Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans : Official Thread (Page 11)

armand69 - 2010-04-09 6:10 PM quoting the bear "Not sure what's blasphemous about Italian in New Orleans. The city has a rich Italian cultural and culinary heritage.

In the Quarter, Irene's is supposed to be really good, Bacco's is as good as or better than the Bourbon house and run by the same family, Maximo's was a fun place when I lived there. Tony Moran's on Bourbon used to be good, though I think it's gotten a little touristy.

If you want venture out of the Quarter, a bunch of us BTers ate at Mandina's last year, good food at moderate prices. Maybe we can see about getting a group together again this year?"

i'm coming into nola for race weekend from lafayette on friday evening (a couple hours away) and staying with family who lives there.....i'd love to meet and eat with yall.......let's keep talking it up and see what comes of it........is the concensus italian cuisine with other lighter fare on the menu? I'll ask my aunt.....in addition once i get my bike to transition my vehicle can carry up to 7, so that would be 4 extra seats after my daughter, wife and I.  We'd love to be of help.

blountds - 2010-04-12 11:46 AM I'm sure everyone has rooms already. But on whim I choose to try priceline instead of staying at a friends and just booked the Courtyard Marriott for $40 each night. Avg. rate there is $205 per night.

So if you haven't booked yet try priceline!!!
 

Panama - 2010-04-12 9:55 AM

What do ya'll say to 4:30pm @ Mandina's for Dinner Saturday, let me know who all will be in for that.

I have 2 in my group

Also let me know if you need a ride. 

Panama - 2010-04-13 10:24 AM

Bike check in on Saturday took me maybe 15 min.    Literally I walked my bike from my car into the transition where the lovely little girl verified my bike # to my wristband and I racked it on my race #, that was it.  I saw some people getting some final touches done to there bikes but I choose to make sure mine is ready to roll and all things are done before I bring the bike.   I spent maybe an extra 30 min just getting a feel for the transition entrance and exits from the swim to the bike exit/ run exit that sorta thing, took a few pics and then I was done.  Hope this helps you out

 

Ram Run - 2010-04-13 1:16 PM Last year's race had nearly 3,000 athlete's, so as you can imagine the bike course was fairly packed. However, I did not see any drafting taking place, everyone seemed to keep good spacing between riders. There were several officials on motorbikes patroling the course.

the bear - 2010-04-13 2:39 PM

There will be at least a dozen of us officials out there this year. Last year it was easily the most knowledgeable, experienced, organized crew of officials I ever worked with. The head official does big races like this exclusively and said it was the fewest amount of penalties in any HIM he's worked. Personally I carded three riders on the bike, one of which was a guy drafting a young lady for over two minutes as they wove through dozens of slower cyclists. Warned a couple guys on the run to put their shirts back on but gave no penalties there. 

Fun race to work.

the bear - 2010-04-13 1:39 PM

There will be at least a dozen of us officials out there this year. Last year it was easily the most knowledgeable, experienced, organized crew of officials I ever worked with. The head official does big races like this exclusively and said it was the fewest amount of penalties in any HIM he's worked. Personally I carded three riders on the bike, one of which was a guy drafting a young lady for over two minutes as they wove through dozens of slower cyclists. Warned a couple guys on the run to put their shirts back on but gave no penalties there. 

Fun race to work.

armand69 - 2010-04-13 3:30 PM mandina's 5:30 or 6:00 sounds perfect actually, we're gonna have fun

armand69 - 2010-04-12 4:17 PM thanks and a great race to you my friend, will you be joining us for dinner saturday evening?

Rach, I am sure you won't have trouble finding someone to braid your hair down here.