Aidan 245 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 If you're a Queenslander with Kona aspirations make sure you are on the start line F1824: 1 entrant F2529: 0 entrants F3034: 2 entrants... Probably the best opportunity to qualify ever except for that funny race in Asia in the early 2000s where they ran the race but without IM support and had 30 or 40 slots for about 60 entrants from memory... Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 365 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 The first year of Ironman Melbourne only had one entry for F1824. She ended up being a non-starter. And the first year had perfect conditions. An entire age group in a sold out event with no competitors. My wife was in her team for the Corporate Cup Triathlon only a week or two before the Ironman. Not sure what happened. Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 317 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Sunshine Coast will be an opt-in qualification procedure. At check-in, you must nominate if you intend to take a spot. Within 24 hours of the race finish you'll be contacted to inform you of qualification, and if you don't accept and pay with 48 hours, it rolls down to the next nominee. Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieB 49 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 If you qualified, I wonder if you could get there.... Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Aidan said: If you're a Queenslander with Kona aspirations make sure you are on the start line F1824: 1 entrant F2529: 0 entrants F3034: 2 entrants... Probably the best opportunity to qualify ever except for that funny race in Asia in the early 2000s where they ran the race but without IM support and had 30 or 40 slots for about 60 entrants from memory... Guessing corky is about to enter. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 18 minutes ago, CharlieB said: If you qualified, I wonder if you could get there.... Next October. For sure. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Peter said: Guessing corky is about to enter. You'll just say it's an easy category. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: You'll just say it's an easy category. With no one in her category, I’d say I’m right. Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 12 hours ago, Aidan said: If you're a Queenslander with Kona aspirations make sure you are on the start line F1824: 1 entrant F2529: 0 entrants F3034: 2 entrants... Probably the best opportunity to qualify ever except for that funny race in Asia in the early 2000s where they ran the race but without IM support and had 30 or 40 slots for about 60 entrants from memory... Ex suggested I could try racing in disguise 🤔 Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Peter said: With no one in her category, I’d say I’m right. But what if they finish in over 13 hours or haven’t been doing hill repeats at 4am in the rain? Edited September 8, 2020 by trilobite 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Turts 2,980 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, trilobite said: But what if they finish in over 13 hours or haven’t been doing hill repeats at 4am in the rain? Is it any hill? Or just My Cootha? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 36 minutes ago, Turts said: Is it any hill? Or just My Cootha? Well, you have to be from Qld, so it may as well be Mt Coottha. Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 53 minutes ago, Turts said: Is it any hill? Or just My Cootha? Is there any other col worth doing repeats of at 4am in the rain? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 40 minutes ago, trilobite said: Is there any other col worth doing repeats of at 4am in the rain? I hear there are thousands sweating on the forecast for the next few days. Friday & Saturday are looking good. Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 317 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: I hear there are thousands sweating on the forecast for the next few days. Friday & Saturday are looking good. No point looking at the forecast. It's not going to change how I go about the race. If it's choppy in the water, I'll just take a bit longer that I hoped. If it's windy, the bike will be a bit more challenging, but being a bigger guy I'm not as affected as others. I ride to a power number so I'll just be holding 220W a little bit longer than hoped for. I'm not a super strong runner so I'll be running to a HR/power figure and sticking to my capabilities. There's absolutely nothing that I can do to change the weather, so I'll focus on what I can control and let race day be whatever race day wants to be. Everybody wants 0.2m swell, no wind, no rain and sub 20°C with an overcast sky for race day weather but I'm not going to pack up and go home because the forecast doesn't play ball, yet it's amazing how many people do. Edited September 9, 2020 by BNothling 1 Link to post Share on other sites
-H- 1,240 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I thought Ex was saying perfect weather for Mt Cootha reps at 3am 😂 😂 I must be going mad 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Turts 2,980 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, -H- said: I thought Ex was saying perfect weather for Mt Cootha reps at 3am 😂 😂 I must be going mad same 1 Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 54 minutes ago, -H- said: I thought Ex was saying perfect weather for Mt Cootha reps at 3am 😂 😂 I must be going mad He would have suggested Thursday as well if he wanted it badly enough? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, -H- said: I thought Ex was saying perfect weather for Mt Cootha reps at 3am 😂 😂 I must be going mad I was 1 hour ago, trilobite said: He would have suggested Thursday as well if he wanted it badly enough? The forecast for tomorrow is for a fine morning, and showers developing in the afternoon. Coottha reps would be wasted. 3 hours ago, BNothling said: Everybody wants 0.2m swell, no wind, no rain and sub 20°C with an overcast sky for race day weather but I'm not going to pack up and go home because the forecast doesn't play ball, yet it's amazing how many people do. I was the opposite. Best races I ever had were big waves/chop, and stinking hot. I used to enjoy watching the pool swimmers suffer in the surf and then the southerners melt on the run. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
