Ironman Lake Placid - Triathlon


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Lake Placid, New York
United States
World Triathlon Corporation
Precipitation
Total Time = 14h 52m 14s
Overall Rank = 1754/2772
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 301/432
Pre-race routine:

WARNING - This race report is of little value. I'm just posting it so I have the times, etc in the log.
Swim
  • 1h 30m 26s
  • 4224 yards
  • 02m 08s / 100 yards
Comments:

Got pulled when I was about 700 yards from finish to swim to shore. Lightning. I just doubled the first lap. Fair enough since I was negative splitting with more open water and better navigating on second loop.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. It was the one thing I kinda made my goal on, to swim in 1:30. Weather is the weather. Felt fine
Transition 1
  • 15m
Comments:

T1 negated for the weather fiasco and long walk back to transition. I totally made this time up and included in my "unofficial" time above.
Bike
  • 7h 40m 46s
  • 112 miles
  • 14.58 mile/hr
Comments:

a bit of a fiasco. The course is beautiful. I can blame the crazy weather for some but the fact is that I didn't train for the distance. People talk about the hills, but they are just like home. Had to go crazy slow down the descents in the storm, but even when it dried up, i was a chicken on the long downhills.
What would you do differently?:

Bring rain gear. Might have had a touch of hypothermia given the way I was starting to get drowsy on loop 2.
Transition 2
  • 06m 53s
Run
  • 5h 19m 9s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 12m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

went half decent for 8 miles or so and then totally bonked. Probably walked half of the run.
What would you do differently?:

Don't show up to a race thinking I can just knock it out without putting in the long runs in training.
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed my shit and stumbled to the car to hit the camp site. I would have liked to stay to see Paul from Bikeway finish, but I was spent and freezing. My dry clothes bag had gotten waterlogged throughout the day too.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Official time was 13:52 but that was BS as it didn't count half the swim and T1. Corrected for above. I got the race results that I trained for. No biggie. Time to start training to get faster at shorter distances. Oh, and my attitude. I was pretty grumpy for someone who was getting to do an IM race, but at least I hid it from the spectators and athletes. Managed to smile and ham it up, but I just wanted to get through.

Event comments:

This is a fantastic race with great scenery and more energetic volunteers than you can shake a powerbar at. If long course if for you, I highly recommend it. And having a shitty personal day, I got to race with some people who were really giving it their all to be an Ironman. Very inspirational.




Last updated: 2013-10-31 12:00 AM
Swimming
01:30:26 | 4224 yards | 02m 08s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/432
Overall: 0/2772
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding:
T1
Time: 15:00
Performance:
Cap removal: Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:
Biking
07:40:46 | 112 miles | 14.58 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/432
Overall: 0/2772
Performance: Below average
Wind: Some with gusts
Course:
Road:  Wet Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 06:53
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
05:19:09 | 26.2 miles | 12m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/432
Overall: 0/2772
Performance: Bad
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Bad
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5