Last years.....
https://forum.ih8mud.com/il-windy-city-land-cruisers/410335-jenn-ironman.html
Well, it seems there is still interest by many of you to go down to Louisville and turn this into a disgraceful mess
So, here is a thread to figure out whats what and who wants to go. Its a long read, but I want to make sure everyone knows what they are getting them selves into before they come. Its fun, and great to watch, but its a long ass day, with lots of walking. But obviously you guys can do what you want, i fyou want to have one or twoo central spots to hang out thats cool...these are all the details we can figure out.
Im pretty sure ALL the local hotels are booked! parking will prolly have to be paid for. Im not sure on the camping scene...?
The low down on what to expect...
We will get there on Friday I think and Jenn will do the check in/medical type stuff... Then we just go check out louisville, go to 4th street live, watch them setup the finish, eat, etc...
Saturday jenn will do a practic swim in the river, practice bike, and pactice run. I just sort of hang out during this and help where I can....watch the bike and stuff... That doesnt take long and when she is done with that we grab food, maybe go back to 4th street (its where everything is, bars, restaurants, etc...) and some how the whole street is air conditioned. Jenn hits bed kinda early, I catch up later.
Sunday, We get up super early (4 or 5ish) and head down to the swim start (about a 3 mile walk from the hotel!) wait there for a couple hours (sit in my bag chair and people watch) til they start the race just before sun rise. Then once she gets in the water I walk to transition (the center of the race, the bikes are there, and its where they transition from swim, to bike, to run...). Then I hang out in a kind of annoyingly compressed croud and wait for her to get out of the water. Its compressed cause the field of athletes are still compressed and the swim exit is small. But I will probably just hang out near transition and cheer her there or along the beginning of the bike course. And skip the swim exit this year.
Once she heads out on the bike, we walk back to the hotel (only about 6 blocks) and get in our cars and head to a town called lagrange IIRC. there we setup up along the road and wait for her to ride through. Once she does we wait another hour or so for her to ride through again, cause its on the bike course twice. After she goes through the second time, we pack up and head back to the hotel, park our cars and rest a bit, catch a nap, or head back to transition to see her come in on the bike and head out on the run and again yell things at her... Then maybe go rest, food, nap, etc....
After that we spend the whole time in the down town Louisville (5-6 blocks from the hotel), somewhat near 4th street live.... There she will do 2 loops of 13.1 miles, and we can see her about 4 times and yell things at her, run with her, throw things at her, pass out in the grass, whatever....
Once she heads out on the second loop, we head back to the finish, which is a huge. air conditioned, party. there are lots of restaurants and bars. We spend some time in the bars, get food and just chill, and wait for her and her bro to come in to the finish. By this time its dark, we are tired and dirty, but watching everyone come into the finish is something to see!! The next morning we pack up, maybe hit the awards ceremony, and head home.
I enjoy it and the day can be whatever you want it to be, if you want to see jenn as much as possible, then come with me. If you want to chill and see her a few times I can tell ya good places to set up.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/il-windy-city-land-cruisers/410335-jenn-ironman.html
Well, it seems there is still interest by many of you to go down to Louisville and turn this into a disgraceful mess
So, here is a thread to figure out whats what and who wants to go. Its a long read, but I want to make sure everyone knows what they are getting them selves into before they come. Its fun, and great to watch, but its a long ass day, with lots of walking. But obviously you guys can do what you want, i fyou want to have one or twoo central spots to hang out thats cool...these are all the details we can figure out.
Im pretty sure ALL the local hotels are booked! parking will prolly have to be paid for. Im not sure on the camping scene...?
The low down on what to expect...
We will get there on Friday I think and Jenn will do the check in/medical type stuff... Then we just go check out louisville, go to 4th street live, watch them setup the finish, eat, etc...
Saturday jenn will do a practic swim in the river, practice bike, and pactice run. I just sort of hang out during this and help where I can....watch the bike and stuff... That doesnt take long and when she is done with that we grab food, maybe go back to 4th street (its where everything is, bars, restaurants, etc...) and some how the whole street is air conditioned. Jenn hits bed kinda early, I catch up later.
Sunday, We get up super early (4 or 5ish) and head down to the swim start (about a 3 mile walk from the hotel!) wait there for a couple hours (sit in my bag chair and people watch) til they start the race just before sun rise. Then once she gets in the water I walk to transition (the center of the race, the bikes are there, and its where they transition from swim, to bike, to run...). Then I hang out in a kind of annoyingly compressed croud and wait for her to get out of the water. Its compressed cause the field of athletes are still compressed and the swim exit is small. But I will probably just hang out near transition and cheer her there or along the beginning of the bike course. And skip the swim exit this year.
Once she heads out on the bike, we walk back to the hotel (only about 6 blocks) and get in our cars and head to a town called lagrange IIRC. there we setup up along the road and wait for her to ride through. Once she does we wait another hour or so for her to ride through again, cause its on the bike course twice. After she goes through the second time, we pack up and head back to the hotel, park our cars and rest a bit, catch a nap, or head back to transition to see her come in on the bike and head out on the run and again yell things at her... Then maybe go rest, food, nap, etc....
After that we spend the whole time in the down town Louisville (5-6 blocks from the hotel), somewhat near 4th street live.... There she will do 2 loops of 13.1 miles, and we can see her about 4 times and yell things at her, run with her, throw things at her, pass out in the grass, whatever....
Once she heads out on the second loop, we head back to the finish, which is a huge. air conditioned, party. there are lots of restaurants and bars. We spend some time in the bars, get food and just chill, and wait for her and her bro to come in to the finish. By this time its dark, we are tired and dirty, but watching everyone come into the finish is something to see!! The next morning we pack up, maybe hit the awards ceremony, and head home.
I enjoy it and the day can be whatever you want it to be, if you want to see jenn as much as possible, then come with me. If you want to chill and see her a few times I can tell ya good places to set up.
