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PSOF Championships 2014 - Ironman France
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ok just looked at those downhills in the video and there seems to be a big drop on the side of the road
..not my kind of race
there's no reason why IM France couldn't be a non-wetsuit swim - all depends on conditions leading up to the event. I think the water in 2008 was 20/21C so getting close to the cut-off limit but afaik it's never been called as a non-wetsuit swim though
If you're looking for a flat course, maybe we could try this one:
Yep, thats a maximum of 60m climb compared to Miridaor del rio at 800m!!
*just cos I is bored, innit*
Participants:
Barley
Blisters
funkin
Garr
GingerG
Higher Leap
Hope
Jamie Tardi
Little Sister
MedicGirl
OrangeCannon
Raf
Headcount - 12
Raf - check out the IM Florida bike profile.....flatter than a witch's tit....
http://www.ironman.com/~/media/a164598d8aab447ab4682c1b4659dbdf/floridapcb%20bikeelevation%202012.pdf the biggest climb is a bridge - on way out and back
and I think the run at Florida has a 2m elevation change across the distance
That is a little flatter! The one I posted is for Brazil ....... not that i've been looking at it
But did come across this, for those who did Lanza and were thinking Nice would be easier
:
Elevation Gain in feet for IM bike
1. France 11193
2. Lanzarote 10282
3. Lake Placid 7911
4. Austria 7829
5. Australia 7659
6. Louisville 7578
7. Switzerland 7505
8. Wisconsin 7353
9. Canada 6719
10. Coeur D’Alene 5851
11. Brazil 5419
12. Germany 5281
13. S. Africa 5182
14. Hawaii 4554
15. Arizona 3824
16. W. Australia 2538
17. Florida 2007
no Wales or IMUK on that list - I think IMW would be in the top 5 but it's key difference isn't so much the length of the hills but the sheer volume of the buggers - if you ain't going up, you're going down, very few flat bits. and 2 of the steepest buggers on the circuit at 17%.
The big climb is at 60k tho ... so you'll still be fresh (maybe dead by the top tho)... and from 125k its down hill
Anyone know if there is a campsite handy for IM France (suitable for motorhomes)?
The hill went on and on and on for sure but nothing too outrageous, most of us I believe forgot about the nasty little bugger that happened after it tho
Looks like Germany's the nearest (therefore the cheapest) and most suitable for hill phobics ... better start saving ...
Handy list, FB - ta!
Participants:
Barley
Blisters
Cupcake
funkin
Garr
GingerG
Higher Leap
Hope
Jamie Tardi
Little Sister
MedicGirl
OrangeCannon
Raf
Headcount - lucky 13
Participants:
Barley
Blisters
Cupcake
funkin
Garr
GingerG
Higher Leap
Hope
Jamie Tardi
Little Sister
MedicGirl
Meldy
OrangeCannon
Raf
Headcount - lucky 14
Fingers crossed and all that !!!
For those that were wondering ..... quoted from TriTalk September last year
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:15 am Post subject: mrdee wrote: Phil T wrote: Any idea when this race will sell out?it hardly ever does there are 3000 places avaliable and at the moment around 900 registered..so plenty of time..i would register before 31st december though as the price increases then
Thanks, only need another month before I can enter
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3000!!!
Bearing in mind that was last year for this years race things may change ...
Just had a run through the tripey thread and it was called as sold out by 10th jan for this year's event, though once people hear the ship is sailing it may be quicker this time around!!
When I visited Florida a local told me that if you were going uphill, it meant you were on the on-ramp to the freeway.
So it really takes about 6 months to sell out then?
Somehow I have managed to print the elevation profile for the bike course (p3). The final climb (Cote du Broc) climbs 60m over 2km- but it's marked as a rather challenging 72%, think I might be slipping some crampons into the special needs bag.
thats very good news* - thanks Melds
(I appreciate this is second hand advise and circumstance may change
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WW - there aren't any campsites handy at all. we looked into this when we went down in 2008 - the nearest campsite is about 20km out of the city centre and we worked out that to get to the start we'd need to be up at stupid o'clock and have to rely on a taxi turning up at some silly arse hour to get us there. add in all the faff to get back after the race; getting racked the day before, it was too much hassle so we flew and stayed in the Ibis with the rest of the pirates instead.
Meant to be taking the family away for Mrs Jaffa's big birthday......wonder if a few days in the South of France would be appropriate?
Cheers ... i'll have to look into dog freindly hotels then .... is Im to do it ... which is not yet decided ... as i'm supposed to be having a year off
Looks like most the Ibis hotels are dog friendly
WW - I think you'll find most French hotels aren't so far up their arses about dogs as the Brits are. if you can take your dog to a restaurant as seems to be the norm in France - then I can't see a hotel being so much of a problem.
I'd say they need to be more afraid of drunken humans than anything a dog may do...
Last time the Pirates were in Nice we literally drank the bar dry. Proud moment that was
Mmmmmm..perhaps I need to switch my training focus then
I can do the drinking.... It's biking up hills I struggle with
I cant go up or down hills. I am a good drinking partner.