Full Vineman Triathlon : Official Thread

I'll be there!

Stupid question of the day. In the past, when doing a full IM have have changed shorts between the swim and the bike. The way transition is set up at Vineman, I have pretty much decided to keep my wet shorts on for the bike. Q: Put chamois cream on at the bike? Is this acceptable behavior?

FYI, someone posted on ST that the water temp has been running higher than normal due to the drought -- less water turnover or something (depth is normal, from what I gather).  Anyway, over the weekend they were measuring 77 degrees.  It's supposed to be cooler this week so the 70.3 athletes may be in wetsuits but we may need to keep an eye on things.

I wonder how much the water temp normally drops overnight? 

Oh well, it's not something that we can control...

I swear I posted this before...

USGS data for Russian River water temp at Guerneville

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv?cb_00010=on&format=html&site_no=11467000&period=&begin_date=2015-07-01&end_date=2015-07-06

Hi Janyne,

Thanks for the heads up on water temp... you had me scared for a minute, but it looks like we should be wetsuit legal:

I will be unabashedly reaching into my trisuit to slather chammy cream on in T1. Modesty (dignity?) is optional in triathlon.

I was nervous for a minute there too!

We just need it below about 25.5 C and we are good :-D

Water temperature seems to be holding at a max if 24C and the Accuweather/Weather.com seem to be more in agreement (high of mid 80s in Windsor on Saturday) than last week.

When is everyone getting into town?

My husband and I are traveling on Thursday.  We are staying in Guerneville.  I hope to get a very short swim in the river on Friday morning before heading to Windsor for packet pickup.  My bike went out via TriBike Transport and I'll pick up the bike then as well.

I'm coming up Thursday, not sure if my girlfriend is coming up with me or Friday. We're staying in a caboose(!) between Windsor and Guerneville. I'll probably try to get a quick on-course swim in Thursday afternoon (FYI I think Johnson's Beach is only open for swimming 10-6... worth checking). 

I stayed in Guerneville both times that I've done this race. That worked out well for race morning and my husband had a car to haul me back at the finish.  I think that there are shuttles from Windsor to Guerneville as well.

airbnb.com -- I stayed in a converted caboose(!) last year for cheap and it was great. I'd much rather have a quiet place and kitchen in the days before a race than be in a hotel. I'd suggest going east of the 101, towards Guernville... there's lots of nice stuff out there, but do book early.