Ironman 70.3 Miami : Official Thread (Page 3)

4:49:25 for me.  Really happy with that time - a PR by about 8 mins.

My Canadian blood roasted in the heat.

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and I never want to run across another bridge in my life!

5:06.  12 minute PR but the first flat course I've done.  Bike was easier than Oceanside but run much harder.  Although didn't hit my secret sub 5 goal, pretty happy with the race, even the slow run, as I didn't walk but for aid stations.  And it was hot for this California boy too!

Nice race!  Agree with most of your comments - sea grass, blech, I swim in kelp, so I am used to it.  I was certain it wold be falling out of my tri top all day long.  But the swim was nice.

Weird that they covered two of three rail crossings, and the uncovered one was at that perfect [/sarcasm] angle to cross over.....  Wind didn't seem too bad, it was there but not a problem, actually found the wind the most annoying on the left turn towards Miami, seemed to have shifted a bit and you could see the downtown skyline waaaaayyyy in the distance.  And it was getting a bit hot.  Won't even talk about the drafting  :^  I unfortunately did launch one of their water bottles about 50 miles in. Agree on the road surcafe issue inside Miami, but did have to bunyhop one 8" or so hole, the ones usually covered by those mini manhole covers. Most isues were marked, but not all.

Run, It was hard, but I actually enjoyed it.  I was glad it was not hotter, as the couple spots where the we had a tailwind (the out and back under the bridge was one of those), showed how hot it could have been.  Breeze was nice.  Aid stations were carnage but I think that was just because they were so busy, didn't notice any problems getting what I needed, and I stopped at all of them other than the last two.  IM athlete tracker splits were off, seems they always are (first 1.6 mile split was way fast).  

bike was pretty spot on at 56.05, run was way short at 12.5 (confirmed by several ST postings).  It's a glorified out and back, not sure why they can't get that right.

Congrats on the PR!!!    I'm with you, glad I did it, don't see myself doing it again.

Ya, me too. Good race to do once.  I enjoyed the fast bike split but I wouldn't want to race like that too often.  

The post race cruise was nice though.  

There are no hills on the bike - at all.  It is very, very flat!  The complete opposite of Quebec City!  

As one Canadian to another, the biggest challenge you may have is the heat.  By the end of October you will be used to fall temps and it was 28 degrees C this year which was actually a bit cooler than what it had been the previous weeks.

You have the best 70.3 possible (IMO) very close to you in Mont Tremblant but of course it is sold out and not late in the season.

I never felt unsafe on the bike.  It was a bit crowded at times but if you are going to do an IM branded event with 3000 participants, that is almost inevitable.  Do you want an IM event specifically or just the distance?

I've not done Augusta, only Tremblant and Miami.  I found the run in Miami more difficult - a good part of that being the heat.  Bike is definitely easier in Miami.  The swim is also likely to be no wetsuits and it's in the ocean so there was seaweed floating around in clumps to swim into.