Ironman 70.3 Boise : Official Thread (Page 20)

That sucks you got in so late.  Hopefully the beer helped you get to sleep at a decent hour. 

Jeez, I hate being a downer.  I so do.  But the weather forecast has gone from "very windy but manageable," to downright scary, and maybe unsafe.  30-40 MPH, with higher gusts, and rain.  Methinks the swim is looking more doubtful today. 

Ah hell with it.  Let's have fun, everyone.

yeah very high winds till what tomorrow around 6pm?  I mean what it that? Winds die down after everyone is done swimming and off the bike? Oh well.

Thinking either veterans or clock tower for a brief swim today.

I thought of another tip.

If it is going to rain, I recommend putting a clean pair of socks in your T2 bag. It costs a little time, but it feels amazing. Also, you should put everything in your T2 bag inside a zip lock bag because if it rains it gets wet. In 2009 when it was pouring rain, I put socks in my T2 bag and didn't use a ziplock so they were soaked. They were still cleaner/dryer than the socks I had on so I changed them and even that made me feel better. 

Way to get the job done!

Other than the cold water, weather was not an issue in 2011.

Ouch.

Turned in a 3:02:16 today.  At the swim site I seriously considered not doing it at all -- like something out of a nightmare.  People were shuddering uncontrollably before they ever got in the water.  It was a little scary, I thought.

Swim -- 38 and change.  My hands were frozen by the wait, and couldn't get a proper pull together for most of the time.  And I really need to sight better.

Bike -- 36 and change.  About 23 MPH, methinks. (The website says we went 12 miles.  We didn't.  It was 15-ish.)  On the no passing bike path I and about a dozen others got behind the lone female 70-74 age grouper.  Bless her heart, but we went  about 8MPH or less for that little stretch, and it got on our collective tightly wound nerves. 

Run -- 7:35 average pace for a 1:39.  Not pleased with this, as I'm a pretty strong runner.  Need to figure out what went wrong here.

And, by the way, I'm not upset about the shortened bike.  I think the waiting around in the cold took a lot out of me, and it would have made for a very ugly run.

Nice meeting you, Pete!  Safe travels back to Washington.

Great race you two.  I was 3:22.  The swim was pretty crazy.  I had my time at 39 out of the water, but I slowed considerably to get the wet suit off half way official time was 41 and some change. 

The bike was nuts.  People were weaving all over the place and my slicks were like riding on ice.  I think my time was like 39 on this, but it was pretty chaotic.  I think that section was not made for that many people at once. 

Run started good, but I didn't get enough water on the bike so it killed my run. 1:54 was not great for how I have been running, but it is a race PR for me. 

Sorry I didn't make it out.  I just wanted to get back to the room and warm up.

Great job everyone who finished.  That was a test of wills no doubt.  You are all official 29.3 finishers....... 

Good job, y'all!  What a crazy day it must have been!  Stay warm!

Sad Panda over here.....  Since I switched to a relay, I was in the last wave.  At 11:50 I was so cold I found the medical tent and sat 1 ft away from the propane heater.  25 minutes later and I was STILL shaking horribly and could not warm up.  I decided that the universe gave me 3 huge signs that I was not meant to do this race: broken heel, bike course cut due to high winds, hypothermia before I even hit the water.  Since I really had nothing to prove and I was already broken, I decided to hand my chip in.  It sucks, but it was the right thing to do.

Another deciding factor was when I was sitting in the medical tent, they were starting to bring in athletes.  It was flat out scary.  And they only had 4 heating beds and maybe 10 volunteers in there.  The medical people were PISSED that WTC didn't cancel the swim because they were not prepared.  In fact, they finally kicked me out of the tent (and the heat) because they needed the room.

It was fascinating to watch the pros get on the bike... they did not look like pros.  Several guys wore their wetsuits while on the bike.  Lots of them were fumbling to get their shoes on and nearly crashed.  One woman actually dismounted, took her shoes off her pedals, put her shoes on and re-mounted.  None of the pros were happy.

Good job to all of you gutting it out today!

Hi gang,

Well I saw and conquered, oi. That was some freak fest, I was absolutely shuddering with cold by the time my wave went, of course I had to take the early bus so froze my azz off for 3hrs b/f getting in water. I managed ok apparently swim was 37 and change, a smidge better than last year..don't know how, my finger were frozen and definatley not in the normal catch position. Getting out of the water was insane I was a frozen block, spent over 6min in transition which is not my norm, I usually waste no time but all bets were off yesterday, it was survival time. Got on bike but was shaking so bad I was afraid I'd shake myself off the damn thing. I went extremely slow down the hill so that had to have eaten and extra ~ 2min off my bike time, finished bike ~43. Spent another 4min in T2 drying my feet and putting socks on, another waste of time, I've been running sockless to avoid this time waste but again, didn't care needed warmth. Finished run in 1:58 which for me is good, I've dealth with a lot of achilles injury stuff and am only recently getting more consistent with the run but still struggle so I guess I'll just be happy with it. Oh my # for the day was 377 btw, the name is Deirdre, I just use Patsy online. Sorry I didn't get to meet any of you, I was woopin it up with my club at our "aid"tent, drinkin beer and eating burgers, driving wasn't on my agenda that's for sure lol! Hope to meet up with you next year, when the weather is right, it's an awesome race, I do hope they push it back a week or two though. Good job guys, it was a tough day all around.

Patsy

My swim sucked.  Per the official time 44 and change though my watch said 42 when I got out. I cramped in my left hamstring in the last 300 meters.  T1, had them strip off my suit which was nice. then I got the dumb brain idea to put socks on for what reason? I also got a dumb idea to put gloves on my frozen hands for what? To waste time in my transition.  Got slowed up quite a bit by people on the bike. Bike pace was about 18.46 though my bike computer said 19.5.  Run was slow by my standards as I had stomach issues with cramping on both side when I picked up my pace. I ran only a 7:32 average pace. I had hoped for about a 7:10 or better.  

I'm also not sure that they had my time right for the race as the person that finished 2 seconds ahead of me was supposedly in my age group yet on his leg I saw his age of 44. Oh well.

Pete you said you signed up for Lake Stevens. I have thought about that but not sure I want to travel over to Seattle area when I could do something though not ironman a little closer to home. How is the swim course there compared to Boise? i thought Boise wasn't choppy at all?