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Comments: Great swim, felt good, water was fine, but cold for me. I swam most of the course breathing out right side and a little bi-lateral. All of my training was bi-lateral, oh well. This was by far my best swim I have ever had. First lap was 35 minutes, second 36 minutes, good pacing. What would you do differently?: Got ready a little earlier..  Transition 1
Comments: Really? 10 min transition? I might as well taken a nap :) What would you do differently?: Move a little faster, we did have a good run from lake to changing tent, but my time was slow out of T1  Bike
Comments: What can I say bike was horrible. Hills were killers, than flats were fighting wind. I injured my knee somewhere on the bike I COULD NOT PUT ANY PRESSURE ON IT and for most of the second lap I was using one leg to do the uphills. I had to walk bike up these hills, knee was shot. could not even bend down. This is where I had to really talk to myself and motivate myself, it was not easy. What would you do differently?: Bike is my best event really surprised I did not do well here. Adjust bike, knee felt fine on run, must be something on seat postion. Transition 2
Comments: Volunteers racked my bike. It went good. Glad to get off the bike and start run. Slow transition, but who cares when your just trying to finish! What would you do differently?: Finished bike ride faster :)  Run
Comments: Just kept pushing made it through, first three miles where 9:30s did not stop running till about mile 10, felt good. Night was tricky, had head lamp, good thing I did it when it got dark, it was really dark. Temp. dropped 10-15 degrees when sun dropped. My brother rode his bike with me for a last couple of miles really helped. Chicken broth was great when it got cold. What would you do differently?: Eat all the way through, I did not eat enough at beginning of run. Bring long sleve shirt for run at night. Post race
Warm down: Thank God it's over! What limited your ability to perform faster: Bike, hills, wind. All things out of my control. Event comments: Very first Ironman! I loved it! Goal was to finish and I did! Last updated: 2011-10-24 12:00 AM
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Sommer Sports, Inc.
51F / 11C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 87/195
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 11/27
Woke up at 3am ate a PBJ and some chips. Woke for race at 5am. Got dressed, carried water bottles in Yenling 6-pack (got some strange looks). Ate some eggs and toast not really hungry had coffee (about 1/2 a cup). Pretty cool this morning 50 degrees or so. Psyched up! Lets get it started ;)
Got checked in dropped off all bags went to car to warm up alittle and rest. Just barely got into wet suit and in lake before gun went off. Was good did not have time to get nervous.