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2009-06-08 7:01 AM

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Subject: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
I was curious to know if any BTers with a 2 hr 50 min or greater Oly personal best had finished an Ironman distance? If so, any thoughts on the experience?

Thanks.

2009-06-08 8:29 AM
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Ironvirgin here but those are about my times for an oly. if you got the time and desire to train then I think you can finish an ironman
2009-06-08 8:36 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?

My Oly times are around 2:50 and my speed was not a factor in completing an Ironman. Put in the required training volume and you will be fine.

2009-06-08 8:52 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?

DaveH - 2009-06-08 8:36 AM

My Oly times are around 2:50 and my speed was not a factor in completing an Ironman. Put in the required training volume and you will be fine.

X2.  I go around 2:45 for an Olympic and it had no impact on my Ironman time. 

2009-06-08 8:52 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?

Watch me in 2 weeks! 

What I will say is I've done far more training for the IM than I did for the OLY's. 

2009-06-08 9:03 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
I bonked on my first ever Oly and pulled off a 2:50 ish.  11 months later, I did 12:34 at IM CDA.  It is possible. 

2009-06-08 10:45 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
I was really pretty happy with my 2:46 first Oly last summer and will be doing my first IM in 7 weeks.  I won't be finishing in 12:xx:xx, but I sure do plan on finishing.  My IM pace will not be up to what that Oly pace was, I can tell you that.  A first IM is probably not so much about uber speed as about getting sufficient training in to complete it at a steady pace within your abilities.  In any case 8/1/09 is coming up fast.  Hopefully my HIM this Saturday is improved over last year's first HIM with the IM training this year.      
2009-06-08 10:48 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
ME!!!!! My olympic was 3:30 or something, ahhhh!!! My half PR before IM was 7:48 ( ca 70.3) but I finished IM in 14:39, which I was stoked about!! LOVED it!!! I was crying on the run, I couldn't believe I was almost done with an Ironman. What journey.
2009-06-08 11:40 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
First oly was 2:56 March 27 2008. Did full Vineman on Aug 2 2008 in 13:16.
Also did a 2:19 oly later same yr. Go for it!!
Don't worry about a first oly time. Could have been a tough course or a bad day or just that you were a tri virgin and your body didn't know what to expect.
2009-06-09 9:54 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
Sure you can, IF you train for an Ironman.
The difference in training between and olympic and an Ironman is significant. I was doing olympic distances in training during my IM training. Not at race pace, but the training volume is huge.

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2009-06-09 11:19 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
My only Olympic was 3 hrs and I finished IMLP in 14:46. Had I not held back so much on the bike, I probly would have finshed in the low to mid 13 hr. range.


2009-06-09 3:21 PM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?
My fastest Oly was 3:06 and my slowest was 3:58 and I finished CDA 2x in 16:22 and 15:48.

It's all about the training
2009-06-09 6:19 PM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?

As everyone else said....it's all about the training.  Put in the time and you can finish.

2009-06-10 9:38 AM
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Subject: RE: 2:50+ Oly -- finish Ironman?

I think it all depends what you are training for.  I have been training for an IM and did basically the same time you did in an Olympic this last weekend.  I know for me, I did it with the purpose of testing my pacing and gauging how I felt.  I didn't go out and try to run the fastest Olympic that I could.  If you have trained for an IM then I think you will be fine and honestly your time for the Olympic is almost irrelevant (barring the obvious problems such as not finishing).

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