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IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years
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 2014-03-25 7:54 AM |
Member  62  Conroe,Tx |  Subject: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more yearshttp://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/woodlands-wins-ironman-... I must admit I'm a little suprised. There are a lot of locals that do not like the race. I did find it interesting that the article talks about moving the date to april. Edited by ksee 2014-03-25 7:55 AM |
| 2014-03-25 8:07 AM in reply to: ksee |
Master 2500  Crab Cake City | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Interesting. I don't know anything about Texas but would moving the date to April make it less hot and wetsuit legal?? Just curious about how much of a temperature difference there is in a 1 month period down there. |
| 2014-03-25 8:14 AM in reply to: dmbfan4life20 |
Member 62 Conroe,Tx | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Current lake conroe water temp is 59.9 degrees. Morning air temp was low 50s this morning. Last year the low temp the week before IMTX was 39. First of may is the breakover point for us down here. |
| 2014-03-25 10:03 AM in reply to: ksee |
Member 341 Austin | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years The half marathon in woodlands earlier this month was fantastic. I wish we had a tri with those great temps. Oh and starting the race with 100% humidity was awesome! |
| 2014-03-25 10:22 AM in reply to: jetsers |
Member 560 Utah | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years I have been watching this news very closely hoping it would renew. With a date in April, that would work even better, though it is a very early season race. Hopefully this will be my first IM in 2015! |
| 2014-03-25 12:10 PM in reply to: KatieLimb |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Moving it to April would probably make it better temperature wise. |
| 2014-03-25 12:22 PM in reply to: KSH |
Veteran 1677 Houston, Texas | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by KSH Moving it to April would probably make it better temperature wise. Curious what they'd do with Galveston 70.3, since that's also in April... |
| 2014-03-25 5:35 PM in reply to: ligersandtions |
Member 241 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. |
| 2014-03-25 5:52 PM in reply to: ksee |
Elite 3060 N Carolina | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years April date is set to begin in 2016. |
| 2014-03-25 5:58 PM in reply to: japarker24 |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Here are the future dates: • Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
| 2014-03-25 6:05 PM in reply to: 0 |
| Richland, Washington | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years I did IMTX last year, it was insanely hot. The locals all seemed really friendly and very supportive of the racers. There were TONS of people out in front of their houses cheering. It really has been my favorite IM of the half dozen I've done. I was registered for this year, but I might be in a waterski tournament that weekend. Edited by Swimaway 2014-03-25 6:06 PM |
| 2014-03-25 7:18 PM in reply to: GMAN 19030 |
Member 241 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by GMAN 19030 Here are the future dates: • Saturday, May 14, 2016 Where are these dates published? |
| 2014-03-25 7:30 PM in reply to: Lock_N_Load |
Regular 389 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years I was just thinking about this race today. Although hot last year, I really enjoyed the area and race venue. Will be back for sure. |
| 2014-03-25 8:04 PM in reply to: Lock_N_Load |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Woodlands Township Board minutes:
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| 2014-03-25 8:09 PM in reply to: ksee |
Member 1293 Pearland,Tx | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Will the swim start still be a mass start?? |
| 2014-03-26 8:29 AM in reply to: Lock_N_Load |
Member 560 Utah | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by Lock_N_Load I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. I'm with you, won't race on Sundays, and am happy to see this will remain a Saturday race. Planning on signing up for it for 2015...my first IM! |
| 2014-03-26 9:11 AM in reply to: KatieLimb |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by KatieLimb Originally posted by Lock_N_Load I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. I'm with you, won't race on Sundays, and am happy to see this will remain a Saturday race. Planning on signing up for it for 2015...my first IM! Vineman is a Saturday race |
| 2014-03-26 9:17 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
| 1159 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by KatieLimb Originally posted by Lock_N_Load I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. I'm with you, won't race on Sundays, and am happy to see this will remain a Saturday race. Planning on signing up for it for 2015...my first IM! Vineman is a Saturday race so is Beach to Battleship if you want to do a non-IM branded |
| 2014-03-26 10:27 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
Member 241 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by KatieLimb Originally posted by Lock_N_Load I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. I'm with you, won't race on Sundays, and am happy to see this will remain a Saturday race. Planning on signing up for it for 2015...my first IM! Vineman is a Saturday race That's exactly why I'm signed up for Vineman this year! I've also heard it's a great race and I'm excited to participate. I did my first Full last year at Expedition Man in Lake Tahoe. Great small race but I don't think it's hapenning this year. Would also like to do Beach to Battleship and Great Floridian but it's not in the plans right now. IM Texas is really the only Full distance IM branded that I can do. Not a huge loss if I never do a full M-dot but it would be nice to do one once. I have done (and will do again this year) the Ironman 70.3 in St. George Utah. Great race. |
| 2014-03-26 10:57 AM in reply to: Lock_N_Load |
Extreme Veteran 1574 | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Does any one know for sure what the date will be in 2015? |
| 2014-03-26 11:49 AM in reply to: KatieLimb |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by KatieLimb Originally posted by Lock_N_Load I hope they keep it on Saturday. I don't like to race on Sundays and IMTX is really the only viable Saturday option out there. St. George is not a full anymore and getting into Florida is near impossible. I'm with you, won't race on Sundays, and am happy to see this will remain a Saturday race. Planning on signing up for it for 2015...my first IM!
Question was answered two posts above yours. |
| 2014-03-26 2:56 PM in reply to: KSH |
Veteran 143 The Woodlands, Texas | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by KSH Moving it to April would probably make it better temperature wise. The weather around here is absolutely unpredictable, but I hope you're right. I raced IMTX last year and it was super hot. Four weeks prior, I was still wearing sleeves and had a wetsuit on reserve thinking there would be a small chance of needing it. |
| 2014-03-26 9:24 PM in reply to: Lock_N_Load |
Expert 2547 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by Lock_N_Load Originally posted by GMAN 19030 Where are these dates published? Here are the future dates: • Saturday, May 14, 2016
These are proposed dates and likely dates, but not final. Considerations are the golf tourney, the Marriott availability, etc. Likely to stay Saturdays though. Swim start may change...As to Galveston.....stay tuned |
| 2014-03-27 7:58 AM in reply to: tjfry |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years TJ, I assume keeping the May date for 2016 (first year of new contract) was due to availability and scheduling issues. Odds this gets changed? |
| 2014-03-27 8:59 PM in reply to: GMAN 19030 |
Expert 2547 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: IMTX in the Woodlands for 5 more years Originally posted by GMAN 19030 TJ, I assume keeping the May date for 2016 (first year of new contract) was due to availability and scheduling issues. Odds this gets changed?
A number of things are fluid right now. CB&I needs to get moved for one. There was also a reasonable amount of discussion regarding "too many" events in the woodlands. So there looks to be some policies that will go in place for future (non ironman) events. Add prom, the golf tourney, hotel availability, etc etc and that's where everything stands. There is motivation by Ironman to get the date to some cool climates. So I would imagine that if they can, they will. Also, don't be surprised if the swim start changes with a date change (or sooner). |
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