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Comments: water temp was great, and Steve and I got in just in time to high five and the cannon went off. I first couple hundred were crowded so I pushed to the inside of the boyes and swam out of the chaos. It was exactly the opposite of my plan (wanted to swim the outside of the course) but when it all happened so fast it looked like the best place to be. Had some cramping issues in my calfs during the 2nd half but overall felt very solid. I had planned to swim very mellow and just enjoy this part of the day saving myself for the bike. Actually came out of the water faster then planned but feeling very good. What would you do differently?: Need to figure out a way to not have the wetsuit rub the back of my neck when sighting and breaststroking. put some glide there but still ended up with a nasty wetsuit hickey...  Transition 1
Comments: Steve and i exited the water almost at the same time and got stripped next to each other. Was cool to see him on the course, I hadn't really expected to see him again till the run. I am severally allergic to Neoprene so I have to wear a special suit under my wetsuit, due to this the use of a stripper is great but takes more time then normal. My guy was very eager to help, and kept stepping on my feet when trying to remove my top. I finally had to stop him and let him in on the bad news that I wasn't going to win this thing so we could slow down a little bit. He seemed a little disappointed but he's probably over it by now... Grabbed my bike bag and headed towards the changing tent to find that it was completely full and most people had just sat down outside. I found a piece of ground and did my thing. It was fairly chilly so I wore long socks, compression tights over my tri shorts, a full under-armor shirt, and a riding jersey. Was very glad I did because my body felt warm but not too warm all day. What would you do differently?: Not much, felt good it was what it was  Bike
What would you do differently?: Not sure, I feel like I need more base in this sport but that will come with time... Transition 2
Comments: Headed in to T2 feeling strong yet a little wobbly. Grabbed my bag and a seat and started to change super hero outfits. I had trained with a very specific nutrient plan of eating 1 shot block per mile and continuing to take 1 hammer electrolyte pill every 20 minutes. I had trained doing a 9 min run 1 minute walk and had planned to use that while walking through each aid station. One I got to T2 and put on the fanny pack full of nutrient the plan was out the window. There was no way I was carrying that heavy bag of stuff over the next 5 hours so I put it back in the back and grabbed a clifbar and headed out. What would you do differently?: Not pack the bag of goodies  Run
Comments: I ended up walking the first 2 miles simply trying to find my legs. As I passed the first loop (5 minutes into the run) the winner was heading down the shoot and finishing right by me! I was in awe, inspired, amazed, but mostly just jealous! It was awesome to watch them all come in as I was heading out.... I Even though I had run this course several times, I quickly threw out my run plan of a 9/1 and decided to walk the uphills and run the down hills. It seemed to be a fairly popular idea and in the end only cost me about 40 minutes of my perfect scenario. I was abel to met up with another gentleman around the 4 mile mark and we worked together through mile 17. He kept saying that I was helping him, but without him there i'm guessing I would have had a lot harder afternoon then I did. Post race
Event comments: I was continually impressed by how good I felt through out the day. Someone had told me that there would be great moments and awful moments, but that both would pass. This simple idea became my mantra and I really tried to not get caught up in any of the moments. The day was wonderful and I learned a lot. The volunteers were incredible and really made the race... If your reading this in the future because you have signed up to do or are thinking of signing up to do this race or another IM race, do IT! The race was hard, the water was chilly, the wind blew, the run was brutal...... but there's a reason your thinking about an Ironman, and I'm sure it's not because it sounds like it would be easy... "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, your probably right" Henry Ford Last updated: 2010-05-04 12:00 AM
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Woke at 3:30am ate two bananas and a cliff bar and continued the ridiculous intake of Gatorade that had ben happening over the last 72 hours. Headed with Steve to the buses and boarded around 4:15. Arrived at Sand Hollow somewhere around 5am. Added water bottles to bike, peed, got tires pumped up, peed, ate another cliffbar, tried to pee. Couldn't find Steve so I headed into the darkness to sit on some rocks and think about the journey that had gotten me to this point.
I had signed up for this day one year ago having just lost over 60 lbs and starting to find myself again. Having never done a triathlon before it was a typical year for me of complete obsession. I had bought and read every book on the three sports I could find, subscribed to the three major magazines and threw myself into it all with reckless abandonment. During the year I had lots of first. First real bike, first real coach, first real Tri bike, first sprint, first Oly, first try at a 1/2 (pulled myself out after swim due to some serious dizzy issues) ran two marathons (in two weeks, that was dumb) and now about to do my first Ironman......
No real warm up for me, got back into line for the porta potties for 1/2 hr hen realized that I was going to make it before the gun went off. Finally found Steve, who had found Kris, Tori, and Maggie and went over to give farewell hugs and best wishes.
Then herded with the rest of the Lemurs towards the water...