Prarieman Bike Course ?

Sorry you were'nt able to run yet, i was looking into Prairieman that week , but theres a new half iron in town 90 mins away "OnalaskaHalf" have fun up north.

here's the link to Prairieman's bike course:
http://www.ironheadrp.com/uploads/PM_56_mi_bike.pdf

I actually considered doing that race and then DNFing after the bike.

i am sure you will heal eventually. You can do your own Aquabike if you want to. Find someone to run for you even at Iron distance. Theres still alot of HITS Tri going on they do half iron and full iron relays. Oilman also does Relays.

Oilman has an aquabike if I'm not mistaken.

It was my first and only podium at a long course, so I may be biased!

The bike is flat and fast. This is a smaller race so the course is never really crowded. Although it is a multi-loop course, I would not consider the turns significant.
T1 from the swim to the bike is extremely short.

The RD is former military and it shows in the production of the race. Everything is precise and he cares about having a successful event.

It is low frills, but well supported.

I have done a few of the Ironhead events and have decided I am done with them.

The last race I was not accually in my nephew (10) was in the race. But that is when I decided I was done. The RD is a former military man and it shows in more than just the operation of the race. Hope you don't have to deal with him direct he is a real A$$. He yelled at a few kids and I thought thats not to cool then he yelled a my nephew and I thought I was going to have to tackle my sister before she hurt the man (or got hurt). Thats the short and sweet version. He also did his pre race meeting and at the end asked if there where any questions. Well when one of the little girls (9 or 10) asked a question he said " I already covered that you should pay attention." REALLY there kids between 7-14 cut them some slack. He acts like he just hates all of it. That race they messed up the run for the older kids they ended up running to far. The younger kids some biked over because someone was out of place at a turnaround. Then they attempted to correct the times and some results had already been posted so a few kids got nocked off the podium. Kids where crying ever direction. That happens no big deal there but the additute I just have had enough of.

The other races I have been in have gone simular I just overlooked it because I have never personally delt with him. But after this last one I decided that there are to many other races to deal with that kind of junk.

I have a friend that has done about 5 of Jacks races and he has also had his feel.

Thats just my opinion. Didn't mean to preach.