Text messaging! Always how I roll when I travel.

I'll be there, but not racing anymore. Just couldn't put it together this year. Not gonna lie, REALLY excited to be going and not racing :)

I'll be working in the merch tent instead of with Gatorade this year, but definitely there should be some kind of meet up. Morning swim anyone?

Thanks, my goal is to be finished before your catching :D Shooting for a sub 7pm finish

Im up there as a volunteer as well. Dont worry kat I'll be there to "Catch you". Im on the 4:30 to 8:30 shift. See you around 6pm!

FIRES ARE NORTH of Kelowna presently but there could be newer ones anytime.
Roadworks delays schedule

I suggest meeting at the Peach on the Beach (swimstart) 9am Saturday am. Finish your swim before that if you can, then we might go two blocks South to Smith & Co. for coffee/snack and yak about the day, make plans etc.

I'll be going to the carbo dinner Friday evening and will fly a Trifuel flag on the table usually at the back by the door opposite the MC podium. Join me if you wish, space as available.

PoC

I'm hoping to finish before they start handing out glow sticks and chicken broth, other than that no hard goals.

I'm hearing the water is around 75 degrees right now. I've been on the fence about getting a sleeveless wetsuit so I have more options for racing. I always thought IMC had a cold swim, but I guess it has to do with the water turn over? Thinking the sleeveless may be more comfortable than the full due to water temp. Thoughts?

I'm down for a Trifuel practice swim, I can't promise more because I'll have both sides of our family with us so I'll be spending most of my non-training time hanging with them.

We'll have to make sure we all know what each other is racing in just in case we cross paths on the course. And the Trifuel volunteers will know us to cheer us on, or in KitKat and my case tell us to HTFU :)

Good luck all. May the PR's be plentiful.

Mike and I will be there cheering and volunteering as well (with Toni!) We are all heading up on Saturday so we will miss that meet up, but we can't wait to see everyone! I've never been to IMC, and it was Mike's first Ironman back in the day.

I think I'll be catching bikes for a while -- not sure yet though. And whatever I do will probably be with a Trifuel visor on ;)

I'd be up for that, would love to meet you guys! :)

jono

If I can get someone to tell me to HTFU I'll show my appreciation by sharing my ice cream at the finish line. My moma's going to have some waiting for me :) it's a finishing ritual.

I'm sure I'll be sporting my HTFU visor on race day so that I don't need to keep yelling it at you lazy bastards ;)

HaHaHa! I watched the video clip in yubtube! HTFU Mates!! For the participants: I hope all your wishes come thru on August 30th. Buena Suerte and enjoy the race. For the volunteers: THANKS!

I'll be in the med tent from 4-8 running the walking wounded area. So while you are HTFU, also make sure you are hydrating like crazy so I don't see you in the med tent! I'd rather meet you all for coffee instead. ;)

Nurse Toni

Gonna be a hot one

Trending toward 32C or so... google tells me that is 90F.

I sure hope that things change before then... it's been a cool summer here in Toronto, I've been training in the low 20's (low 70's F)! Very comfortable. :)

jono

2126 Yo!

WAHHHHH I emailed them on Sunday and withdrew :(

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

#236

Can't believe we're almost there.

Yes and no---not the stress fracture--it healed. Immediately (like my 2nd run) I did something to my knee. Swelled up like a grapefruit. Waited a few weeks hoping it would get better, but no. So, went to the dr. he drained it and gave me a cortizone shot and told me no running for 2 weeks--so now up to last week :( It doesn't "hurt" per sae but now I can feel something in there. Doc said if it still bothered me I would need to get it scoped so they can clean it up, and I am still on the fence about it now. Running relatively pain free but there is still some pressure in there.

Hey jono,

One year I forgot to put a water bottle on the bike before the start and when I left T1 I noticed it.
But the first ten miles is up main street through the crowds and then downhill mostly to McLean Creek road where there is an aid station before you climb that little hill and that first 10 goes by so quickly you don't even notice it. And I was so full of lake water anyway that I wasn't thirsty.

Plus it is cool and the road is shaded so I didn't feel any thirst but you can go ahead and put a used Gatorade bottle on your bike, washed and filled with water before the start, then toss it at aid stn. #1.

The G bottles are the standard size, what is it? 687ml?

PoC

Thanks PoC. I'm probably obsessing... OK I'm certainly obsessing... :)

jono

Good luck everyone!!

Dude, you just made me feel "normal" - thank you :)

Taper?

Let's see...I'm driving my wife crazing, I almost had a nervous break down trying to finalize my hydration setup, I wash my hands like I have OCD, I try to grab everything with a paper towel or my sleeve to stay away from germs, I have a complete packing list to include which bag I'm putting everything in (Anyone care to know how my Gatorade Endurance powder will spend its next week?), I snapped at my Mom when she asked "So, are you ready?", and I've got that bi-polar thing going on.

So yeah, taper is basically going as planned :) Can't wait to get up to Penticton!

I'm not feeling manic, I'm feeling depressed.

But that will change.

PoC

Just got into Penticton this afternoon, the family I'm renting the house from is great, the house itself is amazing, the locals are friendly and I got a 40 minute swim in Lake Skaha and the water was perfect! The lady at Papa John's actually asked me what my number was and then made the other guy remember it too so they could cheer for me. I'm starting to see why IMC sets itself above other IM's, my excitement for Sunday just got kicked up a notch.