iFoz 466 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: Coottha reps would be wasted. What? wash your mouth (or keyboard) out with soapy water. No such things as wasted reps on Coot-tha. It was beautiful out there this morning at 0530hrs. (ok so I slept in 🙄 ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 317 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, iFoz said: What? wash your mouth (or keyboard) out with soapy water. No such things as wasted reps on Coot-tha. It was beautiful out there this morning at 0530hrs. (ok so I slept in 🙄 ) What's the magpie situation around there at the moment? Link to post Share on other sites
iFoz 466 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, BNothling said: What's the magpie situation around there at the moment? I've not been swooped yet. Didn't even see any, but I was only on the back of the mtn. Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: The forecast for tomorrow is for a fine morning, and showers developing in the afternoon. Coottha reps would be wasted. Not if you do them once the showers have developed. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, iFoz said: It was beautiful out there this morning at 0530hrs. (ok so I slept in 🙄 ) Obviously this is the reason why you didn’t make it to race hawaii in 2019 and again in 2020. you just don’t want it enough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I honestly never knew crocs swam this fast. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
zed 1,469 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 22 hours ago, Peter said: Guessing corky is about to enter. I second that. Link to post Share on other sites
truck 544 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 7 hours ago, BNothling said: What's the magpie situation around there at the moment? Nothing on the mountain I’ve seen. Nasty one at the top of Dean St close by which took a chunk out of my ear the other day! Link to post Share on other sites
wombattri 173 Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 09/09/2020 at 9:27 PM, truck said: Nothing on the mountain I’ve seen. Nasty one at the top of Dean St close by which took a chunk out of my ear the other day! Pricks. Might reconsider my weekly Cootha’s for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
trilobite 279 Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, wombattri said: Pricks. Might reconsider my weekly Cootha’s for a while. No point this morning - it wasn’t raining Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, wombattri said: Pricks. Might reconsider my weekly Cootha’s for a while. You just don't want it enough! Link to post Share on other sites
wombattri 173 Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, trilobite said: No point this morning - it wasn’t raining 2 minutes ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: You just don't want it enough! Yeah, yeah I know. But these things spook the bejesus out of me. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 Personally, while complaining now & then after being hit, I've never changed a route or avoided somewhere due to magpies. I remember the one at Kelvin Grove that used to get me nearly every morning heading up the hill. It would swoop & sometimes make contact half a dozen times as you were going slow & it had all the time in the world. Then in the afternoons it would try swooping but had the world of trouble as I'd be doing 60km/hr down the hill. The worst was one at Newport Waterways, just near the marina. I used to do 120km on my way to work some days, so would have a backpack on. It's landed on the backpack and taken a go at my ear while sitting there. I still went back the next week. Maybe I'm lucky because I haven't been hit bad, but maybe that's because I just tuck my head down & ride rather than react and turn my head to look at the bird. I just look back later & laugh. Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth 190 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: Personally, while complaining now & then after being hit, I've never changed a route or avoided somewhere due to magpies. I remember the one at Kelvin Grove that used to get me nearly every morning heading up the hill. It would swoop & sometimes make contact half a dozen times as you were going slow & it had all the time in the world. Then in the afternoons it would try swooping but had the world of trouble as I'd be doing 60km/hr down the hill. The worst was one at Newport Waterways, just near the marina. I used to do 120km on my way to work some days, so would have a backpack on. It's landed on the backpack and taken a go at my ear while sitting there. I still went back the next week. Maybe I'm lucky because I haven't been hit bad, but maybe that's because I just tuck my head down & ride rather than react and turn my head to look at the bird. I just look back later & laugh. Sitting on your backpack, ex, that’s hilarious. Hope someone saw and got a chuckle out of it. Despite knowing the terror caused to the person on the bike, it always brings a smile to my face to see a magpie in pursuit. Postie, even better. I’m still adamant that the city magpies have nothing on the country highway magpies. They wouldn’t last 10 minutes in the bush Link to post Share on other sites
