Bone Island Tri - Full Iron Course : Official Thread (Page 2)

I know!  Technically my training plan already started, but I'm not going to do anything formal until Aug 1st.

Also, I just saw on their FB page that they will not be requiring us to put on the wristbands, nor will they be auditing them.  

Yeah read that too, so I am guessing if you do your best to grab one and secure it and nothing seems to odd (ie ride a 4hr bike split) that it should be business as usual out there. Gotta imagine there will be wrist bands littered around the course from flying out of bento boxes or falling out of jersey pockets.

Actually those out and backs may make it a great bike course. Just enough breaking up of the monetany to keep things fresh so your not going on flats for long periods of time.

Not sure why I can't stop looking at this one. Moth to a flame?

They have the wristbands due to some logistics issue with the timing mats. Could it have something to do with multiple laps on the out and back sections? Wonder if having more than one hit doesn't work for the timing company they use. And as has been stated, they're not planning to check them. I get the feeling that it's more for helping people remember what lap they are on the out & backs. The one you do 3 times, and the other twice. On an event that long, some are bound to miscount. And possibly in case something just doesn't make sense with a result.

The swim sounds interesting since it's wetsuit mandatory. That's because of man-of-war potential. They're going to sweep the course for them, and keep an eye out during. Wonder if any of the gels the super-distance swimmers use to ward off jellyfish would be helpful (and allowed) for the remaining areas?

If the gels are allowed, I'd be interested in trying them. 

Anyone hear anything more on bike transport?  Had heard (maybe here) that it was going to be Tri Bike but wasn't definite yet.

Checking on the gels. Don't know about bike transport, but there is still time.

I'm curious about differences between swimming in freshwater vs saltwater. Is there much to know or anything that can be done without access? I've only been in saltwater once and that was ~17 years ago. Open water is fine, just has the potential to be bigger in the ocean.

About what I thought then, thanks!

And gels are ok if anyone wants to use them (but not in place of the wetsuit). They don't think it's really necessary as they're not expecting a bunch of them (or any, really) and the wetsuit part is a precaution just in case. Nature happens sometimes. These guys have been very responsive to questions.

I got bored the other day and decided to create the maps of the full IM course on mapmyrun.com. The maps aren't perfect but the 3d overviews give a good feel for the course.

swim

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/117943237

bike

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/117953055

run

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/117958695

Ahh road trips, reminded me of a trip to Montreal to catch an Expos game, got in middle of the night and asked a guy at a gas station where to stay, his response was "do you want a knock on the door in the night?" We went to the hotel that he said didn't offer that service to only walk in to the lobby and wait behind two couples asking the guy working what the hourly rate was.

Okay, back to lodging. Seems $200 is about the going price from what I can see too.

csharp1171 - 2012-08-06 7:59 PM I was a bit surprised that the rates were so high.  Sadly my wife has been doing some research and $200 seems about average and that's not for a really nice place.  Given the prices we are seeing we will likely cut our time there short

Yep, $200 seems to be on the low side.  I think my buddy and I are looking to do one of the Hyatt resort condos, which will work out to about $200/night each.

The Days Inn down there is usally on the cheaper side. It is clean and not in a bad spot. We used it last Jan when we did Ragnar it worked fine for us. I got no complaints from anyone on the team.