Ironman Turn around bag

I thought about another pair of socks at least.  However, remember that we are going to be running in a very low humidity climate, so the sweat that you produce dries right up.  It shouldn't have a chance to roll down to your feet.  I will wear a different pair of socks for the bike and the run, though.

I figured that I would put a couple bottles of my chosen sports drink for the bike, along with some gels or maybe bananas or sweet salty potatoes.  For the run, maybe just a photo of me crossing the finish line at my Half...

For the run I'll have socks in a ziplock with BlisterShield power inside them.  I had a big problem last year with hotspots during the ride and very large blisters during the run.   A longsleeve Coolmax shirt in case it is a cool night.  Since I'll only be taking liquid nutrition during the race I may add a couple of Clif bars and a can of Starbucks Double Shot for comfort.  The plan is to not use any of it unless necessary.

In the bike bag will be 2 CO2s, 2 tubes and 1 bottle of nutrition in case I unknowingly launch one of the two bottles I start out with.  I don't plan on stopping for the bike bag either unless I need to.

OK, I have a lot to learn before next July - I didn't even know there was a turn-around bag!!!  Thanks for the info.

Gary

When I registered they gave me four bags: 

Swim to bike

Bike special needs

Bike to run

Run special needs 

I’m not normally well organized and it helped me to create lists in Excel and tape them to the bags.  I also had a list for ‘on the bike’.

Gary, you won't believe the organization at Lake Placid.  They have all the intermediate bags for the 2nd half of the run and the transition bags all sorted out by race number.  On the run, at the 1/2 way point, they have a guy 100 yards down the road who spots your number and radios ahead to the crew.  Someone locates your bag from the sorted rows and by the time you get there, someone is holding your bag out for you to grab as you run by.  There are several porta-potties at that point too, if you need to use them or go inside to change clothes.  Even after the swim and bike, all your stuff you remove in the changing tent is placed into a bag with your number on it, and then those bags are sorted into rows so you can locate everything after the race.  None of this "standing around on a towel at your bike rack" sort of situation like in an average race.  Trust me, these people at Lake Placid have this down to an exact science.  Your triathlon transistions will never seem the same after you compete in this event!

Edited by max 2004-09-21 2:04 PM

You should have gotten 5 bags...the ones you mentioned and a dry clothes bag.  You use this one to put the stuff you wear to transition in the morning in and pick it up after the race.