Katz 1,652 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 hours ago, wombattri said: Yeah, yeah I know. But these things spook the bejesus out of me. Am completely unable to not see the seagull now...... Link to post Share on other sites
POT 65 Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just a reminder that those of us in communist Melbourne under the Adolf Andrews lockdown have until midnight tonight to defer to next years race or get credit for another IM in Australia over the next 3 years. Otherwise you just lose your entry. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Berkel and tim reed. Cairns via SA good Video explaining and interview https://www.foxsports.com.au/video/other-sports/other-sports/ironman-training-covid-style!786310 Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 18/09/2020 at 10:22 PM, Peter said: Berkel and tim reed. Cairns via SA good Video explaining and interview https://www.foxsports.com.au/video/other-sports/other-sports/ironman-training-covid-style!786310 Well they just wasted a heap of cash and time isolating. byron bay / Ballina are in the Queensland border bubble. they could have just gone straight to cairns. No quarantine. LOL 😂. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew #1 1,262 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 18/09/2020 at 9:04 PM, POT said: Just a reminder that those of us in communist Melbourne under the Adolf Andrews lockdown have until midnight tonight to defer to next years race or get credit for another IM in Australia over the next 3 years. Otherwise you just lose your entry. First world problems. So tough. Link to post Share on other sites
The new guy 289 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Peter said: Well they just wasted a heap of cash and time isolating. byron bay / Ballina are in the Queensland border bubble. they could have just gone straight to cairns. No quarantine. LOL 😂. Not until october 1. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Okay should have said from Wednesday as they are in SA and finish their iso on Wednesday They came from nsw SA will reopen its borders to NSW at midnight on Wednesday, as long as there is no community transmission of coronavirus reported in NSW today. As well as being able to enter SA, NSW residents will no longer have to quarantine for 14 days. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Start list Link to post Share on other sites
Chuckie M 337 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 With new rougher bike course, heat and wind . the winner will go 8.30, turning back the clock 30 years when the winner did that.. Link to post Share on other sites
Flanman 2,474 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Peter said: Start list Reasonable list. Should be good. Trannie list. Who’s up ? FM Link to post Share on other sites
Bored@work 4,126 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 I had a dream last night that I came out of retirement & was going to race Ironman Melb. - The chain on my bike was rusted - I hadn't swam in over two years But I was going to get in and give it a crack. Luckily the alarm went off before the race started. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew #1 1,262 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I like the look of the new course changes. Whilst the course looks to be slightly tougher, the roads are good and you get to do the most scenic parts of the bike course three times. Rex’s lookout is no big deal and the rest of the little lumps give you a chance to get out the saddle, switch muscle groups and stretch out: which makes it much more pleasant by the time you get off the bike IMO. The limiting factor on bike splits will be the wind (as usual) as the course (whether it be this year or previous years) has 30km more southerly cycling (into the prevailing head wind). However, all things being equal I expect that the pros will be able to bike the new course within 5 minutes of what they could achieve on the same day on the old course. If the winner’s time is 8.30 it will because of the conditions on the day and the caliber of the field. I reckon the winner will go sub 8.10 Link to post Share on other sites
AA7 1,831 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 31deg predicted, ouch. Link to post Share on other sites
zed 1,469 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 hours ago, AA7 said: 31deg predicted, ouch. I remember when I lived in Darwin and 33 was brutal, much more uncomfortable than 40 in Perth, Link to post Share on other sites
Chuckie M 337 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 hours ago, AA7 said: 31deg predicted, ouch. The heat will cook many. Summer has arrived early. I did a 4k rough as guts open water swim today In Townsville. It will be very similar in Palm cove including the crocs. Don't worry about the stingers the crocs and sharks ate them! Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,248 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 We will see some of the slowest qualifying times ever. I hope someone gets the times post race. Link to post Share on other sites
TThomo 53 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Peter said: We will see some of the slowest qualifying times ever. I hope someone gets the times post race. Is this a qualifying race for Feb Kona 2021 ? Link to post Share on other sites
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