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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Steelhead 2014

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Race rating (3)
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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 know what I am capable of. A shame not to be able to take advantage of it here. This will keep me hungry for next year. Extremely happy with my swim and bike performance. Next year I will put it all together. I am right there with IM 70.3 WC contention if I run to my potential.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: The race is good. The venue is weird and probably only there because Maytag/Whirlpool is a major sponsor. Hotels are scarce and far, well ours was not but I got really lucky. The bike course was fun the run course was not good for me. I think they need more aide stations on the run. 2.5 miles apart on an 89 degree day is a bit much. Even now 8 days later I am unsure why the run went so horribly wrong. I was in a good mental place about it was all stoked up to not completely suck and I fell apart hard and fast. No idea
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I graded myself as follows: Swim: B, T1: B, Bike: A-, T2: B-, Run: C. I beat my goal time of 6 hours, so I'm definitely happy about that. Very well organized event. Ironman branded events have a reputation of being very well put together and this being my first lived up to my expectation.
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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: Great race as usual. Well organized. Well run. Great competion. Super volunteers and nice crow support on the run. A race that is definitely worth doing. I want to make sure that I mention my coach, Steve Johnson, AKA DarkHorseTri. He has taken me from a guy who wanted to break 5:00 for a HIM to a guy that is disappointed that he didn't break 4:40 and that has a goal of getting to 4:30. Steve is really good at what he does and had made me a much more complete and better triathlete. I was mentally thanking him for all of the work on the bike while out there on Sunday. This is the first time that I remember thinking that I was really prepared for the bike (while I was out riding it).
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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: Great Race! Lots of volunteers, well organized, great courses - weather was terrific on race day. While not a PR, I did move up in AG percentile. Swim 46:15 AG 19/44, Gender 288/553, OA 1166/1756 Bike 3:21:38 AG 31/44, Gender 395/553, OA 1486/1756 Run 2:12:24 AG 23/44, Gender 277/553, OA 1154/1756 Points 2234
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: Not a great spectator race. Overall I'm pretty happy with my time. Didn't have stomach issues. Have to improve on the run. I was happy with my mental toughness. Felt like throwing in the towel in the middle of the run but kept going.
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