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Race Reports for Ironman Austria

[1]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was my first Ironman, and was scared of being undertrained, of not being able to complete the distance and of the so many fears that newbies have. The atmosphere, the fans, the environment, the months of planned training (with the support of the BDAS group at this web) and very important, my family there with me, made me finish in a great time and had one of the best days in my life.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: fast course. with benefit of hindsight, probably could lose 10mins on bike and 10-15 on run by sorting GI issue.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was an amazing course - the scenery is unbelievable on the swim & bike & half the run. The bike course is hilly, but gorgeous. The first half of the run loop (south of the city) is less scenic, but the second half is really fun through Klagenfurt. Lots of FAST competitors and an amazing finish line! Less spectators than advertised, maybe the cooler weather kept them away?
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Well pleased with beating my target time of 13 hours but more proud of my diligence to training and execution of the plan. It’s magical to have the memory of race day and all the glitz and vanity the day brings but that achievement is in the 800+ hours of training I’ve done in preparation (yes I’ve been counting). That said when I compare my splits to those around me my bike time looks too slow and I wonder if I didn’t take it a bit too easy. Also, I wonder if I didn’t ‘listen to my heart (rate)’ a little too much in the heat and should have switched to RPE instead. No regrets but something to consider for next time (which I plan to be 2011 – I want to do one every other year)
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I did shave a bunch of time off of my previous PR. However I was over 2 hours slower than my goal. Overall, Austria was a great place to race. The scenery was awesome. You ride and run through beer gardens. Drunken Austrians are cool.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: An amazing experience. All the hard work paid off. Delighted with performance and time.
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