Ironman 70.3 California : Official Thread (Page 11)

Thanks.  I see Friday rain predicted but none Saturday so expect wet roads to say the least.  >.<

I live about 20 min south of Oceanside....

Some tips for the visitors...

If you want a magical place to do some OWS swimming, go down to La Jolla Cove.

See: http://www.lajollacoveswimclub.com/

Ifthe water is clear (one in four shot of it being clear) you will get to see som sea lions  swimming around and frolicking in the water while you swim.

If you are looking for some place to ride the bike... if you bring ID you can ride the front part of the course through camp Pendelton and up the old 101 all the way to the trestles bike path. 

If your looking for a ride with no cars on a nice bike path then try the

San Luis Rey River Trail,

The best place to get on is at the end of Neptune Way.

Do a google map search for Neptune Way Oceanside

Then zoom in at the west end of neptune way you will see the bike trail.

The first 0.6mile or so is a bit tight, but after that one can ride to 7.5 miles without having to deal with cars in any form... 

Great place to make sure your bike is in order after the trip...

Just checked the weather and...

Accuweather = Clear skies

intellicast = Few Showers 30%

Weather.com = Few showers 30%

Ill take in between that. 

last long weekend in the books. 2:30 ride with a :25 run at HIM pace yesterday (plus a little paddling in the afternoon). 9 mile trail run and 2 mile OWS today. Done and done. Feel better going into this race than any I can recall. Hope everyone is feeling good and ready

Nice weekend you had Chris! =D

I'm planning on swimming near the pier. That's where the 2.4 of the Tiki Swim starts. Click through for the current surf report. Play in the surf and swim a few hundred beyond the breakers, and you won't be one of the people troubled by the mild chop at the harbor entrance. http://www.tikiswim.com/

1. I really want to kick this chest cold. I can run and bike at the same speed, but my pulse runs 10 bpm higher. However, swimming just sucks.

2. Had a beautiful ride on the Marine base Saturday. Although they have been doing some road construction, I had to ride on some steel plates and uneven pavement. I don't know how this affects the race course, I haven't studied the course maps well enough yet.

3. If anyone is around the expo on Friday, please cheer for my boy for the IronKids one miler. It would be cool if someone other than mom and dad cheered him on. He has done 5k's with me, but he has never done more than 1k solo. Jaidev (pronounced "Jay-Dave").

Here are some local group workouts.

Monday
6:00 AM Ocean Swim, advanced/expert swimmers • Location: La Jolla Cove.
5:45 PM Ocean Swim in Carlsbad • Location: Tamarack Beach.
6:00 PM Ocean Swim in La Jolla • Location: at La Jolla Shores.
7:30 PM JCC Swim Workout • Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC) in University City • Fee based.

Tuesday
6:15 AM Pannikin Bike Ride • Location: Pannikin - 7467 Girard Ave, La Jolla.
6:30 AM Bike Workout in Point Loma, Group ride • Location: Moment Cycle Sport, Liberty Station.
6:00 PM Track Workout in Carlsbad/North County, Coached session • Location: Carlsbad High School,
Monroe Street and Chestnut Ave.
7:30 PM Master’s Swim • Location: Solana Beach Boys & Girls Club, 533 Lomas Santa Fe Dr,
Solana Beach • Fee based.

Wednesday
6:00 AM Ocean Swim, advanced/expert swimmers • Location: La Jolla Cove.
5:30 PM Mountain Bike Ride (Advanced), Year round • Location: Various, Penasquitos Canyonside Park
(east parking lot). Contact: Dave Krosch, [email protected] to be on mailing list.
5:45 PM Ocean Swim in Carlsbad • Location: Tamarack Beach.
6:00 PM Bike Workout in Cental San Diego, Coached session • Location: varies, typically Fiesta Island.
7:30 PM JCC Swim Workout • Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC) in University City • Fee based.

Thursday
6:30 AM Pannikin Bike Ride • Location: Pannikin - 7467 Girard Ave, La Jolla.
6:30 AM Bike Workout in Point Loma, Group ride • Location: Moment Cycle Sport, Liberty Station.
5:45 PM Beginner Open Water Swim • Location: Ventura or De Anza Cove in Mission Bay.
7:30 PM Master’s Swim • Location: Solana Beach Boys & Girls Club, 533 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.,
Solana Beach • Fee based.

Friday
6:30 AM First Light Ocean Swim, advanced/expert swimmers • Location: La Jolla Cove.
6:00 PM Ocean Swim in La Jolla • Location: at La Jolla Cove.
Saturday
8:00 AM Bike Workout, Group Ride • Location: Meet at Starbucks in Del Mar, Hwy 101 & 15th St.
8:00 AM Bike Workout, Group Ride • Location: Nytro Multisport, Encinitas.
3:00 PM Youth Triathlon Workout-Chula Vista • Contact coaches for details,
Judy Carbary, [email protected].

 Tamarack beach is a few miles from Oside.

Eric - was the construction right after the Harbor Gate for that new building?  I rode two weeks ago and they had that section closed to bikes, with a little detour.  Meant not riding that short section of the course, but it got me onto a part of the base I'd never seen, kinda cool.  If that's the area, the race course is all on the west/ocean side of Vandegrift at that point (in fact the course goes behind the commisary area) so it shouldn't affect it.

As of two weeks ago there was not any other construction on the course that I saw.

Looks like they are doing some major construction right at Vandegrift/Wire Mtn road intersection, next year's course is gonna have some very different scenery

I plan to do a swim Friday morning to get used to the ocean/chop. I'm nowhere near a 1:45 tho

I also plan to watch the IronKids race and will try to yell for Jaidev.

I leave for Oside Thursday morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The detour was still up, and I forget the name of the street.

The steel plates and some recently patched ditch is at the base of that first hill when you take the left at the light (from Vandergrift to Stuart Mesa?) where the swampy water is...

This is going north from Oside BTW.

Ah, OK   Good to know. 

And thanks for the info on the trail, may end up going on base for the shakeout.

this sounds so silly but the thing i'm most frightened of is NOT the hills, wind, or cold water - it's the marine life! 

i'm from tx, we don't have sharks or sea lions here....HOW DO I TRAIN FOR THIS??? haha