Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island : Official Thread (Page 14)

Ugggh....4 hours. Only 1/2 hour better than last year. Oh well.

It is GO time!

So how did everyone do?

What a day! That swim was epic...

Today was a good day for the team. My wife and dad both finished (6:42 and 7:07 respectively). I managed a 45 minute PB for the half-iron distace (6:13). I will take it!

Great job to all today!

Vin

Did anyone else think it was a joke when they made the announcement that if you didn't want to do the swim, you should go hang out at the kids playground?

seriously - when a storm blows away a sizeable portion of the swim course - that should tell you something.  But definitely loved the tail wind on the bike through Narrangansett!

my only bike FUBAR momeny was during the swim, got my bearings off, stopped swimming, bobbed in the water to look up and saw a whole wave of swimmers coming at me.  I'd been swimming in the wrong F-ing direction.  Oops! 

Otherwise, very happy with the race.  And I definitely won the lottery with my black and green bag pick-up as I found a far corner and a nice volunteer snagged my bag - what a joke that bag collection was - 1700 bags laying on the ground...

btw: I proudly walked College Hill BOTH times! 

Congrats to everyone who PR'd!!  I PR'd myself with a 5:15 --- and after my vow last year to not walk the hill , I kept my promise to myself and ran it both times.  First time was around a 10:00 pace ; second time was around a 13:00 pace!  But I did not walk a step of the HILL or the run at all, which is huge for me. 

Jorge... dude... your beat Desiree Ficker ... 2nd WPRO, that's amazing!

It was nice meeting a lot of you!

I am happy with my 5:23 considering my goal was 5:30 and this was not my A race. I think the entire course presented various challenges both physical and mental. I am in for IMLP 2010!

My opinion and experience was the opposite.  Going down to T2 I sat in traffic for 20 mins Saturday morning.  This was the only traffic I experienced.  This was my 2nd time doing this race and I may very well do it next year as well.  I think they pulled off a great race.  I had a 3-yr-old and a 5-yr-old in tow and they had a great weekend, too.  The key is to go to the Expo on Friday (zero lines, zero wait time) and go down to T2 early Saturday morning so you only hit a little bit of traffic and then you can even enjoy the beautiful beach right next door.  The beach has fine white, exotic-like sand and the water is very clear.  The city of Providence was also a lot of fun. 

This was my first HIM last year and I'm glad it was.  I will definitely be doing this race again in the future.  My wife and two kids had a blast. 

merlin2375 - 2009-07-13 7:49 AM ...
As I was leaving the hotel I ran into this poor guy who crashed on the bike, concussion, broken collar bone. He doesn't even remember what happened. I saw him packing up (his wife was going to drive), they had Ohio plates I hope he heals up.

might have been the guy who crashed HARD-CORE right in front of me at about mile 50 - in all the traffic.  cabbie pulled out, blocking the bike lane.  I swerved to the right of the cab, he went left and got stuck on the left side of the line of cars.  At the intersection, he tried to swerve back to the right of traffic, swerved to far.  He got caught on the curb, hit a telephone pole with his handlebars and went FLYING. 

I locked up the brakes and just missed running over him as he went flying back across the street in front of me.

By the time I stopped completely and unclipped, I looked back and he was standing up saying he was alright.  A couple volunteers stepped up to help, so I went on.  But the crash was so violent (as he was going at least 25 mph - we were coming off a downhill portion) - thought for sure he broke something.  Just prayed he was alright.