Beast of East 2013

joey100

Entries for this opened this morning. Anyone else signed up?

miller82

yep, i'm in

ray o

A month before DCT - could be a good training day out.

Oryx

Just entered now. Thanks for the reminder guys!

RacoonQueen

IN to beat Oryx

Hoping to do Humbert the week before but like with tri an mhi I don't wanna miss out. This may be up for grabs to the best offer closer to the time.

Oryx

RacoonQueen wrote: »

IN to beat Oryx

Hoping to do Humbert the week before but like with tri an mhi I don't wanna miss out. This may be up for grabs to the best offer closer to the time.

If you do I play the age card.

RacoonQueen

Oryx wrote: »

If you do I play the age card.

And if I don't beat you I play the ''women get better with age'' card

Kurt Godel

The last batch of 50 individual entries opened this morning, can't see them lasting long (I nabbed one!), enter via TI.

cjt156

Snagged one!
How tough is the bike leg for a wuss like me who dies around Kilternan/Enniskerry?

RacoonQueen

Ugh I really should start hitting the hills to get some sort of half arsed prep in for this

Oryx

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ugh I really should start hitting the hills to get some sort of half arsed prep in for this

Ditto. No excuses here. I'm surrounded by hills!

Kurt Godel

So, are we looking forward to this? I did a recce of the bike route, my ass is still vibrating from the rough road from Laragh-Rathdrum. The run is going to be a killer in the heat.

Podge83

Looking forward to it here. The Briefing mentions the midges in the morning by the lake - how bad are these?

Casula

Anyone any views on whether the bike course is better suited to a TT or road bike set up...?

j0hn1

Yeah can't wait now, though a friends wedding Friday night won't help (excuse is in!!)
Did it 2 years ago Podge and midges are woeful around transition, bring some of that jungle spray, you'll get it in most supermarkets.

mloc123

Casula wrote: »

Anyone any views on whether the bike course is better suited to a TT or road bike set up...?

TT, you will lose time on a road bike.

El Director

mloc123 wrote: »

TT, you will lose time on a road bike.

^^^^ Definitely TT.

Abhainn

Kurt Godel wrote: »

So, are we looking forward to this? I did a recce of the bike route, my ass is still vibrating from the rough road from Laragh-Rathdrum. The run is going to be a killer in the heat.

Yes poor section. Did the first 2 years of BOTE and bike up there most weeks but haven't done the section from Laragh to T2 in years.
Little recce (60k) this evening.

Podge83 wrote: »

Looking forward to it here. The Briefing mentions the midges in the morning by the lake - how bad are these?

Bad, bad.

miller82

Podge83 wrote: »

The Briefing mentions the midges in the morning by the lake - how bad are these?

really bad !!!

looking forward to this and dreading it all in one. First 3km of Bray run on wednesday were a disaster, so i'm not sure if its still a hangover from Austria

StaggerLee

I did the bike route the other night, its tough. Didn't even want to see the run :eek:
Lake looks great though. Got savaged by midges, get the spray on..

Podge83

Better get some spray!!!

I've chosen to do it on my road bike (haven't got a TT). Attracted by El Director's sale on another thread but just haven't got the liquidity at the mo. So for now I'm stuck with my road bike with "strap-ons"

Looking forward to it now - early start for me though!!

joey100

I had been trying to decide between Road bike and TT bike too, road bike has a compact and goes up to 28 on the back, TT bike is a double with a 25 on the back. I'm nice and light at 62KG but the climbing position on the TT isn't great (Argon 18 with the drop base bars). Had pretty much made my mind up on road bike but not sure now.

mloc123

30km or so of the bike is flat or rolling... it is 100% a TT bike course.

Oryx

Is it a long run out to the bike mount line? Looks it on the map.

RacoonQueen

Oryx wrote: »

Is it a long run out to the bike mount line? Looks it on the map.

Yep, through grass.

cjt156

I 'fraid...

Kurt Godel

Very well organized by Wicklow Tri, well done to all of them. A lot cooler than expected. Bike 38k, run seemed short, 8.7k?

Results

wideball

Well done but those run times.. look too good to be true. Fingal 10km won today in 30:14 and I see the 5th place ran 30:48 on a hilly course...

