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tahrens - 2011-08-29 12:53 PM

HI everyone.  Thanks so much for all the wishes and support.  That was quite an experience.  The swim was the largest ever IM start!   That was beyond crazy.  For the first 10 minutes it was like being caught in a stampede.  There literally was no room to swim and you were in serious danger of being swam over by the 1000's of people behind you.  But overall I enjoyed the swim.  I beat my swim goal by 4 minutes so can't beat that.

The bike wasn't too hard.  All those weekends of training in the mountains really paid off. There wasn't anything out there I hadn't done before and not nearly as steep as my training rides.  Lots of people had difficulties with the heat.  Mid 90's.  I guess there was one benefit from spending the last 2 months training in 100degree / 80% humidity.  The unexpected part was all the yellow jackets from the fruit orchards.  Something got stuck under my race ID wrist band and stung the hell out of me!  Ouch.

Now the girl with the iron clad stomach actually had GI issues.  I was extremely nervous that morning and had a very sour gut off the back.  I always eat apples on the bike but the apples I bought up here were much more tart and the mixing with my stomach acids made a nasty combination.  I forced through my gel nutrition but had to follow each gel shot with a bite of beef jerky to keep it happy.  But when I started the run it was really rough going.  I tried one shot at the beginning and came way too close to pulling a Kyla.  So it was water, coke, pretzels, chicken soup and orange slices for 26.2 miles.  And what was up with the chicken soup - don't you people have Cambells up here?  It was some spicy herbal crap.  After the first four miles (and at least 10 lbs of ice down the sports bra)  I was able to start running.  But by mile 9 (just when Trevor passed me) I started walking.  However when I hit the turn around I really got my second wind and the fear of not making the cut off was too strong.  There is something very motivating about being on the was BACK vs the way out.  So I found my legs and ran it in.  I negative split the run by 20 minutes!!!!!  Running down that finishing shoot is the most amazing feeling ever.  I had such a huge smile on my face!  

I've just returned from spending WAY TOO MUCH money at the finishers tent!   But the coolest thing is I have a job waiting for me when I get home.   This has been a very epic journey that's for sure.  I'll write a more detailed report when I get home on Friday.

 

Love you all.

tahrens - 2011-08-29 9:53 AM

HI everyone.  Thanks so much for all the wishes and support.  That was quite an experience.  The swim was the largest ever IM start!   That was beyond crazy.  For the first 10 minutes it was like being caught in a stampede.  There literally was no room to swim and you were in serious danger of being swam over by the 1000's of people behind you.  But overall I enjoyed the swim.  I beat my swim goal by 4 minutes so can't beat that.

The bike wasn't too hard.  All those weekends of training in the mountains really paid off. There wasn't anything out there I hadn't done before and not nearly as steep as my training rides.  Lots of people had difficulties with the heat.  Mid 90's.  I guess there was one benefit from spending the last 2 months training in 100degree / 80% humidity.  The unexpected part was all the yellow jackets from the fruit orchards.  Something got stuck under my race ID wrist band and stung the hell out of me!  Ouch.

Now the girl with the iron clad stomach actually had GI issues.  I was extremely nervous that morning and had a very sour gut off the back.  I always eat apples on the bike but the apples I bought up here were much more tart and the mixing with my stomach acids made a nasty combination.  I forced through my gel nutrition but had to follow each gel shot with a bite of beef jerky to keep it happy.  But when I started the run it was really rough going.  I tried one shot at the beginning and came way too close to pulling a Kyla.  So it was water, coke, pretzels, chicken soup and orange slices for 26.2 miles.  And what was up with the chicken soup - don't you people have Cambells up here?  It was some spicy herbal crap.  After the first four miles (and at least 10 lbs of ice down the sports bra)  I was able to start running.  But by mile 9 (just when Trevor passed me) I started walking.  However when I hit the turn around I really got my second wind and the fear of not making the cut off was too strong.  There is something very motivating about being on the was BACK vs the way out.  So I found my legs and ran it in.  I negative split the run by 20 minutes!!!!!  Running down that finishing shoot is the most amazing feeling ever.  I had such a huge smile on my face!  

I've just returned from spending WAY TOO MUCH money at the finishers tent!   But the coolest thing is I have a job waiting for me when I get home.   This has been a very epic journey that's for sure.  I'll write a more detailed report when I get home on Friday.

 

Love you all.

tahrens - 2011-08-29 11:53 AM

HI everyone.  Thanks so much for all the wishes and support.  That was quite an experience.  The swim was the largest ever IM start!   That was beyond crazy.  For the first 10 minutes it was like being caught in a stampede.  There literally was no room to swim and you were in serious danger of being swam over by the 1000's of people behind you.  But overall I enjoyed the swim.  I beat my swim goal by 4 minutes so can't beat that.

