Vineman Ironman 70.3 : Official Thread (Page 2)

Is everyone planning to use a wetsuit?  A sleeveless suit?  No suit?

This is my first IM race.  I'm worried that the wetsuit will be disallowed or I'll be too warm in it.  A friend was there last weekend and he said it was ridiculously hot.

I'm not worried about anything in the race as much as the "to wetsuit or not wetsuit" decision.

I'm planning on swimming Sat am to decide.
The only wetsuit I have is full sleeve and I've been OWS practicing in high 50's to low 60's, I'm totally expecting to spontaneously combust in anything over 70 :/

Nice review!  Do you happen to remember how windy it gets during the bike portion?  Will you recommend a disc?  I'm undecided between a 606 set or using the disc with a 404 on the front.  Thank you.

Was that before or after the river gage jumped up a foot?
Looks like perhaps they released some water from a dam this morning, that's a big jump from 7.2 to 8.1.

Where did you find the temp reading?  All I can find is the USGS river gage.

THANKS!

^^^  Sorry, now I found it

I'm REALLY thinking that the temp has dropped.  The river gage is showing a flow of 288cfs. The forecast is looking like it will cool down into the 70's next week.  Hoping that holds and it stays cool.
(fingers crossed)

Rode an out and back on the front half of the course today and I'm sorry to say the roads are in pretty rough shape. Much worse than last year when I raced. The Vineman team has the bad potholes pretty well marked with bright orange paint so you can see them which is good, but expect a bumpy ride.

Good luck to everyone during your taper! I'm the lead volunteer for Run Aid Station #4 (the Golden Gate Tri Club station at miles 4 and 9) so I'll see you all out on the run course!

Water temp as of Jul 13th is 74 degrees.  Yikes that's close!

Who's getting excited?!  Who getting antsy with taper?!

Anyone know if ice will be available at the running aid stations?

Good luck y'all

Yes, I remember ice at the aid stations last year.  Really well manned stations, lots of water and volunteers.

Local news had a weather 'snippet' for Vineman...and to quote the weathergirl - conditions are going to be perfect!  A bit chilly at the start with a projected 52, but the high is only supposed to hit 75 ~ wow!!

Getting very jazzed here - starting to pack up!!

Did OK.  This was my 3rd triathlon and first HIM.  Met my first goal of just finishing!  Yeh!  Easily met my second goal of breaking 6hours.  Yeh!  BUT got killed on the second half of the run! I remember an earlier post warning of the hills on the run leg but those hills really kicked by booty!  Ouch! Double Ouch! After a bit of recovery, on to training for IMAZ. 

Thanks to all the volunteers out there.  Impossible w/o your help.

This could be my post - pretty much exactly.  See you in AZ!

HA!!  I told the banana guy that I liked his banana, and he asked me 'which one?'  I believe I spit out my water!!

Thanks for volunteering!

CONGRATS!!!  I can't imagine what it would have been like to do this as only my 3rd tri ever.  This was also my first HIM... I finished 7:26 and will happily live with it.  Where I am beating myself up is that I had the opportunity to PR my 1/2Mary up until mile 9 :/  If only....

Nice job to everyone out there.  I'm glad the weather was "cool", I'd hate to see what it's like on a warm day out here.  And this humidity... Oh my!!!

Thank you so much you guys!  I PR'd on Sunday while racing with a cold, and I gotta say, your aid station was a big part of it.  Made me smile to see you guys on the outbound run, and I was looking forward to seeing you all again on the return. 

To you, your team and all the other volunteers out there over the weekend, THANK YOU for making it a great race!!!!