Okay, I know that Florida is viewed by many as an “easier” Ironman, but for me (age 53) finishing before sunset (5:55 p.m.) would be huge. To do so, I would have to finish in 10:55. Two years ago, I finished before twilight, but in looking at the finish photos, it might just as well have been midnight.
So what, if any, Ironman in North America (or elsewhere) is harder to finish before sunset (10:55).
To calculate this, don’t you have to take into account time of yeara. Sundown won’t always be at 10:55 into a race. You’re going to need more than one data point to chart this theoretically.
I am getting 10:23 for IM AZ. Kinda a cool thing.
Yes, sundown in Panama City Beach on November 2nd is 5:55 p.m.
To calculate this, don’t you have to take into account time of yeara. Sundown won’t always be at 10:55 into a race. You’re going to need more than one data point to chart this theoretically.
I’ll do the opposite. IM Whistler in 2014 will have a sunset time of 9:02PM (July 27, 2014)
Yes, sundown in Panama City Beach on November 2nd is 5:55 p.m.
To calculate this, don’t you have to take into account time of yeara. Sundown won’t always be at 10:55 into a race. You’re going to need more than one data point to chart this theoretically.
You kids today have it easy. Back in the day, daylight savings time started in October and it was only light until about 4:50 at IMFLA.
MidnightMan in Dartford (near London, UK) - it starts at 6pm, the real aim is to finish before sunRISE the following morning.
MidnightMan in Dartford (near London, UK) - it starts at 6pm, the real aim is to finish before sunRISE the following morning.
Wow - sounds cool but potentially dangerous. Are bike lights mandatory or Is the entire bike course well lit?
I did it last year and bike lights were mandatory (they even provided some blinkies in the goody bag in case you had forgotten), but the course is pretty well lit.
It was however 18laps on the bike around a business park (this year they modified the course to avoid the speed humps - there were quite a few, but this meant 20laps).
It was fun in a masochistic way 
It probalby won’t be the hardest but Tahoe this sunday I bet will have a high percentage of people finishing after dark- first day fall and a challenging course. I was afraid to sign up for it but I signed up to volunteer at the finish line- in part to watch the spectacle. CDA is on the longest day of the tear do its the easiest to finish in the light
Sunset at IM Kona is usually around 6:00 (we don’t have daylight savings time here). Given the difficulty of the course, it may very well be the toughest Ironman to finish before sundown. Of course, given the quality of the field, it probably also has the highest percentage of finishers that cross the finish line before dark.
Sunset at IM Kona is usually around 6:00 (we don’t have daylight savings time here). Given the difficulty of the course, it may very well be the toughest Ironman to finish before sundown. Of course, given the quality of the field, it probably also has the highest percentage of finishers that cross the finish line before dark.
I tend to agree. Not only is it hard to be make it in under 6 pm/11 hours, but you have to already have gone through the qualiifier ringer. Not sure if I can do it, but I have a 10 year streak of sub 11 (across IM’s) still alive, but it is going to be really hard to pull it off in Kona.
I did IM AZ last year and I finished right as the sun went down in 10:36. I JUST made it before dark. I got to see a cool sunset as I was running the last couple miles and my finisher photo was pretty sweet!