The bike wasn't too hard.  All those weekends of training in the mountains really paid off. There wasn't anything out there I hadn't done before and not nearly as steep as my training rides.  Lots of people had difficulties with the heat.  Mid 90's.  I guess there was one benefit from spending the last 2 months training in 100degree / 80% humidity.  The unexpected part was all the yellow jackets from the fruit orchards.  Something got stuck under my race ID wrist band and stung the hell out of me!  Ouch.

Now the girl with the iron clad stomach actually had GI issues.  I was extremely nervous that morning and had a very sour gut off the back.  I always eat apples on the bike but the apples I bought up here were much more tart and the mixing with my stomach acids made a nasty combination.  I forced through my gel nutrition but had to follow each gel shot with a bite of beef jerky to keep it happy.  But when I started the run it was really rough going.  I tried one shot at the beginning and came way too close to pulling a Kyla.  So it was water, coke, pretzels, chicken soup and orange slices for 26.2 miles.  And what was up with the chicken soup - don't you people have Cambells up here?  It was some spicy herbal crap.  After the first four miles (and at least 10 lbs of ice down the sports bra)  I was able to start running.  But by mile 9 (just when Trevor passed me) I started walking.  However when I hit the turn around I really got my second wind and the fear of not making the cut off was too strong.  There is something very motivating about being on the was BACK vs the way out.  So I found my legs and ran it in.  I negative split the run by 20 minutes!!!!!  Running down that finishing shoot is the most amazing feeling ever.  I had such a huge smile on my face!  

I've just returned from spending WAY TOO MUCH money at the finishers tent!   But the coolest thing is I have a job waiting for me when I get home.   This has been a very epic journey that's for sure.  I'll write a more detailed report when I get home on Friday.

 

Love you all.

fattyfatfat - 2011-08-29 2:34 PM

canadian ironman.  2.4 mile swim. 112 mile bike. 26.2 mile run. 8 hour car ride home.

 

HA!

SSMinnow - 2011-08-29 1:40 PM

Do they have planes in Canada?

tahrens - 2011-08-29 2:53 PM

HI everyone.  Thanks so much for all the wishes and support.  That was quite an experience.  The swim was the largest ever IM start!   That was beyond crazy.  For the first 10 minutes it was like being caught in a stampede.  There literally was no room to swim and you were in serious danger of being swam over by the 1000's of people behind you.  But overall I enjoyed the swim.  I beat my swim goal by 4 minutes so can't beat that.

The bike wasn't too hard.  All those weekends of training in the mountains really paid off. There wasn't anything out there I hadn't done before and not nearly as steep as my training rides.  Lots of people had difficulties with the heat.  Mid 90's.  I guess there was one benefit from spending the last 2 months training in 100degree / 80% humidity.  The unexpected part was all the yellow jackets from the fruit orchards.  Something got stuck under my race ID wrist band and stung the hell out of me!  Ouch.

Now the girl with the iron clad stomach actually had GI issues.  I was extremely nervous that morning and had a very sour gut off the back.  I always eat apples on the bike but the apples I bought up here were much more tart and the mixing with my stomach acids made a nasty combination.  I forced through my gel nutrition but had to follow each gel shot with a bite of beef jerky to keep it happy.  But when I started the run it was really rough going.  I tried one shot at the beginning and came way too close to pulling a Kyla.  So it was water, coke, pretzels, chicken soup and orange slices for 26.2 miles.  And what was up with the chicken soup - don't you people have Cambells up here?  It was some spicy herbal crap.  After the first four miles (and at least 10 lbs of ice down the sports bra)  I was able to start running.  But by mile 9 (just when Trevor passed me) I started walking.  However when I hit the turn around I really got my second wind and the fear of not making the cut off was too strong.  There is something very motivating about being on the was BACK vs the way out.  So I found my legs and ran it in.  I negative split the run by 20 minutes!!!!!  Running down that finishing shoot is the most amazing feeling ever.  I had such a huge smile on my face!  

I've just returned from spending WAY TOO MUCH money at the finishers tent!   But the coolest thing is I have a job waiting for me when I get home.   This has been a very epic journey that's for sure.  I'll write a more detailed report when I get home on Friday.

 

Love you all.

fattyfatfat - 2011-08-29 9:02 AM

so, you took up a part time modelling job now that k-man and shea are back in school?

 

copa2251 - 2011-08-29 8:42 PM

My swim this morning was a bit crap!

