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 2014-09-29 10:07 AM |
Extreme Veteran  450   Upstate, SC |  Subject: IM Chatt 2015 selloutEhat are your thoughts on how quickly it will sell out with it being the second year. I will be away from computer between 12-1 today. Trying to figure out if I need a plan b |
| 2014-09-29 10:08 AM in reply to: katybug34 |
Pro 15655  | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. |
| 2014-09-29 10:10 AM in reply to: #5054907 |
Extreme Veteran 450 Upstate, SC | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Is it pretty simple to sign up via iPhone? |
| 2014-09-29 10:14 AM in reply to: Left Brain |
| 489 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
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| 2014-09-29 10:18 AM in reply to: Dan-L |
Champion 7136 Knoxville area | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
I hope you are making a poor joke. I was standing at mile 6/18 for hours yesterday volunteering, and I promise you I didn't see a single athlete come through who thought it was a joke. I thought they were all heading for a monumental achievement. |
| 2014-09-29 10:20 AM in reply to: 0 |
Pro 15655 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
I don't think I can float for two hours. You run the course they give you, against all who show up.....that's all you can do. I heard it was a good race. Edited by Left Brain 2014-09-29 10:21 AM |
| 2014-09-29 10:26 AM in reply to: Left Brain |
| 489 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Left Brain Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
I don't think I can float for two hours. You run the course they give you, against all who show up.....that's all you can do. I heard it was a good race.
Guess so. Just seems like they constantly try and find ways to minimise the swim and as it's my strongest discipline it annoys me - it's already a paltry 20% of the race. 'Joke of an event' was a poor choice of words. Apologies to those that competed. |
| 2014-09-29 10:27 AM in reply to: Leegoocrap |
| 489 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Leegoocrap Originally posted by Dan-L I hope you are making a poor joke. I was standing at mile 6/18 for hours yesterday volunteering, and I promise you I didn't see a single athlete come through who thought it was a joke. I thought they were all heading for a monumental achievement. Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
Agreed. Poor choice of words. There needs to be a range of different types of races for people to take part in. I hope there's one with a downhill bike somewhere too. |
| 2014-09-29 10:33 AM in reply to: Dan-L |
Champion 7136 Knoxville area | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout |
| 2014-09-29 11:39 AM in reply to: Left Brain |
Extreme Veteran 933 Connecticut | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout I heard someone tested it and literally floated 2:30. Unreal. |
| 2014-09-29 12:51 PM in reply to: fisherman76 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Swim current will change from year to year as it does for other river swims. When they do up and back swim, it could be like IM China one year they had big numbers not make the swim as current was so strong people couldn't make forward progress. Augusta has been faster some years than others. Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. Vibe on line yesterday was so negative about short swim...it wasn't short it was just fast. IMFL is not downhill bike, actually IMMD is flatter bike. When conditions are horrible athletes love to brag about how tough they were to complete or compete in an event. When conditions are better, why do folks want to poke fun at those who competed and try to belittle the accomplishment. From year to year no course is exactly the same as conditions effect athletes with wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, humidity, ect. On any given day those out there Congrats to all the finishers yesterday! |
| 2014-09-29 1:04 PM in reply to: Dan-L |
| Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
I don't think I can float for two hours. You run the course they give you, against all who show up.....that's all you can do. I heard it was a good race.
Guess so. Just seems like they constantly try and find ways to minimise the swim and as it's my strongest discipline it annoys me - it's already a paltry 20% of the race. 'Joke of an event' was a poor choice of words. Apologies to those that competed. You should do Leadman. Well...if you are also strong on the bike at least. |
| 2014-09-29 3:34 PM in reply to: Jason N |
Expert 2355 Madison, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Jason N Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
I don't think I can float for two hours. You run the course they give you, against all who show up.....that's all you can do. I heard it was a good race.
Guess so. Just seems like they constantly try and find ways to minimise the swim and as it's my strongest discipline it annoys me - it's already a paltry 20% of the race. 'Joke of an event' was a poor choice of words. Apologies to those that competed. You should do Leadman. Well...if you are also strong on the bike at least. I did that race in 2012 and the swim was 4k not 5k.....still that was the best race I have ever done, really a grass roots race and with about 200-300 spread over that far a distance it is you versus the course. |
| 2014-09-29 4:09 PM in reply to: KathyG |
| 489 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by KathyG Swim current will change from year to year as it does for other river swims. When they do up and back swim, it could be like IM China one year they had big numbers not make the swim as current was so strong people couldn't make forward progress. Augusta has been faster some years than others. Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. Vibe on line yesterday was so negative about short swim...it wasn't short it was just fast. IMFL is not downhill bike, actually IMMD is flatter bike. When conditions are horrible athletes love to brag about how tough they were to complete or compete in an event. When conditions are better, why do folks want to poke fun at those who competed and try to belittle the accomplishment. From year to year no course is exactly the same as conditions effect athletes with wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, humidity, ect. On any given day those out there Congrats to all the finishers yesterday! Are you saying that in some years the river will be flowing the other way? If that's the case it's a whole different ball game. I didn't realise that could happen. |
| 2014-09-29 4:48 PM in reply to: Dan-L |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout The strength of the current will vary from year to year. Not the direction. |
| 2014-09-29 9:25 PM in reply to: katybug34 |
| 100 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout It would seem that it won't sell out quite as quickly this year. It was still open this morning. I think with IM Louisville moving to the fall, along with IM Maryland, you now have 3 races to choose from, which hopefully means most everyone will be able to get in a race. BTW, they were offering pre-registration at the Ironman Augusta this weekend for IM Chattanooga, so I jumped on it. Is this normal, that if you race another IM event, you are given an opportunity to pre-register for other IM races, or was this a unique situation, due to the races being cancelled, moved, added, etc.? I have been reading all these threads online about how hard it is to get into IM Chattanooga, and there they were just "giving out" slots, as it were. |
| 2014-09-30 12:01 PM in reply to: Dan-L |
| 1159 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by Left Brain Really fast now that people have read they can almost float the swim and make the cut off. Joke of an event if you can do that? Where's the achievement?
