Not sure what the run course was last year, but looking at the map for the route this year the only difference I can see is that the route doesn't take a wiggle through Belvoir Park, and the turn-around on the east side of the lake is a little further south


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Good luck to all the athletes, this was my first ever IM and it was great! I did however require a drip at the end....

Cheers, Rich

Thank you for the info. I have been watching the temps daily and decided to bring both wetsuit and speed suit to play it safe. Good luck to everyone!

in few hours the water temperature dropped from 27 to 22.
There is hope...

in the past the organization was always more conservative than Mythenquai. You can assume that up to 25 deg in Mythenquai is ok for wetsuit
also weather forecast doesn't seem anymore over 30deg and at night it is always cooling to 12-14
this morning it was chilly on the bike at 6am

Yes thats true, I guess the lake responds very quickly to high temps. But this decrease was really quite spectacular. Maybe some smeltwasser was at play also? In any case, I'll take the wettie and swimskin with me to be safe. Thanks for the info.

The drop is large but in the night from Tue to Wed we had quite a storm here so I am guessing it is just due to the turbulences and the deep water mixing with the warm top layer.

I am doing the 5150 so hoping it will either be 21° or 24°+. I just don't deal well with 22,1° water without the suit.

I'm in as well!
Seems like everything is still possible in terms of the weather forecast, but I'm hoping for low 20ies and rain if possible.
I'm only arriving on Friday just in time for the briefing.

Have read bad race-reports on blatant mass-drafting (from 2009). Then again, from past experience spectating in Austria and racing on Mallorca, this seems to be the standard for a lot of WTC-races (Lanzarote was the exception).
So I'll try to be ready mentally to not get frustrated or too pacing-aggressive and just do what I can as fairly as humanly possible.

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well I think this is not only a problem in Europe ;-)

One important aspect to keep an eye on for the weather is the wind: if it blows from North early in the morning, it is great because the flat part at beginning of the loop is mostly from N to S. Most of the times this is the case for the wind but once in a while it blows from south, like last year (rare but it happened). While we have the hilly section from S to N and the wind doesn't play a big role.
The flat part at the end of the loop is equally split between S to N and N to S.

This can change by 5-10mins your bike time.

IM Zurich was my first IM last year. Amazing experience. PM me if you'd like me to share my race report. portmannk at gmail dot com

In Zurich now, swam this morning at 8am. Water was cool, don't know exact temp, but I did wear my wetsuit. Would have also been fine without it. Water is really clear and fast.

I love it when the water is really fast!!!

Forecast - wise it looks like it's gonna be hot all week and then cool down a lot on raceday...

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Ha, this forum really needs a like button ;) Fast water sounds good. I signed up for the swim training of the organisation on thursday, others going? Im actually thinking its smarter to go early in the morning like you did though, the training is at 12ish, that will be rather toasty already.

If anyone cares here is my race report for Ironman Zurich.... Thanks for all the help

http://ironmanzurichhoneymoon.blogspot.com/

Hi All -

I signed up for IM Switzerland in 2016.

Three questions:

1. Hotel recommendations?

2. Bike transport? No TriBike option (from what I can tell).

3. Anyone use Nirvana Europre for travel/lodging?

Thanks!

Guy

Hi Gatsby, I just strated a new thread for IM Switzerland 2016

The dinner was good which was surprising. Unless you know the city well and want to spend more money, than I would stick to the race venue. Hope this helps!

Thx. I stayed in Zurich enroute to Powerman Zofingen in Sep 2014. The Powerman Welcome Dinner was good. By contrast, IM Sweden sucked; but IM Regensburg was the best EVER. BTW, I live in Tampa so will drag my flatlander butt up the mountains yet again.

I learned an interesting thing about climbing and racing with elevation; descending is hard! You can prepare for climbing living in FL if you pace right, find wind, and use a power meter. But you simply cannot practice descending. There were guys flying by me, tucked hard doing probably 55+ and i was scared $hitless doing 45. The twists and turns in that race are hard. No long, strait descents like I expected. Best of luck to you.