Any skinny guys thinking about wearing a rain jacket or am I being a pussy? I DNFd at zofingen in the rain but it was a little colder

Settle down tough guy. I've done this race twice before and plenty others with worse weather(amzof 2011 anyone?). I'm just hoping nothing gets in the way of the full race. I'm more than happy to plow on in the Adk weather.

Not trying to be a tough guy. I'm trying to get people to freak out about a zombie apocalypse. The ADK area is due for one any day now. There's a distinct possibility, according to the ZA forecasters, that one is going to hit the Lake Placid/ Keene/ Jay/ Wilmington area sometime between 10 am and 4 pm tomorrow. They suspect that the influx of so many live humans on the region is causing the migration of the living-challenged. You must all be ready, for whatever lies ahead...

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I remember 2003 well as my wife raced that day, said the wind, rain and hail were brutal coming back through the gorge by Whiteface. I also remember a heavy thunderstorm in the last hour of the race as we were waiting for a friend to finish.

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Have you ever seen River Road after dark on IM day?
It's a zombie apocalypse EVERY year.
Mindless, soulless, undead minions shambling along, in search of sustinence.
Except instead of brains, they seem to crave chicken broth.
Odd, that.

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I was at the mandatory athlete meeting last night and their plan for any inclement weather is to have you seek your own shelter. So basically, keep racing. They did say that there are fire stations in Keene, Jay, and Wilmington that you can seek shelter in if you want to, but everyone reading this who's a Slowtwitcher will obviously HTFU and keep racing. After all, unless your seat's too high, you won't be the highest target out there.

All of the people on the Beginner Triathlete forum with their seats too high will be the ones getting struck by lightning.

I just lowered my seat, thanks.

I did 2003 as well, I remember on the run looking down and thinking it rather odd to have water running over the tops of my ankles into my shoes.

Ron W

I am a relatively skinny chick who DNFed at AZ due to the weather compounded by a flat tubular and I am having the same debate. I was SO cold out on that bike.

Seen River Road on IM day? I typically lead the charge as head zombie in search of brains and chicken broth. In late stages of an IM, I'm in short supply of both.

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Stick a plastic grocery store bag under your tri top in T1. If it gets too hot take it out and store for later or drop it off at an aid station.

Just in case of cold rain, I put a piece of bubble wrap in my T1 bag that I can put under my jersey.

I didn't even think to use that trick, but it has worked well for me in the past. Thanks for the reminder!

"What happens if there is lightning? I know at Syracuse 70.3 this year as soon as there was thunder, the race was over. Do they do that for full IMs too?"

No. At Syracuse they stopped people from beginning the second loop of the run when the thunderstorm blew threw. But they allowed people that were already on the course on their second loop to complete the race

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Anybody not racing but at LP want to give us an update on the weather and conditions? I'm hoping everybody has a good day. It is starting to sprinkle over here in VT.

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Good luck to all the STers racing today, have fun out there!

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There's no LP thread today? Sheesh. Talk about the wussification of Ironman...

PS - KonaExpress swam 1:04, Dev about the same. KAlber 1:09.
Keith's buddy Chris Wilhelm swam 55, and was 6th OA AG'er thru 30m of the bike. F'n fish.

Dev did his usual ProZone T1, in a scorching 4:11. Free speed!!!

Looks to be a long catered training day for Andy Potts - doesn't appear anyone can catch him, already.

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Well, Josh Beck is gaining on him and he did have a good swim, only 31 minutes down from Potts out of the water.

I didn't realize Josh was there... that *could* make it interesting later on.
PS - "only" 31 minutes down on the swim.

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cold like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B7MFtRXHfg

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How do those swim times compare for them historically? I'm wondering what effect the new format/ rolling start had on swim times, if any. Potts was about 90 seconds slower this year as compared to last, which may have been fitness or may have been the swim traffic on lap 2.

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Big shout out to my local pro Jennie Hansen. Last year, she finished 2nd at IMLP. She was not in the top 10 out of T1 but has biked her way up to 5th (maybe 4th since Carrie Lester is in the penalty tent). My girl struggles to keep up on the swim but excels on the run (she's seriously fast). Right now, she's only 12 min back of Dede and closing. Go Jennie!

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Kinda like Cait Snow 2.0?
OK, I'm on the team - GO JENNIE!!!

It appears the 56m updates aren't updating. Gah.
(ie - Andy Potts has no 56m split, nor does Dede, nor anyone else...)
That sucks.
At least the 30m (and hopefully again at 86m) mat seems to be working...

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Interesting observation. Jennie is also on the QT2 team. Maybe they have a preference for strong runners. She's still about 12 min back at the 56 mile point.

It looks like Potts has a 10 min lead on Daniel Fontana. The conditions are perfect for a fast day (if only someone had predicted that way earlier in the thread). Anyone know how Daniel runs?

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The QT2 crew are ALL strong runners (Hi, Rich Burke! - whom I *just* realized is also racing LP today).

Speaking of strong runners, Casey Williams (whom I refer to as 'Josh Beck Lite') just moved into the top 10 OA in the AG ranks;he is a stud biker.
And speaking of Josh, no further splits for him after 30m on the bike.
Hope that's just a glitch, and he's OK (and going too fast to be picked up by the mats!! ;-)

Edited to add: Potts onto the run. He ran ~2:53 last year, on a hotter day.

AND - your G/F is now into 4th in the WPRO rankings thru 86m, about 10.5 mins back.

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