NOLA HIM Race Report!

[bmccasland]

Congrats Kacie! Glad to hear the Big Easy was good for you! (sorry about our roads, we don't like them either)

[Running Mommy]

Great job! Esp. w/ the bottle hand off. I'm just no that coordinated.
BUt SNAKES?????! I hate snakes!! OY. I would have been freaking out. I'm imagining our big daddy rattlesnakes out here being all over the road and shuttering... ugh
Anyway, great job. Kelly Ripa mentioned on Regis and Kelly that she went for a run with Faith Ford and they "ended up on the course that a marathon was being run on".. I was yelling at the t.v. "it was a half IRONMAN you dolt!".
And they also showed a taped piece of them going into a restaurant, and the run course was in the background. Very cool!
And a big congrats!!

[HillSlugger]

I'm very impressed. Your report made me tear up. Congrats!

[kacie tri-ing]

I'm very impressed. Your report made me tear up. Congrats!

Thanks for the wetsuit! It really helped me!!!!

[tribogota]

Kacie---
a question that bothers me everyday and I keep forgetting to ask, in prep for my HIM in July...
HOW WHEN WHERE do you get to pee during the race? Or do you just have to hold it all those hours? In the Olympic distance I can hold it the 3 hours I take, but in a HIM?

[Veronica]

Kacie---
a question that bothers me everyday and I keep forgetting to ask, in prep for my HIM in July...
HOW WHEN WHERE do you get to pee during the race? Or do you just have to hold it all those hours? In the Olympic distance I can hold it the 3 hours I take, but in a HIM?

For Barb's Race last year there were porta potties at the aid stations on the bike course and the run course. There were 3 aid stations on the bike and one at every mile on the run. I'd assume they are setting it up the same way for the Vineman 70.3.

I used them when there were no lines. I think there might have been some at the bike/run transition too. I know there were some at the start at Johnson's Beach.

Veronica

[spindizzy]

Congratulations on your HIM success.

I can only infer from your posts- but you seem like a pretty positive person - I think that's the key to your success - overcoming doubts with positive thoughts while racing - telling yourself that you are well trained. Way to go!!!

[kacie tri-ing]

Kacie---
a question that bothers me everyday and I keep forgetting to ask, in prep for my HIM in July...
HOW WHEN WHERE do you get to pee during the race? Or do you just have to hold it all those hours? In the Olympic distance I can hold it the 3 hours I take, but in a HIM?

Same idea at this one as Barb's race. There were some in transition, some by the swim start, some at every bike stop, and some scattered throughout the run. I was able to go before (I did wait in line)...and shockingly, I made it through the race!

[HillSlugger]

Thanks for the wetsuit! It really helped me!!!!

I'm so glad it worked out!

[kacie tri-ing]

Congrats Kacie! Glad to hear the Big Easy was good for you! (sorry about our roads, we don't like them either)

The roads on the actual bike course were MUCH better than the roads I was spinning around on the day before! Thanks to your city for literally shutting down major roads to have this race! It was wonderful!

Great job! Esp. w/ the bottle hand off. I'm just no that coordinated.
BUt SNAKES?????! I hate snakes!! OY. I would have been freaking out. I'm imagining our big daddy rattlesnakes out here being all over the road and shuttering... ugh
Anyway, great job. Kelly Ripa mentioned on Regis and Kelly that she went for a run with Faith Ford and they "ended up on the course that a marathon was being run on".. I was yelling at the t.v. "it was a half IRONMAN you dolt!".
And they also showed a taped piece of them going into a restaurant, and the run course was in the background. Very cool!
And a big congrats!!

I heard that she ran into the "end of a marathon." Not quite! Those times would be pretty rough for a marathon! Oh, yes, the snakes were pretty funny. They were not any rattlesnakes, thank goodness. I did hear people talking about them while we were passing them!