Half Ironman - which one 2010?
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Hi,
Can anybody advise me the best 1/2 IM to enter next year? This will be my 1st and i am looking to do a fairly flat course in the spring / summer next year either home or in Europe, there seems such a choice and i want the 1st one to be a special one!!
So far i've done London, several at Dorney and lots of local races but feel the 1/2 IM is calling now!
Thanks for any advice,
Sarah
Can anybody advise me the best 1/2 IM to enter next year? This will be my 1st and i am looking to do a fairly flat course in the spring / summer next year either home or in Europe, there seems such a choice and i want the 1st one to be a special one!!
So far i've done London, several at Dorney and lots of local races but feel the 1/2 IM is calling now!
Thanks for any advice,
Sarah
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I am also feeling the call of a 70.3 event and was about to start looking for an event around Feb-May time next year. Could this be the start of a novice Half IM team descending on an event??
Other than that if its flat you want it appears they don't come any flatter than Antwerp if you can handle the cobbles and the tram tracks.
didds
this year's race is on this coming weekend so it won't be available for a while. it does appear to be cheap though (50e), close to tampere airport (fly stanstead with ryanair), probably pretty flat around the lakes. i also have some good finnish connections and speak a little of the language so frankly i am just looking for an excuse to go there again!
http://www.lisboatriathlon.com/
I haven't done one before. I have a couple of sprints under my belt and am doing London (Olympic distance) on sunday.
Any other suggestions gratefully recieved
Other non ironman branded 70.3 events that I heard were good are the Vitruvian and Quelle Challenge Barcelona.
All in all, it was brilliant (even though I injured myself and finished over 45 mins later than anticipated), but that is what next year is for, as I will be back to beat my time!!
I did Lisbon this year, a brilliant event at a brilliant location (Oriente) just a few miles outside Lisbon.
Nearly all flat apart from the last 500 metres at the turnaround point of the 4 lap bike route on closed dual carraigeway. Was nice to race in sunshine too after an English winters training.
Not done Antwerp before but will be entering this as soon as registration opens. It is our triclubs European trip for 2010. We took about 50 to Nice IM this year so we are expecting more for Antwerp.
Looking at the 2009 race info looks like a nice flat and fast course.
1.2 mile sea swim, trust me with waves and a current is a very tough swim
followed by a 55 mile cycle with over 5000 ft of ascent and descent
then a 13.1 mile costal off road run again with mind blowing ascending and descending
winnng time was 5 hours by an elite tri athlon specialist...just shows you it's a tough one
I hear good things about this race?
Like you I was thinking along the same line of going to the dark side and doing a 70.3 in Europe until I happened to stumble upon New Orleans. It is as cheap as going to the more expensive European destinations due to exchange rates and entry costs, relatively cheap when there, bike box goes free, event is relatively new but really well supported.
Admitedly they had a few problems which are sorted for this next event on 18th April 2010, and they can really whip up a crowd, reasonably flat course, small jazz fest on after to laze about for a few days R&R post race.
Check it out on the official ironman website, you could do a lot worse.
Hope your search goes well
Derekh
BRAT
The OP wanted fast and flat. I am entering the Trentham Big Half on 11th July. It's apparently fast and flat, possibly a bit too much so, as you bike laps most of which are dual carraigeway. It's ideal for me as it's nearish to home and relatively cheap at £85/£80.
EDIT the OP never mentioned fast and flat, doh! Must have been the thread in the "general chat" forum