Oklahoma City Redman Triathlon - Half Redman

 I would join ya but i won't be able to get down there until the wednesday prior to the event   Will probably cruise parts of the course that thursday or friday however. Best of luck all! 

p.s.-- Doing the half distance as well.

John

This is my first HIM distance race.  I'm used to sprint races, so I was wondering how the transition area compares to your typical sprint tri.  I'm looking for how far the transition area is from the swim and how the area is organized.  Also, is there anything with the transition area that differs significantly from a sprint race?  Thanks

I did the HIM last year and will be there again this year.  The transition is seriously like 25 yards from the swim exit.  There will be two columns of bikes.  One on the right and one on the left.  This is a pretty small event so the transition is only about 150 yards long or so.  Bike in and out in the front of transition and the run is out the back.  They do have changing tents that can be utilized, but are mainly for the Full distance triathletes.  They had two port-a-johns in transition last year.  Good bit of room in transition between bikes.  Thats about all i can think of.  Let me know if you want anymore specific information.

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. 

I have some more questions...  How do ya'll carry your (non-liquid) nutrition on the bike and run?  Do you put on a cycling jersey and utilize the pockets?  Do you use a bento box?  or duct tape things to your bike?  What about on the run?  Or do you just eat at the aid stations?  Since this is my first HIM, I'm looking for ideas of what has worked best for people.

 Thanks!

hey.  i actually think our tri group is going down at some point labor day weekend to ride course and swim lake for redman.  i will get details and forward them to you.  i am doing redman (half ) but am not able to make the training ride next weekend.   let you know as soon as i get the 411!   amy crawford

Hey, this will be my first half and i just finished doing my "big" workout today.  I was wondering what everyone else is up to for these next two weeks as i figure this will be the bigger weeks before taper. I'm not really following a plan but i think i am on the right path. I did 2:30 on the bike on a trainer and then drove to gym to do 10.5 miles at 7:35  pace on the treadmill alternating 0% and 0.5% incline. What does everyone else have as their big workouts?

-andrew

First of all....bike trainer? Treadmil? During summer?  What are you thinking? lol i can't do more than and hour on each, even during the winter.  I'm doing longer runs and bikes during the week and still doing the long run and bike on the weekend.  I know thats not much help, but i don't have my plan right in front of me. 

I am going down probably on sunday to ride the redman course.

all that time on the trainer and treadmill......yikes.  you will be so excited to be out and about you wont even recognize you are racing!!!   too bad you are not close...half the reason i get out of bed at the crack of night is to meet my training partners.  however, they usually smell worse than a treadmill.. LOL   i know the majority of our group is hitting their long week next week.  they are doing 4-5 hour rides, 2 hour runs and concentrating on time vs. speed.  personally i will probably log two more 50+bike, 2Xlong 10-13 runs and the rest is cake and maintenance.  amy

yea, well i had been planning on a big workout yesterday or today and the weather was crappy for both days so just went ahead and did it on those indoors...

Yea, i am probably going to do one more big workout early next week and and probably keep a high overall load until the following one.

What do you mean i smell worse than the treadmill? Thats the last time i help you get faster Amy!!

Yeah i have told them that, but they are kind of anal with sticking to what the plan says.  Also a few of us that are doing the 4-5 hours are doing a full next year so we are kind of building a base for that. 

To bad we won't be able to meet up saturday.  We are coming early sunday morning.  One of the guys coming owns a bike shop, so he has to be there most saturdays.