Ironman coeur d' alene

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IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A JUNE IRONMAN, COUER D’LALENE PUTS ON A PRETTY GOOD SHOW.

Ironman-Coeur d’alene is an interesting course.

Its the only Ironman that I attempted that was two loops of all three events. Originally, I didn’t think I would care too much for it. Especially the swim. I thought it might be a slower time because you actually come out of the water after lap one and run across the beach to begin lap two. Also not being a swimmer, I thought it might be a bit of a let-down to have to get back into the water after reaching shore.

I was completely wrong. I actually had one of my best swim times in Ironman Coeur d’alene. Also, leaving the water was a bit of a break from the repetitious strokes of the front crawl.

The one thing that sticks out in my mind however, is that the swim-start area is quite congested, and things can be a little hairy, especially in the early going. There is a preferred swim strategy you should use for this course and you can find in in my “Ironstruck” website or contact me and I will fill you in if Ironman-Coeur d’alene is on your schedule.

The bike course was very interesting and features several down-hill, very fast, sweeping curves. Pay attention to the “slow-down” warning signs. There are no “massive” climbs that you’ll encounter in Ironman Canada, but plenty of rolling hills and several long, flat stretches. You even make your way though a grey-hound race track at one point. The benefit of a 2-loop bike course is that you know exactly what to expect the second time around and are more aware of the challenging high speed turns.

I suppose the most difficult leg to do twice was the marathon. Its really pretty cruel to bring you right past the entrance to the transition area at the end of the first loop. You really have to grit your teeth and push through the turn-around on the Ironman-Coeur d’alene marathon course and head back out toward the highway. If I had a choice, I would much rather do an out and back course.

All in all Ironman-Coeur d’alene was an excellent experience. Considering it is quite a new event, the organization was excellent and the volunteers are second to none. Also its a beautiful, picturesque area for an Ironman and I’m sure you won’t go wrong by giving this race a try.

I can see in the near future that Ironman Coeur d’alene will be a race that will fill quickly and will require very early registration to gain entry.

The 2006 race is full now, but this might be a good one to mark on your calendar for 2007. As with most races these days, you might want to enter as soon as possible after the next race.

If anyone is planning on attempting to qualify for Kona 2007, the timing of this race is pretty good. It gives you a good 3 months to prepare for Hawaii.

That was always the biggest let down of Ironman Canada. If you qualified in Canada(Last weekend in August) it left very little time to prepare for Kona.

Information can be found on Ironman Canada and several other races on “Ironstruck”

http://triathlon-ironman-myfirstironman-ironstruck.com

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I’m confused. Is this a question, answer to a previous question, commentary???

What am I missing?

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I don’t know, but for a writer you seem to be awfully wordy. You could have summarized your whole post with just your last line:

Information can be found on Ironman Canada and several other races on “Ironstruck”

Of course, it doesn’t jibe with your subject line too well.

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Sorry, I guess I could have clarified it, but someone emailed me and asked for information on Ironman events, so I put it out there for them.

I didn’t think I had to give reasons for every single post or that I had to keep it a certain length.

If they seem wordy its because they are articles and ezine sites insist they are a certain length. They won’t accept short ones.

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I’m not the ST police…just curious.

Appears you have a lot of content to add to the Wiki:

http://slowtwitch.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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My turn to be confused.

If some one emailed you a question, why didn’t you just email them back an answer instead of posting to everyone. And if you are writing an article for an ezine that requires a minimum size, send it to the picky ezine.

You could learn a great lesson by researching a certain Tom Demmerly on this forum and the way he presents editorials. It accomplishes pretty much what you are trying to do, but it is much better received.

edit: Oops, that’s Demerly with one m.

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Ytriguy (Ray?),

Since you registered yesterday you have posted 26 times. In every post you claim that you have something to share, like ironman suggestions and your website address.

For some reason I have a gut feeling that you are a fraud. I haven’t nailed it yet, but I’m curious. If you want to help people so much, just hang out, people ask questions here all the time. If your experience is what you say it is, then you will be a welcome addition to this great triathlon resource.

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Look forward to the following posts by Ray Fauteux:

http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ray_Fauteux
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Why all the grief to ytriguy.
All I see is him posting valuable info, yet everyone gives him lip. Is it because he’s a newbie to the forum? What’s the deal - he’s posting triathlon info to a triathlon forum - thought that was the deal here.

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Thanks for your post…

I think this is a great forum and I’m still trying to figure out the dynamics of slowtwitch. There seems to be a pretty broad range of triathletes on here.

As I said before, I want to reach as many first-timers as possible and try and answer any questions they may have. I don’t have all the answers, but I can pass on a lot of things that I’ve learned through my own mistakes.

That’s the whole reason I put my website out there as much as possible. I want to direct them there, because that’s where the infomation is.

If I can post something here that will reach many people, why just send it to one person? Why not share it?

For example: the request for the Idaho and other race info. Sure I can send it to one person, but now 263 have read it. I don’t follow what’s so confusing about sharing information. That’s what forums are for. You have the option of taking it or leaving it. I don’t have to hear from every individual who likes it of doesn’t like it.

Forums are also for chatting back and forth and trading information one sentence at a time which is what some on here prefer.

So far, noboby has asked me about anything on this forum that they might like to talk about, so its pretty hard to get into a little on line chat. It seems that I waste too much time defending myself. Not for much longer however. I’ll just post, and those who wish to read them can and if you don’t want to then don’t. If the reponses remain uncivil then I’ll just quite responding.

So far I’ve been called a fraud and a scammer and I just don’t get that. Mind you its only a couple people out of thousands, so I don’t paint everyone as being guilty of border-line personal slander.

All I want is my site to be out there for people who appreciate it. Like the woman who emailed me yesterday and asked what “special needs bags are” and that she has read a lot about “change rooms” after the swim and bike and can and should she change completely in them?

She is less than 2 months from her first Ironman. That’s what I’m talking about. That’s the type of person I want to help. I know there’s a lot of accomplished, pro triathletes on here, and there’s nothing you feel you have left to learn.

Great, than use the forums to chat with each other. I’m using many forums simply to pass on information and believe me, I wish I had a source like this when I started out on the Ironman trail. There was nothing!

I hope this clears up any confusion about a post that explains a bit about the Idaho course for those interested.

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I think the more you post, the better, my friend. I’ve found all of your information very interesting so far, and look forward to reading more. Thanks for the effort.