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| As per the Athlete Information given to us in our race packages:
NO helmets or shoe's on the bike in Transition when you drop it off. It says shoe's and helmets go into the gear bag. Different from the main Athlete Guide. |
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 Silver member | bryancd - 2009-11-19 1:09 PM Just got back from registration/packet pick up. Very smooth, but I was way towards the front of the line. Stopped into the IM store to get a few things as they sell out of the best stuff early in my size, so get in as soon as you arrive for merchandise.
With regard to the IM store. Went around noon yesterday and apparently the largest womens size they have in anything that specifically says IMAZ is a medium. Im a large. I was ridiculously bummed by this. |
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| jkholden - 2009-11-19 6:21 PM
perkins_jerryw - 2009-11-19 4:54 PM trey800hj - 2009-11-19 1:23 PM If we do the athlete registration Saturday do we have to pay? For some reason I thought we could wait for a month or so. Thanks! To register for next year you pay right then and they give you a link to finish the registration process about a month later. Of course they want the money up front! I'm not sure about this. I'm getting pretty old so my memory could easily be failing me but I thought that last year when I registered for this year that they just gave me the link with my access code which I had quite a while to either use it and register or lose me spot. I don't think I paid until I actually registered. Of course things were a little bit different last year because I was registering after the April race for the fall 09 race.
The onsite registration process changed last year starting with the IMFL 2009 sign ups (Nov 2008) . You now have to pay onsite to register, and as mentioned you get a link to finish the registration at a later date.
To my knowledge the process changed becuase under the old system lots of people were picking up the vouchers and then not registering so they were having a hard time with accurate numbers when a race actually sells out. |
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| Just got back from the Gatorade Swim practice. I was the first one in the water! Michael Lovato was there on the steps and told me to get in there, so I did. I was all alone swimming down the lake, evryone was way behind me. It was the most relaxing 15min I have ever had in TTL. I felt so good, the water was perfect, the sun was shinning down into the water. I turned around about the haflway point and moved over to the bouy line for the swim back. had to navigate around a few folks. Swam about 30 min total. Feet were getting cold and will be cold on Sunday morning when I get out, hands also, but otherwise the water was REALLY nice. My head and body felt nice and warm.
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 Bronze member | Good luck to everyone!! Looking forward to following you on race morning (until I got to the Ravens - Colts game in the afternoon)!
9:20 or better Bryan ............ |
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 Gold member | OK, it's been fun watching you guys prepare and get nervous... Money is in the bank, Sunday is time to make a withdrawal.
MOST IMPORTANT (for most of you, ahem bryancd): HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!! |
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Bronze member | bryancd - 2009-11-20 12:16 PM Just got back from the Gatorade Swim practice. I was the first one in the water! Michael Lovato was there on the steps and told me to get in there, so I did. I was all alone swimming down the lake, evryone was way behind me. It was the most relaxing 15min I have ever had in TTL. I felt so good, the water was perfect, the sun was shinning down into the water. I turned around about the haflway point and moved over to the bouy line for the swim back. had to navigate around a few folks. Swam about 30 min total. Feet were getting cold and will be cold on Sunday morning when I get out, hands also, but otherwise the water was REALLY nice. My head and body felt nice and warm.
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| Got into town late last night! The lake looked pretty inviting today even though the bridge looked reallllly far away. Tomorrow I'm scheduled for a 10 minute swim, 30 minute bike, and a 10 minute run, then after those I can pack my gear bags and prep my mind. It's going to be a good Sunday. |
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Bronze member | Rode my bike, the road is pretty nice and smooth.. Swam early in the morning and it felt better than yesterday.. The bike shop ran out of CO2 cartidrages, (threaded) so I went to a local bike store.. They were the nicest people, had everything I needed and at half price than at the IM Village. I bought a hot and a couple of water battles..
Looking forward to tomorrow... I'll be relaxing hydrating and taking it easy.. yay..
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Silver member | Going out for the practice swim tommorow morning again, just a short one. Good to get acclimated to the wet suit again.
Should be at the BT get-together around 12:30 or so with our kids and dropping off the BT bracelets. Not staying long as we've got some other family stuff as well as my wife is doing a long training run (for Vegas Marathon). Going to get the bike and gear checked in beforehand so I don't have to worry about that.
Dinner / Pre-race meeting was good. Everyone enjoy Ed's talk (77 year old)? He's going strong! He didn't want to give the microphone back to Mike did he  I hope to be in such good spirits and health when I'm his age.
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Silver member | Any last minute tips for swim drafting in sub 3 foot visibilty water I guess it takes a while to find someone at the same pace and then just hope they keep it constant.
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