Ironman 70.3 Silverman : Official Thread (Page 11)

Mile 56 of the bike, guess I wasn't hurting that badly....had enough to smile

5:28, bib#1342. The last loop of the run had me slow down to almost a crawl. 

Helps cuz my wife is always out there screaming her head off   I think I was just glad to have the bike over with.  I had read somewhere to "not underestimate the Gibson hill" and had it in te back of my mind the last 10 miles.  I found the last 5 to be pretty rough, with the slight incline the whole way.

I wanted sub 6, got 6:07, so pretty close. Run felt good to start but the walks started around mile 6, and you know once those start..... 

Solid time on an unforgiving course

Oh man, that's a hell of a way to DNF... sorry about that, i can see it happening to me.

I will probably come back in 2015.  But I'll tell you one thing, i ain't driving home that day.  Silverman took less time than the drive  :^

BTW I see a lot of DNFs in the results, but also a lot of DQs, looking up a friend's time in F45-49 seemed to be quite a lot.  Wonder what was up with that?

Originally posted by StevenC my time was 6:22. definitely well slower than I had hoped for. I think I had unrealistic expectations and add to that a very tough course and conditions. I was happy to finish and was completely spent on the run. Could barely stay upright after. In massage tent almost every muscle cramped up. First time I have ever hurt that bad. Ride home was the worst part of the day. Big mistake. Had to pull over and lie down in rest stop a couple times. Vowed never to do another long tri again. That lasted about a day and I just signed up for 2015 Bayshore 70.4 in LB. I would definitely do this race next year but maybe just fly back and have somebody bring my bike back to SC. Any takers Nice pic ChrisM. in all mine I look half dead. Why to the photographers always position themselves at the top of the climbs??

I may actually buy race pics, for the first time in a long time, they got some decent shots from the side on the bike. I may look at velotranz next year, it's a local company and think way cheaper than TBT.

I didn't think I'd like that run course, but the more I think about it the more I do, I thought it was an appropriately hard challenge.  My first mile and last mile felt great, everything in between, not so great, but plodded along.

So what's next, a few months of donut rides? 

Coming back west on northshore I was shocked at the number of cyclists on the course.  Out of curiosity, went and looked at the old silverman results.  Between the half and full, they had something like 600 folks, 200 in the full so starting early and therefore spread out.  WTC 70.3 had 1600+.   I can see that the old silvermna was (IMO) musch safer from a cyclist/car perspective, as there was no pack forcing cars into the oncoming lane to pass.   I can't even imagine the S Show that must have been when the pack turned and there were lots of cyclists on both roads.

This is the only thing that would make me hesitate to come back.

5:58 on your first tri at Silverman is impressive!

Very nice time for any 70.3. Nutrition is very individual dependent. I try to eat a gel every 30 mins on the bike - this works for me. I just tape 5-6 gels taped on the tube and have my garmin go off every 30 minutes. Never failed me in a half or a full.

The thing is that gels have maltodextrin. Malto is more effective for the workouts fueling (and recovery for that matter) - banana is probably the best whole food choice all in all but malto will act faster ie with less blood required to digest it. Less blood to the gut - more blood to keep you cool and remove lactic acid. 

Got an email on that, but no hurry.  It ain't selling out (although it does go up a bit 12/28 and then a bigger jump 1/15....)

I signed for both Silverman and IMAZ for 2015. Should be fun!

Nice!