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Race Reports for Ironman St. George

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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Ok as a training race but this is the toughest HIM in NA and I just wasn't ready based on details above.
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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: Other than the weather tearing up the course, this is one of the best races I have ever been to. Amazing scenery, course, volunteers, everything. Everything you would want and more. Sad to see it go.
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  • Comments: Amazing amazing volunteers. I had heard what a great town SG was and how awesome the volunteers were and it was for sure the truth!
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great IM venue. I know it is changing to a half, but this city was awesome.
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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
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  • Comments: There is no doubt this was the hardest Ironman I've done. I've heard the DNF rate was at 28%. I know the women's field was only 18% and in looking at the finishers stats, it looks like only 47% of the women finished with the remainder being DNF or DNS. It was an amazingly challenging experience that I wouldn't trade. And I don't regret signing up to do it one bit.
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  • Comments: This course is the most beautiful course of all that I have done. It is challenging, but not so bad they should stop hosting the full ironman. The volunteers and spectators were also the best I have ever met. There was not one angry driver on the course. The gear bag and finisher gear was awesome. The athletes breakfast on Sunday was fabulous also.
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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: As always I had difficulty sleeping that night as the race played over in my mind and my sore body never could get comfortable. I woke up at 4:00am and made coffee. Mom and I headed down to the Kona slot allocation at 7:00 and I paid the WTC piper for my entry. We went home and packed and then returned for the awards. I had great time hanging with my Zoot teammates and was very interested to meet Randy. After being called up on stage, he and I spoke about the race. I told him I had no idea he was coming up like that and all he knew was that he was chasing someone in a ZOOT kit but there was 5 of us within 2 miles of each other for most of the race! So I was camouflaged by my team. So I have my third opportunity to go back and race in Kona and I am very much looking forward to it. My last time there in 2010 wasn't the best day and I wasn't in good form. I think my coach and I have come up with a plan that can bring me to that start line healthy, rested, and very fit. We'll see. In the
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Summary Would I do it again? Well, there won’t be another full Ironman in St. George so the point is moot. Still, there will be a 70.3 race next year, but I would say it is unlikely I will go back for that either. The timing in early May is not great for me personally and the course is damn hard. Even though I could physically manage the proposed course in a respectable time, there are half-ironman races only 2 hours away or less from where I live. The only race that I am officially signed up for is Ironman Arizona in late November so I will be able to have a nice short training break. I’m glad I got in on the legendary St. George Ironman course, but I’m also damn happy not to have to do it again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I am very happy I was able to do St George before they moved it to a 70.3. It was a great FIRST. The day wasn't perfect but it WAS everything I hoped it would be.
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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: Awesome. Just awesome. St. George is a great city with amazing support. The organizers thought of everything and did a great job. It was well worht it.
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  • Comments: Amazing views but a crazy windstorm came in 10 minutes after the gun went off.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I really liked St. George. The volunteers were great and the race was very well organized. It's a bummer that they have to cancel the IM, but I'm seriously considering coming back for the 70.3. I'm glad I did the race. It was a tough day and while I can't say I'm pleased with my finish time, I'm proud to have made it through that swim and ridden that bike course. The run - eh - I'll come back and check it out at the 70.3 next May.
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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: To do an Ironman is special. To do one in my home town magnified the whole experience. The hardest part of the day was seeing so many friends and teammates having difficulty and/or DNF'ing. I had my dream day and theirs was a nightmare. Volunteers and aid stations were incredible.
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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: Awesome race. Well organized. Beautiful course. Lots of great volunteers. A good challenge, and great atmosphere.
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  • Comments: Training: Training in central Indiana for an early May Ironman isn’t ideal and was probably the hardest part of the whole event. I ran a lot of long runs in single digits on sheets of snow and ice. I had to do a lot of my early bike training indoors as well which, in my opinion, is completely mind numbing. As soon as the thermometer was consistently over 35F I was riding outdoors. I finished more than a few rides with numb feet and hands. I found that the hills in southern Indiana’s Brown County State Park more than adequately prepared me for the ascent to Veyo. The good thing for me, considering the weather, is that I do not follow a training schedule. I would do whatever the weather allowed when I had time to work out. If it was raining or snowing, I ran. If it was slightly warmer and clear, I biked. I also was able to sneak a quick trip out to St. George about a month before the race to preview the course and find some warm weather for a 100 mile training ride. That was a big help. Raceday:
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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: St. George is a beautiful little town and great supporter for this race. If anyone wants to find out what they are really made of, they should register for Ford Ironman St. George 2012 and hope for another day like 5/7/11.
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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: Cannot say enough about this race. Yes it's hard, but the volunteers, spectators, and race organizers did an OUTSTANDING JOB! I literally could not have finished the race w/out them. I made sure to thank everyone I could the entire time. I would def do this race again!!!!
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Temp was high sun was out post race I have severe strips of sunburn (blistering) where spots were missed with sun screen NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO SEAMS, AND CLOTHING TO SKIN TRANSITIONS they burned bad
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: You must do Ironman St. George. It is a fantastic race, completely embraced by the local community, stunningly beautiful and a great challenge. Don't be scared by all the negative hype, its a tough course. But of course its hard, its ironman :)
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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: The race was awesome. It was a very difficult race but that is what an Ironman is and what I wanted! The volunteers and city of St. George were unbelievable! They put on a great event and a very challenging course. I highly recommend this race!
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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: LOVE IT!!!!!! Someday I would like to do this race again. Beautiful region, great people!
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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: 96/287 33.4% of the age group overall. Only need to shave off a little over two hours and I am Kona bound. Ya right! My A goal was 11:50. Just looking at the course online I knew that was not going to happen. B goal was top half of the age group and I hit the top third! Yes! This was a great race with great support and a really tough, challenging course. We raced in perfect conditions 69 degrees and very little wind. The average for that day is 82 and the wind the day before and the day after was terrible. The odds of having the day we had are slim to none. It may happen once every ten years. I won't say that I will not race this Ironman again but it will take several of my friends wanting to do it.
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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
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  • Comments: Wow...what a tough course! Like the Wildflower Long Course, the word on the street going in was "tough bike course" but the run was really the challenge--almost entirely hills, up or down. As long as this is an early May race, the swim is always going to have the potential for very cold water. The bike is challenging, but not just because of climbing: The chip seal roads on the loop are a significant obstacle. But the scenery is spectacular and the people of St. George are about the friendliest I've ever encountered (and been a lot of places). Just go in mindful of one bit of race trivia: 13% DNF. Just sayin...
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I have to say this is the best race since it was my first Ironman.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: My first Ironman and I know I can do anyother now because I survived St. George...
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