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Comments: Good swim. I sighted well. The large sailboats anchored along the course really helped. If If couldn't see those in the water....(you figure out something clever to say yourself, why should I do all the work), What would you do differently?: Nothing really. I need to learn to swim faster.  Transition 1
Comments: Good transition. Tip for readers. If you use the porta-potty, lock the door. Not my issue, but the person I walked in on was not pleased. What would you do differently?: The Maurten energy gum was a bad choice. It was like chewing wax candy.  Bike
Comments: It was a fun bike course. It had a good mix of hills and flat sections. I did yell at a guy who was blocking on the fastest down hill. He was blocking 3 of us on the descent. It was very frustrating, so I yelled for him to move over. He did, but it was clear he did not know what he was doing on the course. What would you do differently?: Drink more water and less gator aid Transition 2
Comments: Good transition. Everything went well. One of my bike neighbors was a slob. He threw his stuff everywhere, including his wetsuit on my running gear. Fortunately, I have a friend named Janyne who taught me to use 2 gallon zip lock bags to keep your gear in. Everything was dry Thank You Janyne. What would you do differently?: Probably nothing. It was a good transitiion  Run
Comments: I had issues and things did not go the way they should. I had fun, talked to a lot of people, saw an ex brother in law. He and I always got along (I like him more than my sister in law). I used ice to keep cool. Struggled to keep things down. What would you do differently?: I think I need to stop drinking gator aid and look for other sources of fluids and nutrition. Post race
Warm down: Collapsed on a bench until my wife picked me up. No place to show, so I went to a public bath house and rinsed off in a beach shower. Down kid yourself they do not heat the water for those things. Then I turned on the heated seat in her car and slept the entire 3 hour ride home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nutrition and hydration Event comments: This was a great race. The course and venue were the best. The most welcoming town I ever raced in! The people who lived there and owned businesses wanted the race there. Businesses that were normally closed on Sundays were open during the entire event. Frankfort MI is a great place to visit. I will go back Last updated: 2021-09-13 12:00 AM
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 2021-09-13 6:45 PM |
Expert  2811   |  Subject: Ironman Michigan |
| 2021-09-14 6:27 AM in reply to: #5278019 |
Master 9705  Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Nice report. Sounds like a fun event and an awesome bike course! I laughed about your sloppy neighbor and laughed harder about the zip lock bags. What size tire are you running? 100 PSI seems like a lot, even with tubes and I think that you are tubeless? |
| 2021-09-14 9:22 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Champion 14677  Bronze member | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Sounds like a good race. Thanks for the tip via Janyne. Well done. |
| 2021-09-14 11:29 AM in reply to: ceilidh |
Master 4119 Toronto Bronze member | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Great job! Having issues on the run is no fun but it sounds like you made the best of it! |
| 2021-09-14 3:08 PM in reply to: #5278019 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Good race, Jim! Speedy bike! Way to keep it together and get across the line. Sorry about the slob of a rack mate but it sounds like you handled that well, too. Congrats! |
| 2021-09-14 7:40 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Expert 2811 | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Originally posted by jmkizer Nice report. Sounds like a fun event and an awesome bike course! I laughed about your sloppy neighbor and laughed harder about the zip lock bags. What size tire are you running? 100 PSI seems like a lot, even with tubes and I think that you are tubeless? 25's they are rated 90-110 psi. The zip lock bags saved me from really wet shoes. |
| 2021-09-14 7:57 PM in reply to: #5278019 |
| 297 | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Great race report Jim. Nice job on the race. |
| 2021-09-15 7:24 AM in reply to: JBacarella |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Originally posted by JBacarella Originally posted by jmkizer 25's they are rated 90-110 psi. The zip lock bags saved me from really wet shoes. Nice report. Sounds like a fun event and an awesome bike course! I laughed about your sloppy neighbor and laughed harder about the zip lock bags. What size tire are you running? 100 PSI seems like a lot, even with tubes and I think that you are tubeless? You might want to check the Silca Tire Pressure Calculator. (https://info.silca.cc/silca-professional-pressure-calculator, free if you share an email address (real or otherwise)) ENVE has a chart too but you'd have to figure out what product in their line up matches most closely with your wheelset. Note that the chart stops at 95PSI for rider weighing 220+ on 25mm tubeless tires. https://www.enve.com/learn/tire-pressure/ |
| 2021-09-15 2:56 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Nicely done! I believe that listening to your friend Janyne is a good idea, more people should do so. |
| 2021-09-15 5:36 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Expert 2811 | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by JBacarella Originally posted by jmkizer 25's they are rated 90-110 psi. The zip lock bags saved me from really wet shoes. Nice report. Sounds like a fun event and an awesome bike course! I laughed about your sloppy neighbor and laughed harder about the zip lock bags. What size tire are you running? 100 PSI seems like a lot, even with tubes and I think that you are tubeless? You might want to check the Silca Tire Pressure Calculator. (https://info.silca.cc/silca-professional-pressure-calculator, free if you share an email address (real or otherwise)) ENVE has a chart too but you'd have to figure out what product in their line up matches most closely with your wheelset. Note that the chart stops at 95PSI for rider weighing 220+ on 25mm tubeless tires. https://www.enve.com/learn/tire-pressure/ Looking it up next. Thanks |
| 2021-09-15 5:37 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
Expert 2811 | Subject: RE: Ironman Michigan Originally posted by cdban66 Nicely done! I believe that listening to your friend Janyne is a good idea, more people should do so. Janyne knows stuff. |
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Not many options in the area, so hotel coffee and a cereal bar. Packed to food on my bike. Checked tires and they seemed ok. Still pumped them up to 100 psi. Chatted with my bike neighbors and dressed for the swim. In line for the swim chatted with other contestants. The swim buoys went were lined up along some sailboats. The discussion was who is going to swim into the sailboats and conk their heads.
Light stretching.