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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Arizona 2007

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Comments: Overall this has been an amazing experience getting to the point where I can complete a half ironman race. I was really glad that I put no pressure on myself to reach a time goal, even to the point where I refused to wear a watch. It was a cool feeling being out there and not knowing how long it had been, how fast I was going, or when I was going to be done. I really wouldn't be here without the support and motivation from all the people on BT, it is amazing to be a part of a community that enables people to reach these goals. It has been great training with my wife and an amazing group of people and I am totally looking forward to the next half ironman, or whatever event comes our way.

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Race rating (5)

Comments: I thought this was a great race. I missed almost all the pre and post activities but they seemed like they would be fun. I keep going back and forth from dissapointed to happy about my results. I think that I made some major mistakes and sometimes that's the only way to learn. I know that I won't make them again. I also think that after all of the snafu's and with how badly I was feeling, I only missed my goal time by 5 minutes and 47 seconds. Not bad. If I can get my nutrition in order, I think that I can tighten up my run which I think would be me in the 5:45 area which wold be awesome.

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Race rating (5)

Comments: This, despite my mental unpreparedness, was a good race. Its supremely well organized, on time, good traffic control, safe, at least a thousand volunteers and almost as many aid stations. In blatant departure to my normal policy of no "potty talk" This race holds the distinction of the most porta potties per race entrant of any race I've seen. There were roughly a bajillion million-million of them (christian rope estimate) which would put the ratio of racers to porta potties at, i dunno, I was told there would be no math on this exam. I set the bar very low with a race goal of 6:45 for this, my first race of this distance and I beat my goal handily. According to my stoic approach, i should be pleased. Instead I'm indifferent. I signed up for too many races that were too close together this year. I trained really hard for Vineman and then threw the rest of the season to the sharks. Nonetheless, my blase attitude should not reflect poorly on this race as it is one of the best

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