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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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I think i'm in... I officially dub this race IMchoochoo
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [deh20] [ In reply to ]
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What is the new system going to be?
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [Gtjojo189] [ In reply to ]
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Gtjojo189 wrote:
I think i'm in... I officially dub this race IMchoochoo
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I fully support this movement!

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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I'm stoked. I recently moved away from Chattanooga, but I def consider it to be "home". Couldn't think of a better location, based on the course description, the bike course sounds like it may parallel a lot of the Tour De Cure course if anyone is familiar. Rolling hills, scenic views, good roads, and awesome people. Can't ask for much more.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [USCoregonian] [ In reply to ]
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Point-to-point downstream swim. Sucks for the fast swimmers. Sounds like a super fast course. Kind of a bummer that the bike doesn't have more in it given the hills in the area.

Might also be a good spot for people to KQ considering I doubt many of the faster AGers will be doing both this and Kona.

I would disagree, considering you would have over a year to prepare for Kona
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [USCoregonian] [ In reply to ]
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USCoregonian wrote:
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This is exciting news. I would rather have seen it go to Asheville, but it sounds like Chattanooga will be a great venue. I'm just glad they didn't go with another flat, boring coastal race.


The bike course only has 2100 feet of climbing. Over 112 miles, that's basically nothing.

Yea and they claimed Louisville only had 2800, but it felt like a hell of a lot more.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [jrd5497] [ In reply to ]
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Yep, doing the math, it actually ends up being exactly 8 weeks. Not bad at all! Thinking, thinking, thinking...

The cool thing about this, at least from my perspective, is that I didn't know anything about Chattanooga until these rumors started swirling around. It brought Chattanooga to my attention, and now I want to check it out.

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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That is quite cool. Too bad I dont race that distance anymore.

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [USCoregonian] [ In reply to ]
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Point-to-point swim definitely hurts the fishes.

Wondering when signup will open?
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [ironeric2010] [ In reply to ]
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ironeric2010 wrote:
Point-to-point swim definitely hurts the fishes.

Wondering when signup will open?

Sept 4, 2013.

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [ironeric2010] [ In reply to ]
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ironeric2010 wrote:
Point-to-point swim definitely hurts the fishes.

Wondering when signup will open?

A guestimate as to how much difference this will make for a non-fish swimming in the 1:15 region? This may be a very nice selling point to catch the plane for Chattanooga in 2014.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [TylerJ] [ In reply to ]
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TylerJ wrote:
USCoregonian wrote:
Point-to-point downstream swim. Sucks for the fast swimmers. Sounds like a super fast course. Kind of a bummer that the bike doesn't have more in it given the hills in the area.

Might also be a good spot for people to KQ considering I doubt many of the faster AGers will be doing both this and Kona.


I would disagree, considering you would have over a year to prepare for Kona

I think he was pointing to the fact that, for the first year at least, the KQ'ers wont do this race and Kona back to back.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [bwain] [ In reply to ]
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If they move IMLOU to the spring...tie it into the Derby Festival.....now that would be a party!
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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Very cool, enjoy all my trips to Chattanooga. 2 Loop bike course is kinda odd to me though

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [Gtjojo189] [ In reply to ]
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No, we've got IMMOO, IMLOU, so this has to be IMCHOO
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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Congrats to them (even though we lost). It is a great venue and will be a great race!

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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7ofClubs wrote:
USCoregonian wrote:
dkidwell wrote:
This is exciting news. I would rather have seen it go to Asheville, but it sounds like Chattanooga will be a great venue. I'm just glad they didn't go with another flat, boring coastal race.


The bike course only has 2100 feet of climbing. Over 112 miles, that's basically nothing.


Yea and they claimed Louisville only had 2800, but it felt like a hell of a lot more.

I've done Louisville twice and the elevation is in the mid 4000's. I'm pretty sure the Course profile map only counts the elevation gain per loop.

I know when I was getting ready for CDA this year I realized just before the race that the elevation gain was per lap not total. Its possible it might be 4200 for the course which would be comparable to Louisville. Lots of rollers.

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [Joncolby] [ In reply to ]
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Joncolby wrote:
TylerJ wrote:
USCoregonian wrote:
Point-to-point downstream swim. Sucks for the fast swimmers. Sounds like a super fast course. Kind of a bummer that the bike doesn't have more in it given the hills in the area.

Might also be a good spot for people to KQ considering I doubt many of the faster AGers will be doing both this and Kona.


I would disagree, considering you would have over a year to prepare for Kona


I think he was pointing to the fact that, for the first year at least, the KQ'ers wont do this race and Kona back to back.

Yea, I figured that out now.
I'm an idiot.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [leegoocrap] [ In reply to ]
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leegoocrap wrote:
Very cool, enjoy all my trips to Chattanooga. 2 Loop bike course is kinda odd to me though

Sounds like what they call a "lollipop" course. Another similarity to IM Louisville. Go out from downtown, do 2 loops and take the same route back into town.

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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [Baboonator] [ In reply to ]
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Well now Setup would really have to pick up Asheville and run an IM distance there, and all that before Sept 4, otherwise I can see this one as my first WTC IM.

I don't like the course, but the proximity makes it a no-brainer.

Setup, PLEASE pick up Asheville, you'll have at least one man there! Make it the Embrunman of the East coast!

Setup owns Savageman as of 2014. So they already have the Embrunman of the East Coast.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [IM_Roycer81] [ In reply to ]
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IM_Roycer81 wrote:
7ofClubs wrote:
USCoregonian wrote:
dkidwell wrote:
This is exciting news. I would rather have seen it go to Asheville, but it sounds like Chattanooga will be a great venue. I'm just glad they didn't go with another flat, boring coastal race.


The bike course only has 2100 feet of climbing. Over 112 miles, that's basically nothing.


Yea and they claimed Louisville only had 2800, but it felt like a hell of a lot more.


I've done Louisville twice and the elevation is in the mid 4000's. I'm pretty sure the Course profile map only counts the elevation gain per loop.

I know when I was getting ready for CDA this year I realized just before the race that the elevation gain was per lap not total. Its possible it might be 4200 for the course which would be comparable to Louisville. Lots of rollers.

Holy shit. Now I feel like a complete idiot. That makes total sense.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [kny] [ In reply to ]
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kny wrote:
Setup owns Savageman as of 2014. So they already have the Embrunman of the East Coast.

When did this happen? I hope you guys are able to keep the culture of the race the same.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [kny] [ In reply to ]
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kny wrote:
Baboonator wrote:
Well now Setup would really have to pick up Asheville and run an IM distance there, and all that before Sept 4, otherwise I can see this one as my first WTC IM.

I don't like the course, but the proximity makes it a no-brainer.

Setup, PLEASE pick up Asheville, you'll have at least one man there! Make it the Embrunman of the East coast!


Setup owns Savageman as of 2014. So they already have the Embrunman of the East Coast.


Was part of the deal that they could not change anything about it?
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [7ofClubs] [ In reply to ]
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Sure are a lot of Ironman's out there these days. I guess that's a good thing?

Nothing against this race, great for people in the region. I don't see myself flying in for it for any reason though.
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Re: Ironman Chattanooga- It is Official [kny] [ In reply to ]
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No Embrunman is a full distance, so Savageman is not it, regradless of the elevation that is packed in a shorter distance.

And that's not a knock on your race (did you sell it to Setup or? Hopefully it was not a forced decision), as you know I am registered for it this year. But I wanted a hilly course as a first WTC IM as I think it is an advantage for me. I would still pass on this new IM if I know Asheville would put on a full regardless.
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