You’d think, right?
I’ve done three loops; 2:05, 2:08 and 2:10.
It’s uphill from Penny to Horwich RAB, you then come back into Bolton (on the loop) to start your first loop (you do Chorley New Road four times)
A loop is ~50km.
So that first 30km will take around 53mins, then I’m hoping for 1:53 per lap if it’s okay.
I’m not kidding
How many meters climbing per lap is it?
Slight caveats to hopefully perk up @Poet
That said, you’re in the right ball park to not just assume that 6hrs is a standard “good” target time which was my perception before raceday. I underestimated how slow everyone else would be thinking my 6:30 estimate would be nowhere near competitive even with my swim-run. Still wonder if was one off slow year or if the course was genuinely that slow.
I don’t know Wales at all but I think most people who knew both seemed to think IMUK19 was a slightly (~10min) slower course once they’d ridden the Bolton course - very slow descents was the deceptive problem on paper just comparing elevations.
Fair enough, I see from the other thread how much it’s changed from 2016/2017 so my experience doesn’t really count for anything there now.
Might be worth merging with the IMUK thread
Joking aside, the event atmosphere will make it mentally easier than a training ride in the traffic. I remember the other worldly contrast riding the Solarerberg in early June alone vs race day!
The Solarerberg is mental.
You mean “ power of the crowd”
I’ve heard that before somewhere ?
A slightly “ bigger “ site than this one ?!?
RPE is lower when the crowd is with you, and morale is very important in IM but there’s no free watts - any surge you are goaded into will cost later.
What he said
@Poet you’re just a nasty troll and you’ll be reported to the admin 
THIS IS BRILLIANT
“Let them have THEIR best day”
What? By hearing them bleat on about how they’re an Ironman without doing the fucking swim???
There’s certainly a part of me that thinks live & let live, there are far more important things in this world to get wound up about. But at the same time, if I hear some ‘one & done’ crow about being an Ironman and flaunting the merch/tattoo after doing a woefully short course (by design); then unleash hell upon them by all means.
I did an outlaw. They said it wasn’t an Ironman.
I did Ironman UK 2018. They said it wasn’t an Ironman.
I did Ironman Wales 2019. They said, well ok, but you were still shit.
Some people are never satisfied. 
This only applies if your name is TeejayPeeps, for banter purposes.
After Bolton 2018 I followed the IMJ forum and there was this guy really trolling all the finishers - blagging about it’s not an IM etc what he’d done was harder - quickly tracked some of his results and the guy DNF d his swim in Wales. I posted it under his trolling and he said that was below the belt. How was what he was doing ok?!
Sorry
I’m on IMJ and sub 10 IMJ - which IMJ is the fun happening on?
Sub 10 IMJ …?!
Is that a thing …!?
Too old for sub 10 now, maybe sub 11 on an easy southerners course?
Your exempt from the southern softies ( if you are ) as you ride an argon and lift weights.
I did my PB on an Argon; a proper older one too; yes the Ironman I got jibed for, for a few years!
Is there a Sub 10:01 IMJ group?
