Thought we would move away from the Gatorade hats at the Florida 1/2 Ironman.
Gatorade will be on the course, but I will not be able to announce the G-Word on Disney property - Disney and Coke are tight.
So I’ll be announcing that athletes will be able to get water, sports drink - the kind with the lightning bolt on the bottle - lemon-lime on the bike and orange on the run and GU at each aid station.
Anyway - Pick the two winners of the race and give me the overall women’s winning time to win a pair of Mickey ears signed by the winners. Good Luck! Z
PS - Starting lists can be found on the Florida 1/2 website. I’m sure Kevin Grogan will be able to post a link. (thanks Kevin)
http://www.ironmannorthamerica.com/participants/participants.php?searchtext=pro&catname=division&match=similar&catsort=last_name&catorder=ASC&submitButtonName=Get+List&tableres=imflh_master
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Nice, I get to see if Kate Major’s sister really was checking me out in Hawaii (assuming she’s tagging along again).
As for the race, Simon and Natasha, in 4:17.
Thanks Kevin for posting the pro starting list - looks like it will be an interesting race on both the men’s and women’s side. I will have to go with Simon as he is the defending champion and his race at Wildflower showed that he is in top form.
The women’s side is tough - Major, Bentley, Badman, Smyers, Gollnick - I’ll go with Bentley as she is also the defending champion and this bike course is not technical. She would have given Zieger a run for her money in St. Croix, if she had been more confident in her cycling skills. Z
Lessing and Badmann, 4:18:53
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What is the bike course like, by the way? The only other half-ironman i’ve done is Eagleman. I thought Florida was flat, but that Clermont race really surprised me.
This is a tough call, there are a lot of strong pros there, but im just gonna have to go with the superior athlete and the best looking… me! Seriously though, i ran by bentley last year (she won the womens right?) of course i was heading out on the run and she was running in to the finish.
Simon and Bentley. Just curious, what happened to Chris Lieto? He was suppposed to race this as well as Wildflower.
I’m in…
Simon Lessing & Lisa Bentley (4:21:40)
Ok I’m in. Heres my entery: Tom, I would like my hat when I cross the finninsh line for the phot ops…
ah…
Lessing
GOLLNICK - 4:15
Bentley?? I can’t find her in the start list.
Simon Lessing
Kate Major in 4:18:12
Spencer Smith and Simon Lessing at the same race? Ah, the nineties… those were the days… 
Must one be present (at Disney) to win?
Paul
PS… Thanks for the IM posts it’s getting really pumped for the race.
What time will you come in? Bentley’s not on the list, but she mentioned to me that she would be at Disney! I guess we will have to wait and see! Z
What time will you come in? Bentley’s not on the list, but she mentioned to me that she would be at Disney! I guess we will have to wait and see! Z
No - you do not need to be present to win - I’ll send you the ears. Z
Last yr it was 4:50, this yr temps should be cooler and I’m in better shape so 4:35 is possible.
Paul M40-44