I am taking the trek north next weekend to watch IMLP 2007 and wait in line Monday morning for next years pass. Can you bike the course the day before the race? If so, is anyone else planning on doing a loop and wants company?
Yes, you can bike the course the day before. I’ll be there, and don’t worry, you’ll have lots of company, there’ll be several hundred of us out there.
You might want to do what I did last year. The day before the LPIM I swam one loop of the course (1.2 miles), biked one loop (56 miles), and ran out and back once (13.1 miles). Every thing is marked (swim buoys and the turn around point on the run) so you are not likely to get lost. Then on race day I was a volunteer bike handler for 12 hours and got to see the hardware up close. I’m not doing LPIM this year, but will be doing the New York City Oly Tri that day. Best of luck and there will be a shit load of people on all three courses the day before. Tim