Ironman Lake Placid Final Race Update
Greetings all:
Are you excited to race or what????!!! The day you have been training for is just about here. Everyone will be arriving in the next couple of days and the energy will be electrifying, but what is most exciting is all the TEAM stuff we have organized for you and your family members. Lets review all the details
TEAM EN BIO’S
We have appoximately 80 athletes racing from our team. Read up on some of them before you meet them at the dinner or the race. Part ,1, 2 and 3 can be found here: http://www.endurancenation.us/blog
TEAM T-SHIRT PICK UP
You can pick up your team t-shirt at the dinner. If you are not signed up for the dinner, you can pick your t-shirt up at 635 Mirror Lake (there will be a box left on the deck with a list of names - find your name and check it off)
TEAM DINNER
Date: Thursday, July 25th
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: Conference Center of Lake Placid
Address: 2608 Main Street, Lake Placid
Conference Center is located to the right of the Speed skating Oval / Transition Area (when looking at the oval from Main Street) and attached, to the right of the hockey rink.
Use the door to the right of the building that says CONFERENCE CENTER – VISITORS BUREAU. Go up the stairs and our room will be to the right. Signs will be posted.
WEDNESDAY, 24th of July:
EN Race Director, Brenda Ross, will be setting up GroupMe for race week communications. GroupMe can be used with a smartphone or any phone that has text messaging capabilities. Be on the lookout for your addition to GroupMe sometime Wednesday mid to late day (between 3-5pm Eastern Standard Time). You can opt in / out of GroupMe in the 2013 EN Team Event Spreadsheet (Placid Tab).
*** More about GroupMe at the bottom of this email.
FRIDAY, 26th of JULY:
7:30 a.m. - EN Team Swim - Meet at the lifeguard house, to the right of the entry way (when looking at the building from the beach), on the stone deck. Coffee to follow (location TBA).
10:00 a.m. – EN Four Keys to Long Course Triathlon Talk. This will take place at the Palace Theater on Main Street. Coach Patrick & Coach Rich will be sharing their wisdom with all, followed by a showing of Triathlon: Through the Eyes of the Elite -- a documentary of the the athletes making the 2012 US Olympic triathlon team. Please RSVP here and be sure to invite you non-EN friends to attend!
IRONMAN TriClub Challenge: We are one of the clubs competing in this program. In order for us to win challenges we have to have our team mates fill out the following survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_La...GQSifQs%3d . If you have not done so yet, please make an effort to do so. Its not too late.
The IRONMAN TriClub Social for IMLP is scheduled for Friday afternoon. Wrist bands for the event will be at Athlete Checkin at the door. Please make sure that you check in at the TriClub table so they can ensure that everyone's team points are accounted for. I think we might be able to WIN GOLD at this event.
5:30 p.m. – The WTC Welcome Athletes Dinner - See official website.
FIRST TIMERS: We recommend this event for everyone wishing to soak it all in > Food is ok - atmosphere is exciting. Think of an Ironman-style Pep Rally! Athletes are admitted w/ their wristbands. Friends & family need to purchase tickets, which will be available at Packet Pick-up and Registration.. This dinner has sold out in the past - so I recommend getting tickets early.
The Mandatory Athlete Race Briefing follows dinner at the same location.
SATURDAY, 27th of JULY:
7:00 am -- INFORMAL Team Breakfast @ The Breakfast Club (2490 Main St, Lake Placid)
This is first come, first serve seating...so be there early so we can all sit down!!
SUNDAY, 28th of JULY:
Pre-race Pic - TBD by Coach Patrick and Coach Rich. Watch your group me posts.
Tent City - We are taking part in TENT CITY this year. It is located across from bike special needs, behind/overlooking run special needs. Here is a pic of the map where our tent will be located 
and a pic of our NEW Tent with Flags
Post-race, there will be an informal gathering at the Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, starting at 9 p.m. - located across the street from the swim start. You will ride and run past the Brew Pub several times during the day - after you cross the finish line, it is time to enjoy the food & beer you smelled repeatedly throughout the day!
MONDAY, 28th of JULY:
8:00 - 10:00am Breakfast Buffet @ Northwoods Inn on Main Street for those who can make it...just drop in and say HI!
Thanks for reading! We look forward to meeting you all!
Regards,
Brenda Ross, Race Director
brenda@endurancenation.us
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What is GroupMe?
At its core, GroupMe is free group messaging for your real life network. It’s sort of like a private chat room over SMS, or reply-all text messaging.
When you start a GroupMe, we give it a unique phone number. When you send a text message to a GroupMe number, that message is sent instantly to everyone in the group. We put the sender's names before each message, so it sort of like an instant chat room. All of the texts below, for example, were sent to and received from a unique phone number. It's that easy!
Steve: Hi everyone!
Max: Hey! Where are we meeting tonight again?
Kyle: I think we were going to meet at Emily's place?
Emily: That's fine. Just give me a few minutes to clean up.
Apps for Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and iPhone. Also works for feature phones with simple text.
FEES: The APP itself is free....but Carriers rates may apply.