It's back up to 80 degrees

Run is pretty shade-free. In the early miles, you have a bit of shade from taller buildings, and running through the park there are a few sections where you have tree shade. But for the most part, you're pretty exposed to the sun. So if you go under 11 hours, you'll get a lot of sun. If over 11 hours, sunset is around 6PM, so it'll still be light, but indirect and cooling. 12 hrs+, you'll have plenty of shade.... otherwise known as dark... ;-)

Had our first Fall type cold morning today...by that I mean, Florida cold. No snow, but definitely needed a light jacket and coulda used a parka on the pool deck...

Surf report said water temp at PCB was 82 today....should start dropping now...

Im in! First IM.

I assume training is ggod, Having never done an IM I hope I am prepared.

Looking forward to crossing the line!


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Extended forecast shows a lot of low temps between 55-62 between now and then. I guarantee this one will be wetsuit legal. Or my name ain't Nathan Arizona.

Last seven years we have lucked out and had great weather.

Who cares if it's wetsuit legal or not. We've all done the training.Let's get it on!

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no wetsuits would be awesome! a lot less people would call it an "easy" ironman...

I suspect the swim is more difficult than most NA ironman races. Louisville and Chattanooga are in rivers swimming with the current. Most are in lakes. The IMFL swim can be pretty tough some years.

And if it's one footers and chop, they'll probably cancel the swim like Gulf Coast last May:(

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Was not the case last year at IMFL. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwYwUPVPLnM

Just had to give up my condo as buddy's mom is sick...

http://www.sunbirdcondo.com/708W.htm

Decent room close to the start.....

You missed my sarcasm, shoulda been in pink.

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Seriously they need to stop robbing us from the few chances we have of body surfing :-)

Race day weather is looking VERY good so far. 80s, 5m/h winds, sunny with some clouds. Hope it stays that way!

It changes every day, too far out to predict. Yesterday the forecast was 12mph S winds, with gusts to 23mph. I like today's forecast better. But it'll change 10 more times.

I'll be there for my first IM. Spectated while my wife did her first there last year. The swim certainly looked rough, but she did great. I'm not much of a swimmer, but I've been dedicated to the pool and bike workouts my coach assigned, so I'm hoping to get through them and into the run where I'm on more familiar ground. While I haven't done an IM yet, I've completed several trail 100 mile runs, so pushing through to the end is something I'm familiar with. Yes, I know this is very different, which is why I wanted to do it. Wife and I have already signed up for IMChat for next year. That will be her third after doing Louisville earlier this year.

Today in the pool I was starting to dream about finish times. I know that's a mistake for a first effort, but I wonder if anyone has a rule of thumb to convert 1/2 IM times to IM.

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International Program Director
Galloway Training Programs

Rule of thumb is double it plus one hour.

Thanks!
That means I'll have plenty of room to improve when I do my next one. I'd definitely rather be faster than 2x+1, but if I must choose, I'll take "Wow! That was great! I can't wait for another" over "IV, please," even if the latter is faster.

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International Program Director
Galloway Training Programs

Having done several 100 mile runs, this should be a walk in the park. Enjoy.

People have told me this, but there's nothing about running 100 miles that prepares you for sitting on a skinny seat for 5 - 6 hours. I found that out on my first century ride when I chafed, bonked, and was dropped. Fortunately, some of the same pick-me-ups that work in ultrarunning also seem to work on the bike. Red Bull is my friend.

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Galloway Training Programs

I'm sure you will do great. Enjoy

Just checked the NOAA buoy and water temp is 78 degrees, yesterday was 77............. looking forward to a fun swim either way

76.8 this morning :) do we round down?

Expect a slower swim. Best of luck!