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What would you do differently?: Need to work more on my swim. Spent only about 35 hours in the pool since December.  Transition 1
Comments: Very busy and crowded T1. Did my thing outside of tent. Not a problem as I had a tri suit. What would you do differently?: Felt good about T1. Faster than last year by 11 seconds.  Bike
Comments: Had lower back pain about 2 hours into the ride. Could not get any power output from my legs. Passed 420 on the bike, mostly on the climbs. Had front derailleur issues with about 20 kms to go. Made due. What would you do differently?: Take more water in. Transition 2
Comments: Had issues with mental focus. Volunteer with good intentions messed me up a bit too. What would you do differently?: Need to practice this a bit more. With all that said, still had the fastest T2 compared with previous IM races.  Run
Comments: Started out the run feeling good. Target was to keep to a slower pace for the first half of marathon (6:45 - 7:15 / km pace), then turn it up to 6:00 pace second half. At 18 km point, did a sniff, and my ears plugged up. Issues compounded after that. Stomach shut down with 10 km to go. Walked most of that and ran in final 2 km. Instead of individual gel packages, I went with a gel flask. I calculated that I would need 4-5 gels for the first 21 km. When I got to my special needs bag, I still had a half full flask. I must not have been taking in a full gel when I was eating them. What would you do differently?: Make sure I take in enough water on the bike and keep with run race nutrition plan. Next time I will still with the packages of gel and not the flask. Need more hill training and longer runs. I will do a few more marathons before my next A race. Post race
Warm down: Very dizzy and nauseated. Needed to attend med tent for some anti-nausea medication and they gave me IV fluids. After about an hour in the med tent, was able to get my stuff and grab some food. Ate a few pieces of pizza and a couple of cookies, with two bottles of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of water on the bike and not sticking to run nutrition plan. Event comments: I like this area for an IM race. Very challenging and would like to do it again. For my next year's race(s), I would like to try something different. Thinking of heading back for IMC Whistler in 2016 or 2017. Last updated: 2014-01-05 12:00 AM
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World Triathlon Corporation
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1071/1909
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 163/396
Day before took it easy. One nap in the afternoon. Dropped off gear bags and bike. Perhaps walked around too much in the sun on Saturday.
Woke up around 3:30 am. Breakfast was: 1 protein shake, 1 banana, 1 package of oatmeal, 1 peanut butter toasted english muffin. Back to bed for a bit. Up and around 4:30 and got final stuff ready. Sipped on gatoraid the rest of the morning.
Neglected to take in a gel 30 minutes before the swim.