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Race Reports for Ironman Canada 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: It was amazing to be apart of Ironman Canada. The course is beautiful and challanging.
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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: The support of town, volunteers and spectators was fantastic. This is a very well run race and many of the volunteers have been helping for years. Penticton is great venue, easy for spectators to get around as most roads stay open, wonderful beaches and my family enjoyed our time there. The wide range in temperatures makes it harder to predict what weather might be like. The following Sunday, the week after IM high was 65.
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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: My first Ironman. My second triathlon. Truly an amazing day. So much going on, next time I will have a better mental picture of what to expect. This time it was to much of the unknow. I think I can easily shave 2 hours off my time, if not more. Next year is the Goofy Challenge, then I am running across Canada in a marathon a day.
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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: Great race and race course.
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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: IRONMAN CANADA – Ann S. (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run) August 31, 2009 Must have coffee or wine or something. It is my epic novel again. No short versions here!!Yes, it almost took me as long to write as the race it's self. I hope you enjoy. Thanks..... Just like an awards ceremony...there are a few thanks before reading..... Thanks to the most awesome supportive husband ever - Steve. I admit it, I am spoiled. He cooked, cleaned, grocery shopped and did laundry by himself for the last 8 months...and NEVER complained. He was with me every step of the way. Thanks to coach Cheryl for a wonderful plan that got me to the start line and finish line. It was perfect. I believed in my training, trusted in Cheryl and did everything asked. I think I missed
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  • Comments: The whole Ironman experience was INCREDIBLE and YES it is a life changing experience. IM Canada and Penticton put on a FANTASTIC event with over 4000 incredible volunteers....as a race director myself...I can't thank the volunteers enough for how incredible they were. Throughout this last year of training there have been challenges and sacrifices. There have been so many great training sessions....and a lot of tough ones. There were friends and family who were so supportive...and some who didn't "get it". There were times when I wondered if I would be able to handle it all. Now that it's all done....I realize I wouldn't have changed a single thing....it was all worth it. I used to wonder what all the fuss was about doing Ironman...and now that I AM AN IRONMAN...."I GET IT!" It's almost like magic....AND IT'S ALL WORTH IT! Oh ya...and I signed up for next year! :)
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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: Love this race, is it possible to have volunteers better than the IMC people? I doubt 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: WOW!!! What an experience! Amazing! I am still on such a high and its days later! It was such a tough day but I loved every minute! Having my great and wonderful Wife there made it truly special. And the fact that I could share it with her, and my parents and sister was great. The crowds and volunteers truly make this the best race ever....ever!
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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: My third Ironman Canada race and my most disappointing one, the only thing I can do is think about how my stomach issues dealt me an unfair deal, I had wanted to push to try to go low 12's but there was just to much going on down there to let it happen, I did however finish and that is something that I can be proud off, I had a rough day, the hardest one I have ever had racing in over 10 years, it is a learning experience and one I can put in the bank for next year as yes I have signed up for 2010.
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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: 4000 volunteers. Had to get that in somewhere. I'm writing this the night after the race. It was one of my worst experiences - during the run and one of my best experiences, during the run. I felt a little like I did during the tail end of my first ever century in my early 20s or my 30 day hiking trip though the Appalachians before that. I felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew. Like I should stick to short distances only. But I also felt great about my swim and my ride and my transitions and saw through them a bit of hope for improving myself further - when I start focusing on my run. Because of the terrible weather in Regina all winter, spring and summer, I focused, perhaps a little too much on swimming and biking. The results certainly showed themselves. I could have pushed a little harder on the run. The little voice made me walk, perhaps more than I should have. But I never lost faith - although I questioned why I signed up again for next year! This was a
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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: Officated turn a blind eye to drafting and blocking.
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  • Comments: Great course. This was the hardest thing I have everdone. I was quitting Ironman totally when I was biking. On the run, I was just starting to train harder. Not sure I would do another IM if I did not sign up for CDA this year.
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