IMAZ'ers, get ready for the HEAT!!!!
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Yeah thanks Bryan I really appreciate it man like I needed a downer today :) j/k I am looking forward to a good warm spell in Tempe...
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kkocan posted 1 year ago.
Red5;63950 wrote:
Humidity is in the 10-15% area as well just to add insult to injury.
I've been to Arizona and loved it, but it is hot. However 10-15% humidity is a cake walk. During july and august here in PA the temp usually is around mid to upper 80's and often gets to the mid 90's, but the humidity is so thick that you can literally see the air! Nothing like breaking a sweat and sticking to your clothes just walking out to your car. Arizona's hot, but it is a dry heat.
(Spoken like a true northerner that's not doing IMAZ!!!)
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
We have the equivalent of AZ desert habitat here in the Okanagan at IMC. I did the race in 2005 but the humidity is a little higher than you have it. Actually, looking forward to the warmth. This has been a hellish training season for this race. Yay heat!
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
kkocan;63964 wrote:
I've been to Arizona and loved it, but it is hot. However 10-15% humidity is a cake walk. During july and august here in PA the temp usually is around mid to upper 80's and often gets to the mid 90's, but the humidity is so thick that you can literally see the air! Nothing like breaking a sweat and sticking to your clothes just walking out to your car. Arizona's hot, but it is a dry heat.
Seems like most would agree, but I'll take mid 90's with high humidity over mid 110's with low humidity any day!
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
I am looking for 60's with low humidity and a thin cloud cover with a 20mph wind that keeps rotating to always be a tail wind for me. I just know it's going to be like that in Tempe next month I know it! :)
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theTRIguy posted 1 year ago.
yeah thats hot but in dubai,
we are always in the 90's, and 100% humidty. sprint tri on friday at 7oclock b4 the heat gets up too high.
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
theTRIguy;64094 wrote:
yeah thats hot but in dubai,we are always in the 90's, and 100% humidty. sprint tri on friday at 7oclock b4 the heat gets up too high.
100%? Really? That would mean the the dew point is in the 90's and there's fog - not haze - fog everywhere...
No doubt it's a muggy place, but a dew point of 90 degrees is extremely rare, even in Dubai.
Oh, and good luck in your sprint tri :)
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kkocan posted 1 year ago.
Dew point is a much better indicator of how 'stuffy' it is out. The local weather station always lists it during heat waves and they have a scale and I believe anything over 70 something for the dewpoint is considered oppressive. When it's 90-95 degrees and a 70-75 dewpoint the air is hazy and feels real heavy, plus you sweat/get sticky just walking outside. Very uncomfortable to be in, let alone train in. A dewpoint of 90 would be unreal!
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theTRIguy posted 1 year ago.
dunno how accurate it is but thats what radio says. maybe im exaggerating a bit! regardless tho, AZ sounds hoT! Good luck guys!
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
T-minus 3 weeks, 6 days left! Who else is PUMPED UP?
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Airborne;64558 wrote:
T-minus 3 weeks, 6 days left! Who else is PUMPED UP?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!:eek:
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Today was my last long ride before IMAZ. I went 5:52:30, 130.7miles, averaginbg 22.3mph. I went through 9 bottles of hydration, 5 PowerGels, and 2 Cliff Bars. But what really made this a standout, I pee'd while riding! I wasn't sure if I could but knew I really needed to at IM, so I gave it a go. It was so easy, messy, but easy.
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JohnieTri posted 1 year ago.
awesome ride dude. good luck! and congrats on peeing (never thought I'd say or type that)
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
Red5;64597 wrote:
Today was my last long ride before IMAZ. I went 5:52:30, 130.7miles, averaginbg 22.3mph. I went through 9 bottles of hydration, 5 PowerGels, and 2 Cliff Bars. But what really made this a standout, I pee'd while riding! I wasn't sure if I could but knew I really needed to at IM, so I gave it a go. It was so easy, messy, but easy.
That's a nice ride! I'm kind of amazed that's your first time though, as you've done some long rides before this one.
