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As I'm fine tuning my nutrition for IMFL it occured to me that I needed to confirm the availablity of Perform in T1 on race morning.  I vaguely remember a nutrition tent setup at IMLP where you could get water and Perform. 

If I was going to need to place two bottle of Perform on my bike on race morning, do I need to show up with them in-hand or will they be available to grab on race morning in T1?

Is it stupid to show up on race morning without my own liquid nutrition to put on my bike thinking it will be there for me

Comments

  • I wouldn't count on in it being there that morning. I don't recall ever seeing the bottles at any race until the first aid station. I may not have been looking hard enough though.
  • Never tried to find it race morning. Doubt it is freely available before race. Order some now and make it prior to race day. Why add the stress???

  • Also don't know if different flavors matter to you but I prefer Lemon Lime (green, whatever) but certain flavors seem hard to find/buy and they only had one flavor (orange) on run course at CDA.

  • Thanks guys....I'll bring my own for sure...
  • A few follow up Questions:
    1. Is the Florida T1 actually indoors inside the hotel?
    2. Will I have access to my T2 bag the morning of the race so I can put my Garmin in it?
    3. Is it a mistake to leave a bottle of gatorade on the bike and my Torhans filled up when i check it in on Friday. One less thing to have to carry the morning of and I'm not worried about my liquids baking in the sun.
    4. What's the tire pumping situation like. I am bringing a bike pump, but not sure what to do with it after I pump my tires. Can I borrow, or use the tech support. I'm planning to be super early waiting for transition to open up the morning of the race.
  • Nate,
    You should have access to your bags in the morning.
    I wouldn't leave nutrition or liquids on your bike overnight.
    I'll have my tire pump with crack pipe, you can borrow mine. Unless someone else is going to bring theirs, and we can both borrow it. I have no one to hand mine off to.
  • Hey Sarah/Nate - I will be there Sherpa-ing for John and I am *trying* to get in to volunteer (they're full. And believe it or not, when I e-mailed him the volunteer coordinator wasn't like, "YES! PLEASE help us out experienced Ironman/Ironman volunteer!" I'm a little confused.). I'm happy to take a hand off for you, but we'll have to figure out where you want me to put it when you're done. John and I will be getting in late on Friday b/c John has work scheduling issues... but if you have an extra key card for your hotel room, you can hand me the key card with the pump on race morning and I can drop the pump and leave the card on the dresser if that works for you. Please. I am LOOKING for things to do all day long while you're out there for 112! Lemme know if there's anything else you can think of I can do!

  • Jess, awesome....thanks..
  • Jess, that would be great! We can work out details closer to race day. Looking forward to meeting you!
  • Happy to help guys! I will PM you my cell # so you'll have it down there...
  • Nate: yes T1 is inside.
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