Advice for Oceanside - 70.3
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tsilcyc posted 20 weeks ago.
Here's some info:
http://www.trifuel.com/node/9909
I think there's another thread floating around that has good info as well.
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buckeyeben posted 20 weeks ago.
In my searching and asking around on this site someone sent me a link to this race report. It's really long but gives pretty good detail. I'm doing it too. My first half. Coming in from Ohio. Best wishes! I'm looking for insight into the race too...
http://amateurtrigirl.blogspot.com/2007/04/2007-california-703-race-repo...
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tsilcyc posted 20 weeks ago.
On long url's like this one, you need to enclose between
[ url ] and [ /url ]
but remove the spaces between the brackets. I think that's right.
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buckeyeben posted 20 weeks ago.
Ooops. Didn't know about that. Thanks for the tip. Here's another attempt.
http://amateurtrigirl.blogspot.com/2007/04/2007-california-703-race-report.html
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emtridoc posted 19 weeks ago.
The water can be cold, but sounds like it might be warmer than years past. It's a deep water start, so you get a few extra minutes of getting cold before you start. There is one moderately tough climb on the bike. The bummer is the make you control speed < 25 mph on the decent, so you don't get the payoff! Other than that, moderate rollers. But I live and train in Santa Rosa, CA, so plenty of climbs to get used to. The toughest part of the ride for me was the last 10 mile into a stiff head wind, but I guess that's been variable over the years and hard to predict. I didn't much care for the run, an out and back two loop which takes you over a quarter mile or so of soft sand 4 times which I found hard to run in. It was my first 70.3 In the end I had fun and will do it again some time.
Anyone have advice for California Ironman 70.3? Aside from the water temperature, which looks like it is already currently around 60 degrees so much warmer than in past years, I have read stories of people actually needing to walk their bikes up some of the hills. Any advice or comments from people who have done the race would be helpful!