That doesn't seem like a lot of food for a 6 hour ride - what are you drinking for hydration?
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
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I pee'd while riding!
Yeah, that's one thing I never did in training. Was it hard to do? I find I don't get the big urge to pee until I'm off the bike, or at least out of aero. Three weeks left to practice, I guess!
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
fittycent;64610 wrote:
That's a nice ride! I'm kind of amazed that's your first time though, as you've done some long rides before this one.That doesn't seem like a lot of food for a 6 hour ride - what are you drinking for hydration?
3 bottles of Gatorade, 6 bottles of water after stopping twice to refill. All in, I consumed about 1600 calories between the Gatorade, gels, and bars. That's 250 calories per hour. I would have had an additional 250-500 if I had been planning on doing any thing else after the ride, but I wasn't so I didn't need anymore to complete the workout comfortably. I also had a 500 calories breakfast 60 min prior to the start. So now I'm up to 350 calories per hour to burn plus stored glycogen in my muscle and liver. Good to go!
When you say you are amazed, I misssed the meaning. Amazed that I hadn't ridden 130 miles before or that I pee'd? :)
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Airborne;64612 wrote:
Yeah, that's one thing I never did in training. Was it hard to do? I find I don't get the big urge to pee until I'm off the bike, or at least out of aero. Three weeks left to practice, I guess!
Nope, very easy. I was pleasantly suprised. I stood up on the pedals, feet even, dropped my heals (don't ask, just felt better), and gave a little push. Next thing I know it's just flowing down my leg and into the wind! :eek: Very messy.
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
that sounds messy man... Damn I am pumped it's almost here.
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RV posted 1 year ago.
Red5;64616 wrote:
Nope, very easy. I was pleasantly suprised. I stood up on the pedals, feet even, dropped my heals (don't ask, just felt better), and gave a little push. Next thing I know it's just flowing down my leg and into the wind! :eek: Very messy.
Hope you gave the bike a real good wash after the ride!
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Jstyle;64617 wrote:
that sounds messy man... Damn I am pumped it's almost here.
It is.....but it's fast. I'll take every extra min. I can.
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
Red5;64615 wrote:
When you say you are amazed, I misssed the meaning. Amazed that I hadn't ridden 130 miles before or that I pee'd? :)
Amazed that you hadn't peed on a ride until now!
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
my question is, if ya didn't have alot to drink from what did you wash it with. Normally on the course we have bottles of water to wash off with ewwwwwwww! :D
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
bluebirdbiker;64633 wrote:
my question is, if ya didn't have alot to drink from what did you wash it with. Normally on the course we have bottles of water to wash off with ewwwwwwww! :D
LOL! I wore it with pride, my friend! :D
Even went a second time as I couldn't get anymore gross!
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Red5;64634 wrote:
LOL! I wore it with pride, my friend! :D
Even went a second time as I couldn't get anymore gross!
Very Muske and Sexe! :D
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
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Next thing I know it's just flowing down my leg and into the wind!
Love it. I can't wait to try it out.
:p
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Hey are we gonna like meet for coffe or something during that week? We should all set a time for that. Anyone? Bueller, Bueller....
You guys that live there should recommend a location for the meet.
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
I'm down, I fly in on Thursday evening and fly out on tuesday morning...
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Yeah, I'll get us organized once we have everyone's itinerary and locations. My coach may have a booth set up in the athlete village area which can give us a good meeting point. Stay tuned.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
ooo good idea. I'll be down for Thurs AM, I fly in Wed. and am staying just 1mi from transition. Look forward to meeting you all.
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
I'm in.
I vote we coordinate using THIS thread. Who's with me? It's nice just having a single thread to check regarding meeting times, race temperature, peeing-on-bike, etc.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Anyone else scared?
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
I feel like a loaded gun with a hair trigger! :)
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
bluebirdbiker;64687 wrote:
Anyone else scared?
Oh I will go with you on this one BBB I'm definately a little Skured... I have done a HIM before but they should definately test me.