Podge83

Well organised on the whole but one big exception:-

The Short run. (very short run). I know it's short for everyone but if you're chasing & catching a fella that finishes a few seconds ahead of you and he beats you to a category win you'd be giving out, particularly if running was your strongest!! Its billed as 10k, was last year - why shorter this year? It was well over a km short. It appears that the cone was just put out a few 100m too early - does anyone know if there was a safety or other reason for this??. If not, it shouldn't happen in a NS race IMO.

On the plus side the swim was fantastic - great setting - surely one of the best!

The Bike course was tough in places but it is for all. The road surface a bit dodgy in places but I suppose that's not Wicklow Tri's fault.

My first time doing it and I will forgive the short run and return again!!

adamski8

Bah thats where my great run time came from!

Otherwise a great day out! Warm water was a treat. great course and great organisation.

ray o

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Very well organized by Wicklow Tri, well done to all of them. A lot cooler than expected. Bike 38k, run seemed short, 8.7k?

Results

Yep, my Garmin showed 8.6km

adamski8

ray o wrote: »

Yep, my Garmin showed 8.6km

Wait wasnt the run actually started after the bike dismount? I thought it might have been as the 1km marker was right at the road when we came out of the field? (guess its not meant to be....)

Kurt Godel

adamski8 wrote: »

Wait wasnt the run actually started after the bike dismount? I thought it might have been as the 1km marker was right at the road when we came out of the field? (guess its not meant to be....)

Thought a similar thing myself as regards the markers, the run (with bike) from trans to mount line went on for ages (and ditto return). Maybe the overall run was 10k (but the chip times are certainly for 8.6/8.7k)

Podge83

adamski8 wrote: »

Wait wasnt the run actually started after the bike dismount? I thought it might have been as the 1km marker was right at the road when we came out of the field? (guess its not meant to be....)

If that's the case I withdraw my moan.

gilleek2

adamski8 wrote: »

Wait wasnt the run actually started after the bike dismount? I thought it might have been as the 1km marker was right at the road when we came out of the field? (guess its not meant to be....)

So do you mean instead of swim, t1, bike, t2, run it was a swim,t1, bike, run with bike, T2, run? I suspect the guy at the turnaround was told to bring the cone out to the first yellow house not knowing that in the last 12 months someone else painted their house yellow.

adamski8

possibly, im not sure but its all a bit weird.

couerdelion

I was going to post saying I enjoyed the race, but it's an absolute fecker of a course so I don't think enjoyed is the correct word! Managed to knock some time off last years race but still found it tough and 6 races in 6 weeks caught up with me in the end - had nothing in the legs going up the hills on the bike or run.

Scratching all over today due to the midge bites. If anyone knows a quick cure let me know.

Was a bit pi$$ed off they ran out of t-shirts less than 90 minutes after registration opened but i reckon I've enough event t-shirts to open a car-boot stall.

elvis jones

couerdelion wrote: »

I was going to post saying I enjoyed the race, but it's an absolute fecker of a course so I don't think enjoyed is the correct word! Managed to knock some time off last years race but still found it tough and 6 races in 6 weeks caught up with me in the end - had nothing in the legs going up the hills on the bike or run.

Scratching all over today due to the midge bites. If anyone knows a quick cure let me know.

Was a bit pi$$ed off they ran out of t-shirts less than 90 minutes after registration opened but i reckon I've enough event t-shirts to open a car-boot stall.

I seen your bike time and thought the same compared to races a few weeks ago !

Oh and i have 5 more t shirts for you soon !

adamski8

Surprised people mentioning the midges, i didnt see them or get biten by any!

Kurt Godel

couerdelion wrote: »

Scratching all over today due to the midge bites. If anyone knows a quick cure let me know.

My wife suggested a poultice of Baking Soda, and it seems to work quite well.

cjt156

Kudos to Wicklow Tri Club for heating the lake and cooling the sun; oh, and for the burgers!

Great day, really enjoyed it and will be back for more on a bike with some more gears.

Oryx

I dunno about gears, but I saw a guy on sunday absolutely motoring along, upright on a bike with flat bars. He was flying. I'd love to see what he could do on a proper bike!

miller82

Again, a great race. Let myself down on the bike, a lot of work to be done over the winter

Have to say, i thought the standard was really high this year. Last year i finished 18th in AG. This year, with a 13min improvement i moved up to 13th. does this not seem like a small move in rankings considering the time improvement ?

i just checked and the time i got this year would have got me 5th last year in AG. says it all about the improvement in standard