Beads,
Are you driving or flying???? I drove so was able to bring everything under the sun (ie multiples of everything, even food....)

I am loading up the truck and driving down to PCB.

I just made my vacation arrangement with work.
I have a place to stay too.

I know the basics but from what I have seen on TV and read in the forums.
I gather it is set up a little differently??

Scott, for me, during IMC was:

Pre Race:
Tool kit for bike with the usual stuff I carry to all Tris. Ask and I'll send you a list. Four spare tubes, 2 spare tires, vasaline, Ibuprofen, 2 spare wheels (from the other bike), pretty much double of everything identified below. In case it rained or was cold I had long sleve shirt, running jacket that could fold up in a pouch so I could carry it, leggings, arm warmers, duct tape, vitamins, extra cleats w pedals.

For the race I used:

Swim: goggles, earplugs, wetsuit , swim cap, timing chip band, HR monitor. Under suit I wore the Trifuel singlet, with bike shorts.

T1: In bag, helmet, sunglasses, bike shoes, suntan lotion, 4 gels, banana, 3 powerbars, Hoggie, 2 chock chip cookies. On the bike I had 2 spare tubes, the saying stuck to the aerobars that said "Slow is Steady, Steady is Fast", 2 bottles of gastrolyte sol'n, aerobottle filled w water.

Bike special needs bag: hoggie/sub, bag of salt and viniger chips, beef jerky

T2: running shoes, socks, visor, 2 oatmeal cookies, ibuprofen.

Run special needs: threw away cause I couldn't eat anotyher hoggie and chips (yuk!). Card from the family I asked them to put in to give some inspiration to continue and important Ibuprofen!

After race my bro had a mother of a large garlic pizza for me after I crossed the finish line. I ate ALL of it. Hope this helps. Good Luck buddy! When is the race? November......????? What number are you so that we can keep track?

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hehehehehe :D
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for special needs- anything you might want to eat or wear that they dont provide on the course.
in my bike bag I had a pb sammich as well as the accelerade I drink. For the run, I only had a long sleeve shirt in case it got cold.....
If you dont need it, dont bother as it would be a waste of time

Ya don't get the special needs bags back. Remember that.

Brit: I had only 2 tubes on the bike. I brought 4 to Penticton.
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The race is done with T1 and T2 equipment in separate bags. In registration you get 4 bags with the pakage. All are labelled. One bag for T1, one for T2, one for Special needs bike and one for Special needs Run. They also give you a sticker page with your numbers. There are stickers for helmet, bike, and all four bags. You put what ever you need for T1 in the T1 bag , what ever you need for T2 in the T2 bag and what ever you WANT in both the Special Needs bags.

After coming out of the water you find your row and run down. Call your number and a volunteer will take it off the rack and give it to you. The same for T2. Then run into the change tent and use the stuff in the bags to change. There should be volunteers there to help you with emptying the contents and picking through the stuff. They will clean up after you too, so be sure all that you have has your race number on it, especially the wetsuit!
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Si senor
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So the volunteers clean up your mess?

I won't peak into the womens changing tent I promise.

I will just [I]accidentally[/I] go in there and change :rolleyes:

I did end up getting both my special needs bags back at IMAZ, but not everyone did. They tried to get 'em back to us though.

I also have an "anything goes" stomach, but put things I crave during workouts into my bike special needs bag... a few of my favortie gels and an extra bottle of my preferred sports drink. Also a few extra CO2 cartridges in case I'd used some already.

On the run I only took in liquids 'cause I was feeling great with just them, and my special needs bag held another of my fav gels in case I wanted it, and a long sleeved shirt in case it was cooling down.

As for a list in the transition bag, I had those in each bag as well. My trick with it was to put it in a shoe so that I had to see it -- else I would have forgotten the list was there.

Oh, and my new favorite workout food? Gummy bears! I carried regular gummy bears and sour gummy worms with me at my last AR and they were great! (along with cheezits, poptarts, milk 'n cereal bars, ham sandwhiches, trail mix... ;))

At IMAZ the special needs on the bike was at around mile 60 on the bike (if I remember right) but since it was a 3 loop course you actually had 2 chances to grab it (but once you got it, it was in a different bin and you couldn't get it again). The run bag was at the half way point. Volunteers are they and hand your bag to you as fast as they can. On the bike I found I just stopped to grab mine, and on the run they had it in hand ready for me (but I ended up not wanting it).

I think some of it might have appeared on the website at some point... but definitely in the race packet when you get the bags and the final directions on filling them. I believe they try to have them as close to the halfway point of each discipline though.

The IMC info did not post the information until about a week before the race.