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Race Reports for Ironman Austria 2009

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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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