 83 and Sunny and accuweather.com shows 91 and Sunny It better not rain. O.K. den...here's the new forecast... Sat
86° 10% |
| 2008-07-05 6:40 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka Beach, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Here is the outlook for Next Saturday...
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| 2008-07-06 9:44 PM in reply to: #1509631 |
| Veteran 249 | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic If anyone is interested in doing a ride on the Olympic course and then a lap around Nokomis on Wednesday, shoot me a PM. I will be there with a few friends around 5:30ish. We are meeting right by the parking lot where the transition area will be. Thanks, Andy |
| 2008-07-07 8:45 AM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka Beach, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I will be out there today... swim, bike, run... Here is the latest on temps... quite a bit different than Yahoo or WeatherChannel????
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| 2008-07-07 10:14 AM in reply to: #1511371 |
| Veteran 249 | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Yea, it is interesting. weather.com shows 81 as of today, accuweather shows 80 as of today, weatherunderground.com shows 90 as of today, startribune.com shows 90. Lets hope for the low 80 temps! |
| 2008-07-08 8:54 AM in reply to: #1495973 |
Member 29 Minneapolis | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I swam laps at the swimming area today and I think they widened the marked area from last year quite a bit. Last year I think it was about 75 yards and this year I think it is closer to 150 yards across. Either that or I am really swimming slowly. |
| 2008-07-08 9:05 AM in reply to: #1513959 |
Pro 4541 A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic murphvoss - 2008-07-08 8:54 AM I swam laps at the swimming area today and I think they widened the marked area from last year quite a bit. Last year I think it was about 75 yards and this year I think it is closer to 150 yards across. Either that or I am really swimming slowly. Good to know. I'll walk the distance with my Garmin this week. Sat
80° 10%
Eh...only 3 degrees away from 78 degrees. I'm gonna plan on getting a few non-wetsuit OWSs in just to prep... |
| 2008-07-08 9:56 AM in reply to: #1513991 |
| Veteran 249 | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic sparco - 2008-07-08 9:05 AM murphvoss - 2008-07-08 8:54 AM I swam laps at the swimming area today and I think they widened the marked area from last year quite a bit. Last year I think it was about 75 yards and this year I think it is closer to 150 yards across. Either that or I am really swimming slowly. Good to know. I'll walk the distance with my Garmin this week. Sat
80° 10%
Eh...only 3 degrees away from 78 degrees. I'm gonna plan on getting a few non-wetsuit OWSs in just to prep... I wonder how deep the DNR tests the water temp and in what areas? USAT requires 18 inches of depth in 3 different locations around the course in direct sunlight. They then take the average. It is going to be really close if we can use wetsuits or not. |
| 2008-07-08 4:37 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Veteran 246 Racine, WI | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I just bought 4- 20lb bags of ice at Super America - gonna sneak down at midnite and dump it in Nokomis I think if a few of us do that everynight this week, that should keep the temps around 68-70. No, seriously, it'll be nice to swim somewhere warm. Lake Michigan has been cold 57F one day 60 the other time, Desoto triple T was COLD! |
| 2008-07-08 10:21 PM in reply to: #1515551 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka Beach, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic LOL... I am right behind with another 10 bags!!!
got2run - 2008-07-08 4:37 PM I just bought 4- 20lb bags of ice at Super America - gonna sneak down at midnite and dump it in Nokomis I think if a few of us do that everynight this week, that should keep the temps around 68-70. No, seriously, it'll be nice to swim somewhere warm. Lake Michigan has been cold 57F one day 60 the other time, Desoto triple T was COLD! |
| 2008-07-08 10:46 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 405 Shakopee, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I'll dump a few bags too, but I think that being a non-wetsuit event would be better for me. Swimming is my strong suit and if people "rely" on extra buoyancy with the wetsuit, I might pick up much needed time (that I will lose on the run...)
