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 2011-07-27 7:32 AM in reply to: #3616229 |
Regular 156   Annapolis, MD |  Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Threadglazebal - 2011-07-26 10:32 PM tripadigin - 2011-07-26 9:55 PM Sorry if I slowed you down in T1 (tent) introducing myself :P Great job battling back and still bringing in a solid time. Congrats to you!Hey all, just catching up on the short reports. For those that didn't have the race they envisioned, don't let it define you. The distance is not one to easily figure out and S#$T happens sometimes (i.e bike accidents). Also, it was dry out there and the sun definitely contributed to the dehydration issues. There will be other races to come back and apply the lessons learned. For those that did have a good race, congrats all around. My goal post accident was to just finish as I didn't know how the hands would respond. I remained conservative on the descent to Keene and made it to the run in decent shape. However, after a pretty good first half-marathon (roughly a 8:27 mile pace) I dehyrated to the point of having dark colored urine. At that point I was only drinking cola and chocalate gels. Scared me pretty good...thought of DNFing right there. I decided to walk some and only take in water for the rest of the race. After a couple of aid stations stops the pee started to clear up so at that point I decided to start running again. Finished and immediately went to the medical tent to report my condition. They said I was ok and to start pushing the fluids. After a couple of hours I was feeling much better and pee was back to normal. Also I forgot the sunscreen on the bike and now have a tri geek burn all over back. This likely contributed to my dehydration as well. Lesson learned from this: even on a "cool" day the sun can quickly dry you out. I have IM-AZ later this year so I feel fortunate to get the education in now. Overall I finished at 11:23, just 23 minutes over my pre-accident goal of 11 hrs. Honestly, after the past five weeks that I had, I felt blessed just to be up at LP and toeing the line with everyone. Anything that I accomplished after that was just gravy on top. Best wishes to everyone in your future races, Jeff You didn't slow me down at all...good to meet you in T1, even if it was in the heat of battle. Actually wish I slowed down and stayed for the suncreen appliers |
| 2011-07-27 8:07 AM in reply to: #3616173 |
Champion 11989   Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 9:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun.  Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! You guys were great. Thanks for the support! I was disappointed when you weren't there on my second loop though, guess I need to be faster |
| 2011-07-27 8:15 AM in reply to: #3616173 |
Regular 135 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 8:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun. Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! thank you!! i loved seeing dancing bananas!!! i was the girl with pink helmet and blue kswiss outfit!! loved it made me laugh all the way up the hill!! |
| 2011-07-27 8:26 AM in reply to: #3098185 |
Extreme Veteran 682 Canton, MI. via Detroit | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread |
| 2011-07-27 8:52 AM in reply to: #3616173 |
Veteran 265 Boston | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 9:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun. Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! You guys totally cracked me up. You were dancing to "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" when I came by. You also made it to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ulJ6S0HiU
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| 2011-07-27 11:24 AM in reply to: #3098185 |
Elite 3770 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Great! I'm so glad. We were super heroes last year on the run and decided we needed to up the ante on Papa Bear. But it was tiring, man. I think I'd have been less tired doing the IM! Congratulations guys! |
| 2011-07-27 12:14 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
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| 2011-07-27 12:15 PM in reply to: #3616173 |
Champion 6656 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 7:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun. Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! Yay for dancing bananas! Awesome! |
| 2011-07-27 2:04 PM in reply to: #3615857 |
Extreme Veteran 398 Sea Isle City, NJ | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread gergzos - 2011-07-26 5:13 PM JMoney - 2011-07-26 4:47 PM Monty - 2011-07-26 10:21 AM Congrats to everyone out there on Sunday....it was awesome to watch from the volunteer side this time! You got my juices going and I couldn't wait to sign up again for next year! Who else is in for 2012? I'm in; I felt the same way I volunteered the entire day. I was able to help the first racer and the very last racer that day. It was very inspiring. I do have two questions already about next year. For the ones that just went through it or have gone through it. For the Hotels most of them are 5 day minimum did you decide to get there early and leave the day after or did you come later and then end up staying a day or two later. I wasn’t sure if there was any benefit of getting there early for doing some recon