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she's bib #2290 and she's rockin' this course! Whooo Hoooo!!!!!! Go Melisa!!!!
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06-24-2007, 07:59 AM #1
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The area has Iron Fever, with a lot of signs bearing "welcome Ironman" and "welcome triathletes" (and one "bike run swim Ironman" that meant well
). I lost track of time with my superbusy work schedule lately and didn't get a chance to sign up to volunteer. 
They did change the bike course to go right by a friend's house, so we're going to head over a little later and watch, then head down and watch some inspiring finishes. Usually IMCdA is the same weekend as Hoopfest (a 3 on 3 basketball tournament), which divides the spectator crowd, but this year they got smart and separated them.
Coeur d'Alene just signed a 5-year renewal, so there will be at least 5 more IMCdAs. For anyone wanting to sign up, the signup is tomorrow at 9AM physically at the site, or starting at 11AM at active.com (linked here: http://www.ironmancda.com/entry.php). If you do, you have some guaranteed cheerleaders who will also tell you where to eat when you're in town.
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06-24-2007, 04:25 PM #2
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Mommelisa is kickin' some booty today!
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06-24-2007, 05:04 PM #3
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Oh man!!
I didn't realize she was racing. GO MELISA!!!! She is such a stud! And so nice too!!!
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06-24-2007, 05:24 PM #4
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I didn't know she was racing either. I've been watching live coverage for the last hour or so, and it's making me want to do another one. I think I'm going to try to sign up for the race tomorrow morning....
Go Melisa!!!!!
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06-24-2007, 07:07 PM #5
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It's really inspiring. Seeing people finish makes it harder NOT to want to enter. It's just an extra 10 miles out of my way to go sign up on my way to work...
Originally Posted by Tri Girl
I didn't know she was racing either. I've been watching live coverage for the last hour or so, and it's making me want to do another one. I think I'm going to try to sign up for the race tomorrow morning....
Go Melisa!!!!!
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06-24-2007, 07:09 PM #6
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Go Melisa Go! If we could predict her finish, I'd go cheer her on!! Originally Posted by tprevost
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06-24-2007, 07:41 PM #7
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if it helps, her run pace in IMFL was 11:23/mile and she's been training.... Originally Posted by colby
not sure how to project from there as I'm not positive what time they started....
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06-24-2007, 08:05 PM #8
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She Finished!!!!!!!
Way to go Melisa!!!!!! Congratulations
Total time 13:19:01
Whooo Hoooo!!!!!
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06-24-2007, 08:10 PM #9
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What a speedster!!
I just got back from dinner and checked in and saw that AWESOME finish!! I hope she posts a RR! I have her cell # programmed in my phone so I have half a mind to call her and wish her a congrats... But I don't want to bug her. I wanted to spectate this year too, now I'm bummed!! If I had known she was going to be up there I would have made more of an effort to be there. That race is on my radar, so I wanted to see what the bike course looks like. I know the lake is COLD!!
WAY TO GO MELISA!!!!!!
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06-24-2007, 08:23 PM #10
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I just sent her a text on her cell phone, so hopefully she can get texts. I gave her a congrats from all of us.
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06-24-2007, 08:23 PM #11
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I read on the website that the bike course is more challenging than people expect... don't know why but I suspect Melisa will let us know Originally Posted by Running Mommy
You should sign up for next year's race Denise!!!! 
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06-24-2007, 08:24 PM #12
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Thanks! I sent her an e-mail just after she finished... after IMFL I talked to her DH and if I remember correctly she went straight to the tub! Originally Posted by Running Mommy
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06-24-2007, 08:29 PM #13
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uhhh yeah.. I dunno.. Lets just say that I have ridden with Melisa before and she is an animal on the bike. Me, not so much!
I know they changed the bike course, and it sounds like they are changing it again. I'll have to wait to see what the profile looks like, maybe 09. I'm already in for IMAZ 08. Also looking to do IM western Australia at the end of 08- but may have to save that for 09 as well. Two IM's in one year is brutal! Tho Melisa did IMFL last november and then just did CDA, so that's pretty impressive!
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06-24-2007, 09:42 PM #14
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Congrats, Melisa!! IMFL and IMCdA, you make some of us look lazy...
And in 12:29! WOOHOO!!
I'm also curious about the bike course. I don't know that area too incredibly well (yet), but most of the area around here is rolling hills. I'd imagine around Hayden Lake there is some hilly area, and if it does go to the Higgens Point turnaround there are some hills along Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive between Coeur d'Alene and Higgens Point.
The marathon would be similar, not superflat, but not as hilly as some. As for the swim, the lake was supposed to be about 62 degrees. Probably a little chilly for the Zonies. The weather was supposed to turn worse, it seemed to be most windy later in the day but the cooler temperatures, super wind, rain, and thunderstorms never came. Spring weather here isn't the most predictable.
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06-25-2007, 04:34 AM #15
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Wow- super congrats to Melisa!!! I'm so impressed with her time- and for doing 2 IM's within 7 months of each other!
I'm so in awe of her! Wow!!! Hopefully a race report will come soon (along with pictures of her victorious finish).
I'm seriously debating trying to sign up for the race this morning. Seriously... I want to do another IM and I want my next one to be an M-Dot race- with the thousands of racers and thousands of spectators. I want to do the next one big.
Can't do IMAZ ever because of the cold winters here (and I'm NOT doing 5-6 hour rides on the trainer in Jan/Feb), don't want to do IMLP because it's too far, but CDA is just the right distance away (that's my Goldilocks impression). I take that back- after looking online- CDA is further than NY. Drats! Maybe I'll have to do LP instead....
The bike doesn't look too terribly bad- only 500 ft of climbing or so. Doable.
Hmmmm.... I may try to sign up and see what happens...Last edited by Tri Girl; 06-25-2007 at 04:56 AM.
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