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| 2008-07-10 2:58 PM in reply to: #1516239 |
| Veteran 249 | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I think we are going to be good to go for wetsuits. I just got back from speaking with the owner of Gear West. He said they did some unofficial testing and the average temp was 74 a few days ago. I dont think the lake will get above 78 especially with the cold storm that just came through dumping all that rain. Now does anyone know how to make it not so windy on Saturday? |
| 2008-07-10 3:41 PM in reply to: #1521059 |
Pro 4541 A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic rcntly4298 - 2008-07-10 2:58 PM I think we are going to be good to go for wetsuits. I just got back from speaking with the owner of Gear West. He said they did some unofficial testing and the average temp was 74 a few days ago. I dont think the lake will get above 78 especially with the cold storm that just came through dumping all that rain. Now does anyone know how to make it not so windy on Saturday? Well, as long as the swim isn't windy, I'm o.k. with it...
Doesn't look like the wind picks up until noon...I'm hoping we'll all be done by then
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| 2008-07-10 6:58 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 405 Shakopee, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Looks like some good weather (minus the wind). I hate wind. I hate it more than hills...no matter which way I go, it is a head wind...never a tail wind! see some of you tomorrow morning at 6:30am for a swim. |
| 2008-07-11 9:30 AM in reply to: #1521634 |
Pro 4541 A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic hundoracer - 2008-07-10 6:58 PM Looks like some good weather (minus the wind). I hate wind. I hate it more than hills...no matter which way I go, it is a head wind...never a tail wind! see some of you tomorrow morning at 6:30am for a swim. Ryan, Steve, good to meet both of you this morning. Good luck tomorrow all! |
| 2008-07-11 9:38 AM in reply to: #1522555 |
Expert 715 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic It should be a great race day! |
| 2008-07-11 9:57 AM in reply to: #1509631 |
Expert 715 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic ball6135 - 2008-07-05 6:40 PM Here is the outlook for Next Saturday...
This is a great weather chart - where can I locate this on the web? |
| 2008-07-11 1:43 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Veteran 246 Racine, WI | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Thanks Sparco - good meeting you. Was nice swim, the lake really got choppy as we were setting up fencing and bike racks. saw some pros (whitfield - canada)out testing the water. Hopefully lake will smooth out overnite. Good luck to everyone tomorrow. Steve |
| 2008-07-11 2:34 PM in reply to: #1522668 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka Beach, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic This is from a Windsurfing website... so you need a lake nearby! There is a bunch of stuff there and a ton of different graphs as well... here is the link to the one that I use for "local" (minneapolis) info... http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=100&siteID=1390&Isection=Forecast+Graphs
Yoganerd - 2008-07-11 9:57 AM ball6135 - 2008-07-05 6:40 PM Here is the outlook for Next Saturday...
This is a great weather chart - where can I locate this on the web? |
| 2008-07-11 2:35 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka Beach, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic here's the latest fro tomorrow...
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| 2008-07-12 6:42 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka, MN | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Well, all I know is that having a 4-day old baby, 6 hours of sleep in the last 3 days, and not bringing the wetsuit all added up to still having a fun day. I came in at 2:52 on the Olympic course I was quite happy with that considering the sleep-deprivation. Oh, and all of you who teased me about only swimming a few times since my shoulder injury in March, rest assured that, no, none of the rescue personnel tried to pull me out of the water and save me!!! I took the swim REALLY easy, and my shoulder feels pretty good. I should have worn my wetsuit though. |
| 2008-07-12 8:15 PM in reply to: #1495973 |
Extreme Veteran 461 Minnesota | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic I hope everyone had a great time today! I had a blast body marking people. Didn't find any BT people, but there was a lot of bodies to mark and a lot of volunteers working on it. If you went up to a goofy gal who was asking for social security numbers, phone numbers and $5 if you forgot to bring your race bib... well, that was my lovely GF. She's a hoot! |
| 2008-07-13 7:54 AM in reply to: #1525278 |
Expert 715 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic Yesterday's race was a fantastic event! Thanks to people like you, Jeni, and your GF, it was a fantastic race. This was my first Oly and, after more than a month of being sidelined due to an injury, I was thrilled to be able to compete and did NOT come in DFL! Congratulations to all! |
| 2008-07-13 1:29 PM in reply to: #1503855 |
New user 9 | Subject: RE: Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic My Husband told me that there are huge Muskies in Nokomis and at times they can be aggressive and actually bite. I know I was a little freaked when I did the OWS portion yesterday.. Right before I swam one of the volunteers laughed and said "Now don't let those Muskies bother you!!" |
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