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We need to hook up like on friday for a coffee or a snack or something in Tempe somewhere.
Bryan you have any place the your reccomend that we can kick it a little on Friday or something?
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
I kinda wish this were the first cause I know what's coming hehehe
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Oh, there is soo much to do down in Tempe, you guys are going to love it. It's a great college town with tons of rest., cafe's, bars (I'll have a beer or 2 on Friday!), plenty of options.
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
Red5;64756 wrote:
I'll have a beer or 2 on Friday!
Rockin the Landis, eh? I've been dry since November ... I think that at this point, two drinks would knock me flat, so I'll have to wait until Sunday night to imbibe :-)
Let's get rrrrrrrrrrrready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumbleeeeeeeeee!
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Airborne;64766 wrote:
Rockin the Landis, eh? I've been dry since November ... I think that at this point, two drinks would knock me flat, so I'll have to wait until Sunday night to imbibe :-)Let's get rrrrrrrrrrrready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumbleeeeeeeeee!
I drank a long island a few hours after my 20 mile final run on friday well I only have two words FACE DOWN! I can't imagine how quickly you would just get plastered after the IM. I'll have A drink with you Red on friday... After that my body will be pure going into this race.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Count me in for the drink guys!
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Hey BBB we need to get a plan going to sneak Red a few extra drinks so we can finish before he does... Actually you might need a few extra drinks as well so I can pull the gold at IMAZ from the Trifuel pack.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Red's gonna be MILES ahead of us sloths man. He is out of our league. I bet if he had a bottle of JD in him he would still finish 8hrs before us LOL!!! I suppose if we sabbotage his bike of something :p
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
So Red completely random question and in no way am I thinking about sabatoging your bike but what kind of bike are you going to use and where do you park it and finally time's are you not around it :)
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
hehehehe. :p
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Jstyle;64813 wrote:
So Red completely random question and in no way am I thinking about sabatoging your bike but what kind of bike are you going to use and where do you park it and finally time's are you not around it :)
I ride a 1985 Schwin 10 speed I keep chained to a lamp post at the corners of Rio Salado and Priest in Tempe. A homeless Indian guy named "Dances with Moonshine" ususally keeps an eye on it for me when he's not out collecting cans or teaching a doctorate class at ASU on Modern Economic Theory and How to Build a Shelter Using Bounty Paper Towel...... :D
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Wow and you can clock a 20+ pace for more then a century ride on that thing... :)
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Jstyle;64900 wrote:
Wow and you can clock a 20+ pace for more then a century ride on that thing... :)
Well, it has an old F1 car wing I have mounted on the back fender, so it's real aero :rolleyes:
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
I heard that if you really lube the chain well on those things they "fly"!
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
That and having NAAAWWWZZZZ helps (god I hate fast and the furious....)
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
Dude, I just tried out the peeing-while-riding thing today. It's awesome! Bryan, thanks for the tip about standing up, that was key.
Something Bryan didn't mention is how nice it is to have cool pee running down your leg on a hot day. It'll actually be really good to help cool off the legs during the race.
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kevinb421 posted 1 year ago.
90's may sound bad, but in IA we get to train in the 90's during the summer with 100% humidity so the 10% will be a nice change.
"If your not going to win, make the fellow in front of you break a record."
I just want to go on record as saying how impressed I am with all of you coming to race here at IMAZ who live and train in the northern part of the country and Canada. How you all manage to get in your mileage, wether indoors on trainers our outdoors in the brutal elements, my hat is off to you. :)
Now the bad news. It just got hot here. I mean REALLY hot. We went from day time highs in the 60's-low '70's to almost 90 in about 2 days. :eek: This is fairly common, but it does not bode well for a cool day in April. The thing about AZ, once it get's hot, it stays hot. Humidity is in the 10-15% area as well just to add insult to injury.
So, crank up the heat in your homes and before you head down here and get your bodies heat acclimated as best you can and practice hydration, hydration, hydration. It will make your day April 15th!
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