Ironman Cozumel?

Have not heard anything but one vote Yea!

No, but I heard a rumor that Cancun 70.3 was going to be Cancun 140.6 next year.  Perhaps someone heard Ironman Cozumel and by the tim the rumor got to me it had turned into Cancun?  Hmmm...

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Yah.. well. .that didn't work so well.. Just use that site to translate the link he posted....
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This sounds great!.... BUT.. I would have to stay several extra days so I could get in some diving.... and of course enough time between the two so I don't get a ride in the cool chamber they have down there. That just makes me sad.. having to spend more time down there.. lol...

Kenny

Edited by Ten9T6 2008-06-02 1:07 PM

No freakin way!  This would be sooo awesome.....for me.  Kelly and I love diving in Coz and make it once or twice every year.  I'm not sure how that island could handle it though.  Roads are not very good and are very crowded.  Bike course would be tough to manage.  Interesting for sure though.  I know Trump is looking at developing the East side and dumping tons of dough into the island, maybe this is part of it.

Cozumel? The island is like 10 miles all the way around??? You'd have to circle it like 10 times to get 100+ miles on the bike.

Obviously it's more than 10 miles... but still... it's a VERY SMALL ISLAND.

I love it for diving... but the roads are not that great... it would be a flat, windy course... and the humidity alone would kill me.

It's about 30 miles long and about 10 miles wide.  Yes, if true, will be a loop course, for swim, bike and run I suspect.

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The article basically says that there is ostensibly a 5 year agreement between Ironman and Cozumel for the race. The first race will be in 2009 and will run for at least 5 years. The very first word of the article is "confirmed." Now, the trick is finding out who did the "confirming."

The bulk of the article focuses on the difficulty of Ironman, its reputation as one of the toughest sporting tests on the planet and the benefit that this race will provide for Cozumel and its tourism industry.

I just got back from Cozumel last Friday. We are divers, and this was a fith trip to the island.

The roads were in decent shape and there are plenty of hotels that could host the event. I'm not sure how they would manage the bike course, but it can be done. The southern loop of the island is roughly 35 miles, and another few miles could be added by including the north western portion of the island. A three loop course is certainly doable.

The swim would most likely be calm, but not wetsuit legal ... the bike would be warm and windy ... and the run would be hot and humid. I hope it happens.

Cozumel, soothes of Triatlón IRONMAN 2009
Friday, 25 of April of 2008
* The sport event will remain in the island during five years, according to the agreed thing with the organizing committee
By Rafael Acevedo

COZUMEL, 24 of April. - Confirmed, Cozumel will be soothes by five years of the international competition of triatlón denominated IRONMAN. As of the 2009, the island of the Wanderers will lodge to more than thousand 500 competitors of more than 25 countries of the world during the months critics of low season, which will come to leave a calculated economic special tax of around 30 million weights, it presented therefore it the director the Council of Tourist Promotion of Cozumel, Raul Marrufo González, who in addition said that this profit will give to Cozumel a greater height as tourist destiny in the world.
The IRONMAN is a spectacular event of sport challenge, that at international level has been positioned, and is considered like most difficult of the world, in which, the athletes will have 3,8 kilometers don't mention it, to pedalear in bicycle, a passage of 180 kilometers and to run 42 thousand meters. This event arises in Hawaii and is a registered tradename at world-wide level, solely compared with NASCAR or the NFL.
In this sense, Marrufo González it commented that after several visits of inspection, on the part of the director of events of IRONMAN, Steve Meckfessel, as well as of Jaime Cadaval, president of the Association of Triatlón of Mexico; the managers of this took the desición from that, for the first time in history, Mexico will comprise of the circuit of competition of this world-wide championship of triatlón, denominated IRONMAN, being Cozumel, soothes designated by these people.
It commented that it will be from the edition of 2009, when the island of the wanderers comprises of this championship, which consists of 14 you soothe in different parts from the world, and for the first time, after 11 years to ask for the designation by means of the AsDeporte company and the support of the federal government, Mexico has been selected, for it, analyzed several tourist destinies, being finally Cozumel, the chosen one to lodge this competition in edition 2009.
The director of the Council of Tourist Promotion of Cozumel explained that this event will be being been realising in the island during the low season of hotel occupation, specifically during the third week of the month of November of the 2009. It added that the contract with mark IRONMAN is by five years, that is to say that the island of the wanderers will lodge this competition until year 2014.
It declared that during the dates of competition and even several days before, are expected more than thousand 500 national and international athletes, representing around 25 countries of the world, which, generally are accompanied by friendly, relatives and the members of their work party, which means that, according to the realised calculations, the hotel occupation is increased to 2 thousand rooms per day, in a stay average of one week, which means an economic special tax of near 30 million weights, which in low season, is something very good for the inhabitants of Cozumel.
“In addition, this great competition will have a promotion and diffusion in national and international massive means, with maximum cover for our tourist destiny. Also, it is hoped that it has a high social impact, the participation of the community, in which, the athletes not only acquire sport experience, but a memory and identification with Cozumel”, concluded.

Christ, I can't imagine how much I'd get reamed by the airlines for bringing scuba gear, UW photo stuff AND my bike!!!!

Edited by ChrisM 2008-06-05 4:18 PM

They don't mind too much, until you start bringing parachutes on, for your carry on.. It's a fun conversation starter... lol.. "What? you mean they didn't give you one when you checked in?... You better go back and ask.... we are about to take off!" haha...

Kenny

Hey, it's official. Here's the scoop:

http://www.ironmancozumel.com/home.html

Looks like a good course. I was just in Cozumel about a month ago and the roads look good in that area. The water is calm on that side of the island and the park where transition will be setup is beautiful.

http://www.cozumelparks.com/eng/parks-chankanaab.asp

 

So, see you there???

 

 

Edited by smorenog 2008-08-05 11:42 AM








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The bike course is confusing me. I suppose I'm easily confused... but it is an out and back? And you do that many times? Why would they not do a loop? Odd.

So maybe that's 30 miles out and back? Aren't there just two lane roads over there? I don't recall their being a 4 lane road of sorts... but I haven't been there in 5 years.

You do the out-and-back on the bike twice, 56 miles each time. I guess if you do a loop at some point the leaders would be on the run and still many people on the bike and that would make that stretch of road too crowded. 

Not recently paved, but overall in good condition. I wish I would have known about the race then to take a better look. There is not a lot of traffic on that part of the island (bike course).