9/23/07: 1st Annual Extrememan HIM (Madison!)

I'm busy that day doing a different CT HIM...this one is closer to my house though.

Ocean swim....I'd opt for nice lake any day. Very cool fund raiser. 

I can't decide on doing the Extrememan or the Washington State Half Ironman.....I am leaning towards the latter. Only because they mention it has a flat ride. My last A race of the season is Parkcity or Cranberry so only 5 weeks to bridge to the Half Iron Man which wil lbe a B race, my goals for this race will be to A/ Finish and B/ Go under 6 hours.

 Anyone want to help me out here in making a decision. I live in fairfield county and have never been any further North than Danbury....

Cheers JG 

Polly/ Captain,

Thxs for your input, that is great I have no Fkin idea about the geography/topography over here as moved over here last September from Europe.  

Polly - See below blurb from the Washinton State Half on the bike course.

"begin the rolling, scenic bike course. The first and last sections are fairly flat. The middle section of the bike is rolling with a few noticeable climbs through quaint New England farmtowns" Sounds a bit similar to the description of the extermeman.

I must admit I am starting to lean towards doing Cranberry over parkcity, as the thought of doing 45 flat laps at bridgeport will drive me nuts 8-)

Thxs for your advice.

JG 

Thxs - And also I here Cranberry has beer afterward which is a big tick for me as I know Parkcity doesn't. 8-)

The above should read 5 laps not 45 laps. Imagine doing 45 laps you would have to me the energizer bunny.

Ok so it sounds like I might see you guys all at Cranberry. Probably bring my tribe, we will alll be easily recognisable as my kids will be the ones breaking things 8-)

Does Cranberry sell out early or can you book fairly late? 

James, that part of the state is commonly referred to as "The Litchfield Hills" because, you guessed it, it's very hilly! My guess is they are describing the course that way because they know people will see where the race is and think Litchfield=Hills. Also, Washington is a pain in the a$$ to get to. There is no such thing as a highway up there.

So I am actually considering doing this one.  Timing seems to be good relative to recovery from LP and August family time, close to home so limited travel/hotel, etc.  Flat and fast which is just what I'll be looking for after hilly and slow LP. 

The RD/race management company isn't even owning up to the event yet in their own forum. Weird.

I might be interested in doing this one, however I was thinking that my last tri for the season was going to be Lake Placid.

Hi All - A very kind BTer sent me the mapped out route plans for Extrememan and the Washington State. OK get ready for it. Bike climb as follows.

1/ Washington State - 2 loops x 1,345ft = 2,690 Total

2/ Extrememan - 1 loop = Total 4,015 Feet Total.

I have both routes stored in my log under the Route function if you want to take a look. Click on the map elevation button. The extreme man profile looks like Everest.  Given most of you are doing Placid probably not an issue but as this is a B race for me and I will only have a 4 week bridge from my last Olympic. I am going to do Washington State.

Cheers

JG 

Hi - I think I am going to do the Washington State as B race for me and the extrememan hill climb looks well....extreme.....