Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 3)

haha, nice

Ahh Predictions:

First IM- trained ok til about 2 months out then forgot to train until race day- 13:13

Second IM- pretty much forgot to train- 12:49

IMKY 2009- train the whole da#n time- 10:xx

(please allow me to adjust my goals as time moves along)

x2 for healthy and still married!

 I added an hour to my goal time every month 

the bike course for last year had you riding out to the loop and before you started it there was a small two lane road that had the larger hills on it. just a quick out and back then you started the loop course,, once you finish with the loops it's back to town, no out and back on the way to T2

If you make it to the start married, I bet you'll also make it to the finish married.  (It'd be a shame to be handed your divorce papers in T2...).  As for healthy, well, that's a different story I guess.

sorry still confused, so you do the little out and back only once, then you do the other loop twice and then head back to Louisville? You only go back to Louisville just to finish correct, not like a true two loop course?

very well.. you won't get lost...

...even if you THINK you are lost.  On two different occasions I found myself out on the road and did not see any other bikers up ahead or behind and no race officials or signs or aid stations.  I thought maybe I'd "zoned out" and blew right by a turn or something.  But I'd overestimated my scatterbrainednessicty (I just coined that word) and in a mile or so I saw other riders.

But not to worry, there are people (not just signs) at every turn yelling "turn, turn, turn!" 

~Mike

Really? Promise? 'Cause you may be underestimating my propensity for getting lost on race courses--it's legendary. I've had all sorts of interesting adventures, of course, but for an IM I NEED to stay on course!

Somebody tell me the run course is really well-marked too. Please. I can get lost on a straight out-and-back course. I get lost going between work and MY HOUSE ... 

Don't worry, you will not get lost on race day.

The only thing you do have to remember is what lap your on. When you pass the point where the Loopers  Turn around and the finishers go straight is where you need to remember so as to avoid turning the Ironman Run into an Ultra.

It will be just like it was at Ironman California except some of the cool kids will be cheering you on remotely this time

Awwww, Tim ... you're the best. And if you say so, I believe you.

The run course is very simple and you can just follow the trail of green Gatorade cups.  :-)

It easy to follow and I'm not even gonna tell you about the guy that got lost and they found him the next day off in the course where he'd wondered into the hood.

~Mike

I'll be doing the New Orleans 70.3 in April.  

I'm still 50/50 on the Kansas 70.3. Not sure if it would be a good idea or not timing wise. All suggestions accepted.

thanks