you might think the swim was a joke, but the run made up for it and there was an additional 4 miles on the bike - 2 loop course, the last 4 miles of each loop was where all the elevation gain was - the swim is by far my strongest leg (I cam eout of the water at 1:00:09 - stupid cramp in my calf), and still finished with 15:20:56 |
| 2014-09-30 8:20 PM in reply to: Dan-L |
| Greenville, SC | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by Dan-L Originally posted by KathyG Swim current will change from year to year as it does for other river swims. When they do up and back swim, it could be like IM China one year they had big numbers not make the swim as current was so strong people couldn't make forward progress. Augusta has been faster some years than others. Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. Vibe on line yesterday was so negative about short swim...it wasn't short it was just fast. IMFL is not downhill bike, actually IMMD is flatter bike. When conditions are horrible athletes love to brag about how tough they were to complete or compete in an event. When conditions are better, why do folks want to poke fun at those who competed and try to belittle the accomplishment. From year to year no course is exactly the same as conditions effect athletes with wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, humidity, ect. On any given day those out there Congrats to all the finishers yesterday! Are you saying that in some years the river will be flowing the other way? If that's the case it's a whole different ball game. I didn't realise that could happen. The flow of the dam is dependent on energy consumption by the city. No, it will not flow backwards….but it will range from no flow to hauling later in the day. There was zero-200 cfs from 12 am- 7 am. It went from that to 14,000ish (i don't remember the exact number) from 7-8. It exceeds 25k regularly later in the day. |
| 2014-09-30 8:27 PM in reply to: NeverEnough |
Member 110 Sylvania, Ga | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout I swam it in 1:01 with no wetsuit, which was about 15 min faster than expected. That hill across the river crushed me on the run. But, first Ironman and I made it, so I'm not compaining. |
| 2014-09-30 8:29 PM in reply to: LukeBoswell |
Member 110 Sylvania, Ga | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Ha, I had two foot cramps on the swim also. Thats funny. |
| 2014-09-30 8:40 PM in reply to: NeverEnough |
| Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by NeverEnough Originally posted by Dan-L The flow of the dam is dependent on energy consumption by the city. No, it will not flow backwards….but it will range from no flow to hauling later in the day. There was zero-200 cfs from 12 am- 7 am. It went from that to 14,000ish (i don't remember the exact number) from 7-8. It exceeds 25k regularly later in the day. Originally posted by KathyG Swim current will change from year to year as it does for other river swims. When they do up and back swim, it could be like IM China one year they had big numbers not make the swim as current was so strong people couldn't make forward progress. Augusta has been faster some years than others. Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. Vibe on line yesterday was so negative about short swim...it wasn't short it was just fast. IMFL is not downhill bike, actually IMMD is flatter bike. When conditions are horrible athletes love to brag about how tough they were to complete or compete in an event. When conditions are better, why do folks want to poke fun at those who competed and try to belittle the accomplishment. From year to year no course is exactly the same as conditions effect athletes with wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, humidity, ect. On any given day those out there Congrats to all the finishers yesterday! Are you saying that in some years the river will be flowing the other way? If that's the case it's a whole different ball game. I didn't realise that could happen. Do you have a rough idea what speeds those volumetric flow rates may translate too in the swim course section? |
| 2014-09-30 10:33 PM in reply to: LukeBoswell |
| 1159 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by LukeBoswell Ha, I had two foot cramps on the swim also. Thats funny. when we made the turn into the stairs, I got this doozy of a cramp in my calf - it sucked trying to kick in like that - I like to think I might have gotten under an hour in my swim otherwise (1:00:09 as it was) |
| 2014-10-01 7:28 AM in reply to: #5054907 |
| 16 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout I lived in Chattanooga for a decade so the swim might be current assisted but no way you can escape hills for a bike or run. Not a lot of flat level ground in Chattanooga. |
| 2014-10-01 3:12 PM in reply to: KathyG |
Extreme Veteran 1942 In front of computer when typing this. | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by KathyG Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. I hate the damn officials too! ;-) On the other hand, the dam officials are awesome at controlling water flow... |
| 2014-10-02 12:15 PM in reply to: KathyG |
| 96 | Subject: RE: IM Chatt 2015 sellout Originally posted by KathyG Swim current will change from year to year as it does for other river swims. When they do up and back swim, it could be like IM China one year they had big numbers not make the swim as current was so strong people couldn't make forward progress. Augusta has been faster some years than others. Mother nature and damn officials control the current not WTC. Vibe on line yesterday was so negative about short swim...it wasn't short it was just fast. IMFL is not downhill bike, actually IMMD is flatter bike. When conditions are horrible athletes love to brag about how tough they were to complete or compete in an event. When conditions are better, why do folks want to poke fun at those who competed and try to belittle the accomplishment. From year to year no course is exactly the same as conditions effect athletes with wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, humidity, ect. On any given day those out there Congrats to all the finishers yesterday! hey, didn't you do IMLP when it was a monsoon the entire race? |
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