work about the course or did you just take it easy while you were there. For those that did the Tri camps in LP, did you find them beneficial? Thanks for volunteering. You guys were AWESOME! Total selflessness, kindness, and uplifting spirits from the volunteer crew made my day. To answer your questions from my perspective: I got up here Wed and leave tomorrow...I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. If I could do it again I would stay Thurs-thurs because I was a grump to my family before the race, but now I am more relaxed than I have ever been. It's empty up here today and you can park anywhere and there are no lines, unlike the other days. But I'm here with my 3 little kids and it's a vacation, so your situation may be different. As far as camps go...YES. I came up 6 weeks ago and rode the course twice. One day was sunny and one day was raining. By race day I felt like i knew the course well and the Keene descent did not look nearly as steep, and neither did the hills coming back to town. I also ran one loop of the run, which was really helpful in mentally preparing and on race day. I did the Endurance Nation camp which was free...the coach KQ'd this year and he really knows the course like the back of his hand. Highly recommended. My opinion is the Thursday to Thursday option as well. The days after are a blast and I enjoyed them with the family. |
| 2011-07-27 2:14 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
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| 2011-07-27 5:25 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
Extreme Veteran 398 Sea Isle City, NJ | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread For all you who raced on Sunday, here is a little souvenier for you! Was fun to watch it from this side of the camera for a change! http://www.youtube.com/user/Mrjmic91?feature=mhsn#p/a/u/0/67FKS20Uj...  |
| 2011-07-27 8:11 PM in reply to: #3616492 |
Member 413 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread 6226chels - 2011-07-27 8:15 AM turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 8:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun. Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! thank you!! i loved seeing dancing bananas!!! i was the girl with pink helmet and blue kswiss outfit!! loved it made me laugh all the way up the hill!!
OMG Chelsey I just figured something out from your Blue Swiss outfit!!! Remember the weirdo nutjob girl in the full sunshirt that rode with you the second half of bike loop and was saying "Go Chelsey, Go Chelsey"...... yep that's ME!!!!!! Great riding with you |
| 2011-07-27 8:12 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
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| 2011-07-27 9:25 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
Member 19 Lafayette, Indiana | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread From the "other" site, for all of you that enjoy playing with the numbers: http://www.slowtwitch.com/enhancedresults/
Congrats to all! It was an amazing day. |
| 2011-07-28 1:29 AM in reply to: #3098185 |
Veteran 274 State College, PA | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread |
| 2011-07-28 6:52 AM in reply to: #3617970 |
Regular 135 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread kr140.6 - 2011-07-27 8:11 PM 6226chels - 2011-07-27 8:15 AM turtlegirl - 2011-07-26 8:43 PM I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any of you in person, but I did cheer for the BT jerseys! You might not have recognized me...I was one of the pairs of bananas on Papa Bear. So much fun. Congratulations new and repeat ironpeeps!! thank you!! i loved seeing dancing bananas!!! i was the girl with pink helmet and blue kswiss outfit!! loved it made me laugh all the way up the hill!!
OMG Chelsey I just figured something out from your Blue Swiss outfit!!! Remember the weirdo nutjob girl in the full sunshirt that rode with you the second half of bike loop and was saying "Go Chelsey, Go Chelsey"...... yep that's ME!!!!!! Great riding with you yay hi you!!! nice job on the run you kicked my butt!!!! |
| 2011-07-28 9:45 AM in reply to: #3098185 |
Master 1946 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Though i didn't meet ANY of you face to face..CONGRATS on conquering IM LP. !! You may have seen C2fds base camp out at mile 100 on the bike course.. muscle man (!) .....would attach a pix if I knew how! had a BT sign out there with all the BTer #s & names I knew from this thread & we stayed out there til the course closed.. Swim start-Bike course-the endless hills, awesome scenery & descents,that killer hill on the run- the lonely run turn around on River Rd..finishing in the oval..quite a venue & quite a race- humbling & inspiring Congrats IRONMEN!!! |
| 2011-07-28 9:55 AM in reply to: #3618210 |
Master 1946 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : drdking John? Just read your race report.tho it made me tear up and I feel for your disappointment. What came thru is your drive to come back and the gratefulness of family, friends & health. No doubts that you will, in fact, have the race you want next time. Regards. Edited by isis 2011-07-28 9:56 AM |
| 2011-07-28 1:45 PM in reply to: #3098185 |
| Veteran 319 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Hi IMLPeeps - Miss you all already http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=262684 Ryan |
