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Race Reports for Ironman Florida 2012

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  • Comments: Best day 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: Although I think the race entry fees are overpriced, Ironman Florida definitely delivered. The volunteers are suburb. The aid stations are well stocked and there are lot of details that make the race special. I am glad that I picked this race for 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was my first Ironman branded race, it was nice, but it didn't meet my expectations. Maybe I was just too disappointed with my race performance.
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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 reace has consumed my life like nothing else since the birth of my children. I spent 7 months of hard, focused training 6 days a week. I missed very few workouts. I juggled my life to fit in training. I pushed myself beyond what I thought I could do and who I believed I was. I did all this with the best training buddies in the world and a family who humored me as I was sweaty and sleepy for months. I am so proud of my willingness to put it all on the line. This just might be the best thing I have done for myself in decades. I am fortunate to feel truly satisfied by my performace. It could have gone a different way. I have to say that my family was impressed with me and that just might be better than anything else.
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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: I learned a lot that I'm going to take to IMTX for a much better time
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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: Had a blast, never thought "i'm not doing this again". I was tired and sore yes, but the overall experience was amazing.. I'm signed up for Tahoe in 2013 but will be heading down this year to volunteer to race in 2014 I believe (unless I do Louisville or something other). I can see why so many people like the race, great time/great venue.. the volunteers are AWESOME!
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  • Comments: I had such a great time I signed up on Sunday for next year, I loved the support from the spectators and though the event was run very good.
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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: Volunteers were AWESOME! Just wonderful! And we stayed til midnight, watching the last people come in and screaming with the rest of the crowd. Gave me goosebumps! I swear every non-racer there was pulling hard for every finisher. One person crossed about 30s after midnight and the announcer said, "It's not too late to make some noise" and we all did, but the lady who crossed at 17:04 and change got nothing from the announcer, though the crowd that hadn't started walking away yelled for her.
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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: Awsome first Ironman. Surprised at how well I did. I had some left at end. Could have picked up pace last 3 miles, but didn't want to chance screwing up and I knew I had a sub-12 hour race in the bag.
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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: I can't lie and say I'm happy with this race. I CAN say I am happy to have shared the day with so many team mates and friends, many of whom were first time IM racers. This race was weird in so many ways for me. My two main training partners were not excited to race, and I didn't even get to start with them this long day (we've started almost every tri together for 2 years!), I stayed with Endurance Sports Travel a mile from most of my team, and it was good and bad...good because I got to meet Kona legend Ken Glah (he made my pancakes!) and some really cool ladies, bad because I was so removed from my friends physically and emotionally. It was great to be able to offer support to first timers Joe beforehand, and Annelise and Kevin on the course, bad because I was NOT performing to my fitness potential and goals. I was BLESSED to be able to see my 55 year old teammate who has been dealing with her husbands cancer throughout this journey cross in 17:06:xx. Such an inspiration! Bummed
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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: So I sit here fingering the scrape on my forehead where my goggles gouged me getting kicked on the swim saturday, digesting the events of the weekend and trying to figure out where it went so wrong. Trying to find the words adequate to describe all the feelings, I realize that finishing or not finishing does not diminish me or make me any larger or smaller than if I had never raced. My friends and family still love me and all the messages I would have had of congratulations are instead those of you still rock etc etc. I am still and will always be a 5 time ironman regardless as to weather or not I choose to continue on in this sport at this or any other distance and it has never defined me as a person its just something I happen to do. Its been a rough few years. Its been a rough few years probably dating back to 2007. It was a professional mess. My partner was left me high and dry with too many employees and in a huge financial pit of despair I am still digging out of. I had
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: IMFL is a great race. Kudos to all the volunteers and the city of PCB for doing such a great job. The crowd support along the run course was also amazing! Though, seeing dudes on roller skates wearing speedos, a chick in leather with a whip and an old Elvis dude dancing in the middle of the run course isn't your typical tri crowd support, but they were having fun and it made me laugh. You gotta love PCB and IMFL!
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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's not the training, the race, the plan, failure to abide by the plan... its all of it. You test yourself against yourself. And at the end of the day you're a better person because of it. 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: Signed up for 13- Awsome race/venue
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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: Good race. Not many opportunities to see family because the bike is out and back and the run is 2 loops.
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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: I am signed up for 2013
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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: Loved this race. The atmosphere at a big IM event was as good or even better than described. Sure they are expensive, but it was totally worth it in my opinion.
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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: PERFECT place to complete your first Ironman. GREAT location, AWESOME volunteers, Fantastic support throughout including the community. So many friendly people that I had never met before. Transition / swag bag is better than the bag I was using in my races and I love it. The medal was all I came for and it was WORTH IT!! One and done folks - been there, done that! I'll likely keep hitting the HIM distance until I finally have a solid race and that won't be until 2014 at Oilman - for now a long off season and then back to the sprints.
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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: Ironman Florida is an Ironman designed for the novice Ironman, this doesn't make it easy anyway. The challenge in this course is demanding work from the same muscles non stop for a long time. If well executed, IMFL is a PR course. I had tons of fun, pain, elation, agony, etc. The roller coaster in Ironman is not for the faint of heart.
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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: I was very happy with my ability to keep my mind in the game and not let myself lose the mental game. I did have some rough physically spots but never felt let it defeat me mentally and it paid off with a great result. Thanks to the great volunteers and spectators that made my day great.
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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: This was a great race. Very well organized. The volunteers were 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Best first Ironman experience 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: Very well organized with lots of support and spectators. Course was very good. Since it was so flat, drafting was a problem on the bike since everyone was so spread out - i.e. no hills to break up the pack. I planned to sign-up for 2013 but it filled-up in around 5 minutes and I got on the computer too late.
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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: I had a great time. The volunteers were amazing. I loved it. I have wanted to be an Ironman since 1982 (YUP - saw Julie Moss in 1982 on Wide World of Sports!), and now I AM AN IRONMAN. Perfect. Amazing. Wonderful. See my blog for more details: http://anfbaker.blogspot.com/2012/11/ironman-florida-2012-race-repo...
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