Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 40)

Good Luck Peeps!   Have fun and rock it!

Good luck everyone! I will be watching from the computer wishing I was out there with you...

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Need some help.

I rented Zipp 404 and 808s for my bike. Now I cant get air in them. I am sitting at the hotel and not sure what I am missing.

I assume it is just an issue with the extenders but I dont know. I am at the Springhill suite room 823 if anyone has some time to help.

phone for the hotel 1-502-569-7373

WAHOOO!!! THANKS JHOUSE all set on the tires.

Whew I was freaking out a little there. Bring on Sunday

You will make it just have a nice cruise down the river.

Also good luck to everyone and thanks all for the help with the wheels.

Good Luck to Everyone tomorrow!!

I have got to say, so far my experience here in Louisville has been nothing short of AWESOME!  What a cool city.  The locals love their bourbon, baseball and horses - that's for sure!  Everyone in this city has been very welcoming, enthusiastic and polite.  We went to the Louisville Slugger museum and had a blast.  The tour was great.  4th St Live was great - been there twice.  The Ohio River is beautiful.  The Athlete dinner was motivating and the food wasn't too shabby.  Staying at the Galt House has been great too, super-convenient.  The only let-down so far has been the Skywalk.  Nobody uses it!  And it's kind of hot in there and you have to navigate a ton of doors.  But other than that, this city is AWESOME~~~!!!

since I'm relatively new to IM, I must say that the 'IRONMAN live' feed for Louisville is really terrific!

What a blast watching the athlete's come out of the water. And I can see the race happening from the spectator's box-a new experience for me.

Now, come on Bobby, finish up that swim so I can see you move on the 'myathletelive' tracker!!

Congrats everyone! 

Curious what the weather and conditions were like today - give us an update after you finish that beer! 

Great Job everyone.

I will just say it now I had DNF for the first time ever in any race. Felt great until about mile 50 when my body just fell apart. I stopped and talked to my family in La Grange on the second loop and told them I did not know how much I had left. I finished the bike but the last 40 miles seamed like 100. I just could not peddle. I ended up in the med tent off t2 for about 45 minutes. I had stopped sweating at some point during the bike. Not sure why as I was drinking a good amount of fluids. Maybe being sick this week caught up with me but I am not sure.

I could barely walk so I knew running was out of the question. I hobbled back to my hotel with my ego in tow and my family all around.

Rough rough day

WHAT?? Oh my! Please update when you can!

Last year at this race I was dangerously close to blacking out just past the finish line. The guy next to me did and was carted off in the ambulance. I had to sit down, then lay down, then practically be force fed food and gatorade before the stars in my vision went away. Do not like

Weather almanac says in Louisville yesterday the high was 84.9 with sustained winds at 8.9mph.

I know the weather will vary out on the course but.. that sounds pretty sweet for an IM day! Was it a lot hotter and windier, or is this fairly accurate?

Wow, hope you get better soon.  

Regarding the weather, the high was 95 with an air quality alert at around 5PM.  At least that is what they said on the 11PM news.  I don't know other than it felt hot.  It was pretty tough and the front that was pushing in created a nasty headwind for the last 30 miles or so.  It certainly made what should have been then easiest leg of the bike pretty tough.

I was sick for that entire stretch including getting off my bike several times to dry heave.  Spent almost 25 minute in T2 getting hydrated and resting before heading out for the run.  It was not pretty but I finished in 15:13.  Woo Hoo!!!