| 2011-07-28 9:21 PM in reply to: #3619308 |
Regular 118 Grand Rapids | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread My race report is up. I was going to try to keep it short but failed miserably. It was nice meeting most of you. What an incredible experience and what a beautiful place to become an Ironman. http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid... |
| 2011-07-29 9:20 AM in reply to: #3098185 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread I am dragging my feet on the race report. I don't want the journey to end, but it has. I started triathlon training in 2007 with the express intention of completing an Ironman when I was 50. It's been a long, twisting journey and now that I have achieved that goal I set for myself I feel a bit of a loss. I know I'll keep racing, and may even do another 140.6 race at some point, but am already wondering what my next big goal will be. My wife and I are now focused on buying our first home together so that's a good "team" goal, but I know I need some sort of individual challenge. I tease the people that work for me that I'll now put all my energy and focus on work, but I've never been really career driven. I'm a Senior Manager now and could set a goal to become a Director but that doesn't excite me or inspire the way Ironman has. So much open road ahead, and I plan to enjoy just cruising around for a while, but I know I work best when I have a definite destination in mind. Here's to the future! |
| 2011-07-29 9:35 AM in reply to: #3620393 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread mrbbrad - 2011-07-29 10:20 AM I am dragging my feet on the race report. I don't want the journey to end, but it has. I started triathlon training in 2007 with the express intention of completing an Ironman when I was 50. It's been a long, twisting journey and now that I have achieved that goal I set for myself I feel a bit of a loss. I know I'll keep racing, and may even do another 140.6 race at some point, but am already wondering what my next big goal will be. My wife and I are now focused on buying our first home together so that's a good "team" goal, but I know I need some sort of individual challenge. I tease the people that work for me that I'll now put all my energy and focus on work, but I've never been really career driven. I'm a Senior Manager now and could set a goal to become a Director but that doesn't excite me or inspire the way Ironman has. So much open road ahead, and I plan to enjoy just cruising around for a while, but I know I work best when I have a definite destination in mind. Here's to the future! I've followed a couple of Ironman discussion groups post race, so I was well aware of the Ironman post-blues, which is why I signed up for an October 70.3 and the Philadelphia Marathon earlier this year. My new 'goal' and personal challenge is to run the Boston Marathon. I also signed up for Ironman LP 2012. Yeah, it's all crazy goals and it is expensive and time-consuming -- but much like you, my job does little, if nothing to motivate me. Money and career is nice (I guess), but it's just window dressing for me. Probably cause my job does not involve helping anyone or contributing to society, it just involves making money which is pretty damn shallow, IMO. Training for Ironmans and Marathons is what fulfills me spritiually and so that's what I am going to continue to do. Here's to a future of endurance sport!! |
| 2011-07-29 9:38 AM in reply to: #3620393 |
Veteran 214 Walworth (Gananda), NY | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread mrbbrad - 2011-07-29 10:20 AM I am dragging my feet on the race report. I don't want the journey to end, but it has. I started triathlon training in 2007 with the express intention of completing an Ironman when I was 50. It's been a long, twisting journey and now that I have achieved that goal I set for myself I feel a bit of a loss. I know I'll keep racing, and may even do another 140.6 race at some point, but am already wondering what my next big goal will be. My wife and I are now focused on buying our first home together so that's a good "team" goal, but I know I need some sort of individual challenge. I tease the people that work for me that I'll now put all my energy and focus on work, but I've never been really career driven. I'm a Senior Manager now and could set a goal to become a Director but that doesn't excite me or inspire the way Ironman has. So much open road ahead, and I plan to enjoy just cruising around for a while, but I know I work best when I have a definite destination in mind. Here's to the future! Most people go through a "post Ironman depression." I've already set a goal to get faster in sprint and olympic distance races. It's more my distance anyways, aka bigger guy. Hope you can find a goal and go at it to replace the "loss" feeling. |
| 2011-07-29 11:45 AM in reply to: #3620427 |
