Ironman 70.3 Syracuse
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Ironman 70.3 Syracuse - Triathlon
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Swim
Comments: I am really happy with this swim. My plan for this race was to treat it like it's an IronMan (with LP a month away). So I just wanted to do everything at IronMan pace, and that's exactly what I did in this swim. I stayed away from trouble throughout and just counted strokes. Every 10 stroke cycles, I'd look up and double check that I was on course. The water was perfect. What would you do differently?: I should be doing more OWS leading up to my races, just to be used to the feel of the wetsuit. Transition 1
Comments: It's a pretty long run from the water to transition. Fortunately there were wetsuit strippers at the edge of the water for us to use which made things easier. Again, I just took my time and relaxed. Bike
Comments: This is a very, very tough bike course. The hills are relentless... long and steep. I know it sounds crazy to say this, but I think that, even at half the distance, this course demands more from you than Lake Placid does. This is simply a tough, tough course. I stuck to my plan of treating this like it was an IronMan. I sat and spun up all of the hills and tried to cap my HR at about 150 or so. I definitely took advantage of the long descents throughout the course, flying down them at speeds of 40mph+. Although I didn't cover this course is a very fast time, I am still very happy with how I did. Transition 2
Run
Comments: This course is really hard. You start out in the park and you have to run on a mix of grass, asphalt, packed gravel, loose gravel, mulch and dirt. The changing surfaces makes it a little tough to get going. Once you're out on the roads thoug, things really get hard. Again, I stuck to my plan of treating this HIM like it's Lake Placid. I walked every aid station and all of the hills... and there were many hells with hug climbs that made this course a huge challenge. It started to get really hot while I was on the course so I began dumping water at every aid station over my head and squeezing the icy sponges on the back of my neck, that helped a lot. At about mile 7 I felt like I could use some more calories so I took some extra Gu and Bonk Breakers at the next aid station and an extra cup of perform. I'm not sure what caused it, but I started feeling nauseous at this point. I remember having the same feelings at Lake Placid in 2011 and when I experienced that I just took a break from eating and when I started up again, I only ate real food. I decided I would try to do that on this course. I skipped the next aid station and the one after that. At the next station, I had pretzels, coke and a banana and I started to actually feel really good. By mile ten I was feeling ok. Post race
Warm down: Walked around and tried to stay loose. I spoke to some friends and then headed back to the car to begin cleaning myself up and packing up for the 6 hour ride home. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm slow Last updated: 2013-10-23 12:00 AM
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United States
World Triathlon Corporation
76F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1302/2500
Age Group = M 34-39
Age Group Rank = 169/277
I got to the race sight at about 5:15 am. Transition was already open for about 45 minutes when I got there so there were already a lot of people on sight. I took my setting up all of my stuff. Since I had to check the bike the day before, there was less to worry about in the morning.
They opened up a small square area, marked by buoys, inside the course for people to warm up. I took advantage of the time there swimming about a total of 10 minutes. I wanted to feel really loosened up and relaxed for my first open water swim of the year.