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Hombre de Hierro (Iron-distance) - TriathlonFull Ironman

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Isla de Margarita, VENEZUELA
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Total Time = 15h 29m 30s
Overall Rank = 21/30
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

After waking up, I had a Powerbar and two Endurolytes with water.

Event warmup:

Just jumped in the water for a few minutes and swam to the first buoy and back.

Swim

1h 36m 57s
3800 meters
02m 33s / 100 meters

Comments:

There was only 30 of us! The whole idea behind the first few years of this event is to get the experience to make it international since there are no other full Iron-distance races in the Caribbean. We had about 300 people working on the race. Awesome!

I started off way to the side and had to swim back in towards the group at around the first buoy. I couldn't believe "the day" had finally arrived.

I think I was a bit too excited in the first lap, so I made a conscious effort to slow down. I kept repeating to myself "here and now" just to avoid getting carried away with all the stuff going on in my mind.

On the way out to the second and final lap, I swallowed lots of water...and then some more before the turnaround point. So I slowed down a bit and vomited...I have loads of memories from my scuba diving days, so I was pretty calm in the water, regrouped and kept swimming significantly slower.

What would you do differently?:

I would pace myself a little better and concentrate on not swallowing so much water! Anyways, I have to be happy of all the progress since August 04 when I began learning to swim properly.

Transition 1

06m 31s

Comments:

Had an OK transition...chatted with a couple of other slow swimmers, put on jersey, bodyglide, helmet and shoes...little did I know I had incurred in two errors I would pay for dearly later in the day...

What would you do differently?:

I figured I could swim, bike and run in my Orca shorts...Was I ever wrong! Also, I had a plan for fueling and drinking at T1 which was not followed because of the vomiting incident during the swim.

Bike

00m
180 kms
0.00 km/hr

Comments:

I'm glad I had pre-rode the course since I knew that the wind would go from friend to foe at the 90k mark. Unfortunately, because of the swim-vomit incident, I didn't drink or eat until about an hour into the ride. At the 90k aid station, I had some Powerade, a couple of Powergels and went off...knowing that the hilly section was about to begin.

I took it really easy at the hills and got through that part faster than I thought (at least it seemed that way).

At approximately 5 hrs. into the ride, everything got a little weird. The bottom of my left foot started to ache so much that I couldn't stand on the pedals at all, so I had to practically stop pedaling to stretch out a bit.

Also, I began to realize why I should have worn bike shorts instead of the same shorts all race...major chafing down there! Not good.

Then the real trouble began. My legs started cramping; I cramped in places which I didn't know could actually cramp!!

What would you do differently?:

I wasn't prepared with a "B" plan in case I vomited in the swim. So I ended up eating and drinking when my stomach settled, but it was way too late.

Transition 2

09m 9s

Comments:

Right after passing the dismount line, I started walking really funny because of the cramps (little did I know I would still be walking that way a couple of days after the race!). At the tent, an assistant asked what I wanted, and I jokingly said "a massage". Well, much to my surprise, in about a minute the same guy walked in with two PT's...I felt like Aladdin! These two big, intimidating ladies threw me on the ground, pulled and stretched me and beat up on my legs for quite a while!

Magic...no more cramps for the rest of the day.

Run

5h 54m
42 kms
08m 26s min/km

Comments:

After leaving T2, I knew I was going to run well into the night. I decided to "run" the whole thing (except for aid stations) even though there were people walking the whole course whom I would find at the same spots in every lap...their walk was about as fast as my run!!!

By then, it was really dark; I was the last one out there. Then the highlight of my race came when my girlfriend came in to run the last 12k with me...We joked, laughed and got serious, laughed again...and FINALLY...got to the finish line.

What would you do differently?:

A month ago I decided to forget about time goals and stuff like that. I had not reached my "peak" fitness; work and life got in the way of optimal training the last two months...I decided my goal was "Just Finish", which I did...so I guess I would do nothing different at all!

Post race

Event comments:

The picture at the bottom is Maydelene at the beginning of the run. This may sound cliché, but I couldn't have done it without her. The picture sums everything up; it speaks to me and tells me a million magnificent things.

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Last updated: 2005-05-18 12:00 AM

Swimming
01:36:57 \| 3800 meters \| 02m 33s / 100meters
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	24/30
Performance:	Average
First lap at 44:57; second lap at 52:00
Suit:	Nope
Course:	2 laps at the beach of the Hilton Hotel. Water was nice and calm. The beach looked gorgeous from the start. The buoys were slightly tilted left because local fishermen had set out their nets on part of the course. (or better yet, we had set out the course on part of their beach!!!)
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Shot
Water temp:	0F / 0C	Current:	Medium
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Bad
Waves:		Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	06:31
Performance:
Cap removal:		Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:00:00 \| 180 kms \| 0.00 km/hr
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/30
Performance:
1st 90k @ 3:09 strong and very welcome tailwind 2nd 90k @ 4:33 a few hills and the friendly tailwind became an antagonizing, incessant headwind
Wind:
Course:	This is an amazing course! We went from the east tip of the island all the way to the west tip. One huge loop. Changes in scenery, vegetation, climate, population, etc...Each rider had motorcycle escorts throughout the ride (they'd switch at designated places).
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:	Not enough

T2
Time:	09:09
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
05:54:00 \| 42 kms \| 08m 26s min/km
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/30
Performance:
4 laps, through the streets and past a very nice beach.
Course:
Keeping cool		Drinking