Details of the Ironman

During the day, as I search through my archives of pictures, I will be posting some pictures of the Ironman Lake Placid, with some tips and such as to how to navigate and what to expect. Feel free to drop me a line if you aren't on the TT Team. Below is a picture of Mirror Lake. Before anyone has entered the water. It has a pristine beauty and an amazing serenity to it.

This picture is the inside of the changing tent. Pretty simple. Once you have your bag from swim to bike, or bike to run, this is where you will change your clothes. Volunteers will be there to help you. They will take your old clothes and rack your bag for you. Customer service at it's best!

The below picture is of the Clearwater 70.3 Transition area. Different from IMLP but it does illustrate how the bags will look. Each competitor has their own set of hooks. One for swim to bike, one for bike to run. Another for dry clothes. They are all together. Volunteers will bring the used bags back here. Important note, tie a knot in your dry clothes bag for after the race in case of rain :-)

The below picture is the very beginning of the bike course. Before you see this you will make a sharp left out of transition, and hit a rather steep and very short downhill. You make a sharp right at this white fence and continue the descent. Again, short and steep. You can not see it here but there are railroad tracks across the road, which you can launch water bottles. You will ride this twice. Once the first loop and once the second loop.

This is the athlete village at the Olympic Oval. You are looking at it from the High School. Where those black tents are will be where the finish line is. The buildings in the background are Main Street. The space in the middle, which isn't too visible is transition. Limit yourself to 30 min per day in athlete village.

This is the much talked about swim start. It's not that bad, just 2,000 of your best friends.

More to come. If you have any images of IMLP that you think would be useful to others, please send them along!

Thanks for stopping by.

:-) Mary Eggers