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Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Ironman North America
68F / 20C
Sunny
Total Time = 13h 53m 31s
Overall Rank = 1428/2207
Age Group = 30/34
Age Group Rank = 210/287
Event warmup:

Stretched, took a couple of short swims in the lake.
Swim
  • 1h 04m 4s
  • 4224 yards
  • 01m 31s / 100 yards
Comments:

At the swim start, I had placed myself what I thought would be accordingly; unfortunately I had two small issues that would later turn into one larger issue.

1. I have lost a significant amount of weight when training and for various reasons this year. My wetsuit was not fitting properly, every time I would turn my head to breath, a fresh gallon or so of water would come rushing into my wetsuit. I felt some of it going into the sleeves of the wetsuit and it made my arms VERY heavy. I knew this before the race and went and looked at sleeveless suites. I had one and I called my mother who was leaving Saturday morning asking her to bring my other wetsuit from home. Arriving Saturday night she mentioned that she forgot to get bring it. So I made do. My swim was a lot slower than I would have liked it to be but I made do.
2. In the excitement of the day about 100 swimmers who were REALLY excited to start the race pushed ahead of me to the swim start. Not an issue right? I didn’t think so until I tried to get through the lot. I ended up getting kicked in the nose hard. Not sure how many people out there have been hit in the nose really hard but this was one of those BLAM I see a white light and have a funny taste in my mouth. This was bad; I immediately started to get a headache. But once again persevered because I knew I had Tylenol in my T1 bag.

At the last buoy on the swim, I started to vomit and that was not good, I contemplated dropping out but that was not an option that early in the morning.

Coming out of the water my mom said that I had blood trickling down from my nose :(
What would you do differently?:

Been up front on the swim… I also would probably have been a little more aggressive in making sure that I was in the front.

I would have worn a sleeveless wetsuit that fit properly.

Transition 1
  • 09m 6s
Comments:

The mount line was about 30 feet from the start of the "down helix" got on my bike and started to head out.
What would you do differently?:

I would have hurried a little more. My goal was 7 min transitions.
Bike
  • 6h 51m 58s
  • 112 miles
  • 16.31 mile/hr
Comments:

I took three Tylenol in T1 and started my nutrition right away; the first loop the head started hurting worse and worse. By the time that I had made it into Verona, I had a full blown migraine. I stopped at special needs to get more Tylenol out of my SN bag, downed those and continued on. I made it to the top of the first hill when I started throwing up. This continued on for the next 4 hours so I will spare you the details.

I saw Tammy on the bike she said some encouraging words then flew by me. I ended up stopping a few more times to let my stomach purge itself. On the way back into Madison, I was starving since I had nothing in my stomach. I stopped and ate my last 4 fig Newton’s and drank some Gatorade then made it back into Madison.

What would you do differently?:

Hindsight being 20/20, I think that I should have dropped out of the race.
Transition 2
  • 08m 36s
Comments:

Volunteers racked our bikes for us, not a bad T2. I was still not feeling well. I ended up taking a few mins to collect myself.
Run
  • 5h 39m 47s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 12m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

The run started out not that bad, I was on a decent pace despite having horrible stomach issues and not being able to hold any solids down. Around 14 miles I started to fall apart and walked for a while. I am not sure of the mile marker but by the octopus car wash I started throwing up again. I sat on a rock and watched the race for probably a half an hour then I got up and made myself finish. My mom and her husband were at the finish. It was pretty welcoming to see them.
What would you do differently?:

Once again I think that I should have dropped out of the race.
Post race
Warm down:

Finish line catcher was there was looking for any BT'ers but found none. Walked around a lot and it started to rain so I got back to the hotel, ordered some room service tried to adjust the temperature then went to sleep.

Event comments:

There are a lot of issues that I had personally. My only complaint against the race itself was that it seemed to be very "over organized". It seems that there is a lot of confusion as to where to go to do this or that. The signage was small and on a dry erase board this could be done a little better. All in all it is a great race and I was fortunate/dumb enough to sign up again for it next year.




Last updated: 2008-01-21 12:00 AM
Swimming
01:04:04 | 4224 yards | 01m 31s / 100yards
Age Group: 58/287
Overall: 329/2207
Performance: Below average
Suit: QR Ultrafull
Course: Two counterclockwise loops of a rectangular course.
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Shot
Water temp: 71F / 22C Current: Low
200M Perf. Average Remainder: Below average
Breathing: Good Drafting: Bad
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
T1
Time: 09:06
Performance: Average
Cap removal: Good Helmet on/
Suit off:
Yes
Wetsuit stuck? No Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed: Good
Biking
06:51:58 | 112 miles | 16.31 mile/hr
Age Group: 194/287
Overall: 1203/2207
Performance: Below average
Wind: Cross-winds with gusts
Course: Out and back to a town called Verona, then a two loop course with lots of rollers.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 08:36
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes Good
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal Good
Running
05:39:47 | 26.2 miles | 12m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 210/287
Overall: 1428/2207
Performance: Below average
Course: A two loop course with two rather large hills to run up.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3