First thing: I normally go at 6am and just have a glass of water before swimming then a coffee and muffin straight after. Today I decided to see the kids first and had a cup of tea so started the swim at 7am and felt tired, out of rhythm and just not in the groove.

Second thing: my left knee is aching again since the swim, I think it was during the drills with fins but I'm a bit over it! I haven't run for 2 weeks and was hoping to re-start after work tonight.

Any thoughts???

tahrens - 2011-08-29 12:53 PM

HI everyone.  Thanks so much for all the wishes and support.  That was quite an experience.  The swim was the largest ever IM start!   That was beyond crazy.  For the first 10 minutes it was like being caught in a stampede.  There literally was no room to swim and you were in serious danger of being swam over by the 1000's of people behind you.  But overall I enjoyed the swim.  I beat my swim goal by 4 minutes so can't beat that.

The bike wasn't too hard.  All those weekends of training in the mountains really paid off. There wasn't anything out there I hadn't done before and not nearly as steep as my training rides.  Lots of people had difficulties with the heat.  Mid 90's.  I guess there was one benefit from spending the last 2 months training in 100degree / 80% humidity.  The unexpected part was all the yellow jackets from the fruit orchards.  Something got stuck under my race ID wrist band and stung the hell out of me!  Ouch.

Now the girl with the iron clad stomach actually had GI issues.  I was extremely nervous that morning and had a very sour gut off the back.  I always eat apples on the bike but the apples I bought up here were much more tart and the mixing with my stomach acids made a nasty combination.  I forced through my gel nutrition but had to follow each gel shot with a bite of beef jerky to keep it happy.  But when I started the run it was really rough going.  I tried one shot at the beginning and came way too close to pulling a Kyla.  So it was water, coke, pretzels, chicken soup and orange slices for 26.2 miles.  And what was up with the chicken soup - don't you people have Cambells up here?  It was some spicy herbal crap.  After the first four miles (and at least 10 lbs of ice down the sports bra)  I was able to start running.  But by mile 9 (just when Trevor passed me) I started walking.  However when I hit the turn around I really got my second wind and the fear of not making the cut off was too strong.  There is something very motivating about being on the was BACK vs the way out.  So I found my legs and ran it in.  I negative split the run by 20 minutes!!!!!  Running down that finishing shoot is the most amazing feeling ever.  I had such a huge smile on my face!  

I've just returned from spending WAY TOO MUCH money at the finishers tent!   But the coolest thing is I have a job waiting for me when I get home.   This has been a very epic journey that's for sure.  I'll write a more detailed report when I get home on Friday.

 

Love you all.

SSMinnow - 2011-08-30 12:13 PM

Is it possible that you were tired because you didn't eat anything and swam an hour later?  I always need food before any workout.....

Where exactly does the knee hurt? 

 

SSMinnow - 2011-08-29 10:13 PM

Is it possible that you were tired because you didn't eat anything and swam an hour later?  I always need food before any workout.....

Where exactly does the knee hurt? 

copa2251 - 2011-08-29 11:13 PM

Yes, I wondered whether having thr cup of tea made my body expect some nutrition whereas normally I'm straight into the pool and eat after.

My knee aches below and slightly to the outside of my patella; that's where the pain came on during my HM. There's no swelling and it's not stopping me from doing anything but I wish it would go away!

copa2251 - 2011-08-30 7:36 AM I'm foam rolling my IT band and yes, it hurt like he'll when I started but it's much better now.I didn't run today but I think I'll start doing little 20 min runs and keep foam rolling.My first tri of the season is in 9 weeks - an Oly...

TrevorC - 2011-08-30 10:47 AM I'm home but no computer. So quick ipad update.....Feeling thrilled,exhausted,sore,overwhelmed,underwhelmed,taped-out, ready for the next one, sad,happy to be at home hanging out with the girls,hungry, feeling better than i had expected. So many emetioms that i never thought i would feel. Little disappointed that i don't feel like i relished the day enough. But sunch good times. I'll be back later on but we need to do some grocery shopping asap.

kt65 - 2011-08-30 2:05 PM

 

So happy to hear from you, Champ!  Eat up, but maybe let Michelle choose what to put in the cart...or better yet, take a picture of said cart and post photo later so we can see what post Ironmen eat.  (and drink).  Congrats again, Trevor!  Can't wait to read your RR.

No airplanes or computers in Canada.  Sheesh!

gotta run - 2011-08-30 1:30 PM

 

At least they have grocery stores so he doesn't have to go out and bag a moose today!

Congratulations, Trevor! Rest up and don't worry about a thing. Ironman!!