Hi Dev,

Outside+ Livestream at https://watch.outsideonline.com/...stream-24?scope=anon
Working fine from southern Ontario.

@Kid

This is the first time I'm hearing the new CEO talk and I do not get the sense the pro end of the sport is of any interest to him.

Great I am going to be toggling between Paris Roubaix Femmes and the Lionel's swim sucks + where is Race Ranger show all morning!!! Should have been in the corral in Oceanside now, but alas back home freezing in Canada. This is the next best option I guess

YIKES! 3m is not enough of a gap for the ladies.

Hopping on my trainer at start of the race, thinking I should do a 30-45-sec sprint every time Dede says "...the likes of..." or if they pronounce Jelle Geens' name incorrectly. On 2nd thought, probably won't because I wouldn't last very long.

@Kid

I heard yesterday water was well below 60F. I see pros with neoprene caps. What's the water temp?

Outside (swidt) North America:
https://proseries.ironman.com/races/im703-oceanside

"that looks like maybe it's so and so."

in 2024, it's time for all pro athletes to have color-coded caps, and huge race numbers stenciled on the side. we shouldn't be guessing at who's who in the water these days.

anyway, looks like 3 on the front now. my guess is still that aside from whoever breaks off the front, we'll have a long line of guys at T1 rather than discrete groups per se.

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Ultimately I guess it doesn't really matter, but I'm always baffled why they can't do something like put numbers on the pros' swim caps, or some other identifier, to make it easier to spot them in the water. I guess in the end, they come out of water and we see where they are. Or, this isn't really a spectator sport.

They said 59F on the broadcast

59 according to the broadcast

I hope that this commercial every couple minutes is just for the beginning here, very annoying to just cut in while they are talking and showing something going on. Then they come back in the middle of a sentence, so I guess the announcers really dont know when they cut them away.

Good coverage thus far when they have it, swim looked super easy for everyone, not the melee that was predicted..ANd when they did the overhead shots, the surf was not bad at all, could have done that surf swim and around, at least for the pros..

~45 air, can't remember the exact number. Water was definitely 59

And do it every time Dede laughs on one of her own jokes.

And when she speaks over the other commentators.

And during commercials.

You'll be dead by T1.

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

If I have to watch these same KT and Gatorade commercials one more time....

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Top ladies starting to lap the slower men now, do we know if there were any announcements at the pro meeting on how those guys should react once on the bike? I mean they should have the chance to go through and ride away, but if they can't??

I know the sponsors want their airtime, but I will never buy a pair of Hokas specifically because of how much their commercials have ruined my watching experience.

Don't know the water conditions in harbour, but looks pretty calm with just a few ripples? Should be a fast swim day?

Outside Watch literally has to be the worst f’ing platform for Ironman to showcase their events. I hope they are getting a shit ton of money to put up with this crap…….

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Let food be thy medicine...

Man 50 years later and they still cannot get a lead paddler to paddle the actual course, frustrating...

There are more commercials than network tv.

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

Do they not just have to follow the same drafting rules as normal? Maybe I do not understand what you are asking...

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fenella leading out the ladies - i really like her style!

leader out a hair under 23:00, geens at :40seconds. lange/currie out now too - that's a good swim for patrick. apparently a string of men ~45 seconds long!

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Lionel great swim 25th out but only 1:38 down.