| 78 | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Dream Chaser - 2011-07-29 10:35 AM mrbbrad - 2011-07-29 10:20 AM I am dragging my feet on the race report. I don't want the journey to end, but it has. I started triathlon training in 2007 with the express intention of completing an Ironman when I was 50. It's been a long, twisting journey and now that I have achieved that goal I set for myself I feel a bit of a loss. I know I'll keep racing, and may even do another 140.6 race at some point, but am already wondering what my next big goal will be. My wife and I are now focused on buying our first home together so that's a good "team" goal, but I know I need some sort of individual challenge. I tease the people that work for me that I'll now put all my energy and focus on work, but I've never been really career driven. I'm a Senior Manager now and could set a goal to become a Director but that doesn't excite me or inspire the way Ironman has. So much open road ahead, and I plan to enjoy just cruising around for a while, but I know I work best when I have a definite destination in mind. Here's to the future! I've followed a couple of Ironman discussion groups post race, so I was well aware of the Ironman post-blues, which is why I signed up for an October 70.3 and the Philadelphia Marathon earlier this year. My new 'goal' and personal challenge is to run the Boston Marathon. I also signed up for Ironman LP 2012. Yeah, it's all crazy goals and it is expensive and time-consuming -- but much like you, my job does little, if nothing to motivate me. Money and career is nice (I guess), but it's just window dressing for me. Probably cause my job does not involve helping anyone or contributing to society, it just involves making money which is pretty damn shallow, IMO. Training for Ironmans and Marathons is what fulfills me spritiually and so that's what I am going to continue to do. Here's to a future of endurance sport!! We are following a somewhat similiar path. After placid, which was my first IM, I am now ready to focus on BQ'ing. I have no idea how long it will take but Placid made me think it is closer than I originally thought. I'm running the Philly in November again. I ran 4:19 in my first marathon (the philly) in november and just ran a 4:10 @ Placid to finish in 11:47. I still cant get over how excited I am with that progress. Although I do question whether I messed up my pacing and should have started skipping aid stations starting mile 19 when I was feeling "decent." However, I am really frustrated as to how much I enjoyed the IM haha...because now I'm hooked and will have to do another at some point. Question for your vets out there: Does spending some time focusing on running till I get my marathon time sub 3 hours make sense before returning to IM? I want to return to IM when I know I can comfortably go sub 11, maybe sub 10:45 (comfortably) Thoughts on spending the next 6-7 months working almost exclusively on running? I didn't know if the loss in bike fitness/swim fitness would cost me too much when I decide to return to IM. My race report will be in the works soon and I am enjoying reading others. Keep em coming |
| 2011-07-29 11:52 AM in reply to: #3620427 |
Veteran 265 Boston | Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread Dream Chaser - 2011-07-29 10:35 AM mrbbrad - 2011-07-29 10:20 AM I am dragging my feet on the race report. I don't want the journey to end, but it has. I started triathlon training in 2007 with the express intention of completing an Ironman when I was 50. It's been a long, twisting journey and now that I have achieved that goal I set for myself I feel a bit of a loss. I know I'll keep racing, and may even do another 140.6 race at some point, but am already wondering what my next big goal will be. My wife and I are now focused on buying our first home together so that's a good "team" goal, but I know I need some sort of individual challenge. I tease the people that work for me that I'll now put all my energy and focus on work, but I've never been really career driven. I'm a Senior Manager now and could set a goal to become a Director but that doesn't excite me or inspire the way Ironman has. So much open road ahead, and I plan to enjoy just cruising around for a while, but I know I work best when I have a definite destination in mind. Here's to the future! I've followed a couple of Ironman discussion groups post race, so I was well aware of the Ironman post-blues, which is why I signed up for an October 70.3 and the Philadelphia Marathon earlier this year. My new 'goal' and personal challenge is to run the Boston Marathon. I also signed up for Ironman LP 2012. Yeah, it's all crazy goals and it is expensive and time-consuming -- but much like you, my job does little, if nothing to motivate me. Money and career is nice (I guess), but it's just window dressing for me. Probably cause my job does not involve helping anyone or contributing to society, it just involves making money which is pretty damn shallow, IMO. Training for Ironmans and Marathons is what fulfills me spritiually and so that's what I am going to continue to do. Here's to a future of endurance sport!! Ditto! There is something just fulfilling about training for such a goal and experiencing the pleasure (and pain) of achieving it. What next??? I told my wife that I need to sell the company so I can just train and have fun. I don't need to be rich... just enough to buy the toys and train This was such a huge achivement for me, mostly because I couldn't even run a 5K last year, so I've got LOTS of room to improve and goals to meet! I'm running the Boston half marathon in October and really need to start working on my run. I'd love to BQ, but I think the times for my AG are 7:39 minute miles or faster now. It will take me a while to get there, but I'm on it! My race report will probably be posted tonight or tomorrow. |
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