Slornow's and Wannabefaster's Summer Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 28)

Leave for a few hours and there is great news all around!!!

Randy, so impressed with your AG win. I bet that run wasn't nearly as awful as you think.....great job!

Melissa, WOW, 7th AG in a big race is spectacular.  I can't wait to hear all about it!

Time to get ready to monitor the three boys tomorrow!  Good luck!

... or as I call it - the real endurance sport.  

I'm sure you're tired, but we want DETAILS!!!!!  Best part? what you did right???  always good to learn from people that have just finished an event.

Great job Melissa. It takes something "extra" both physically and mentally in tough conditions. Get some rest....seems you have so more racing coming up?

They finally posted the splits from yesterday and I guess I feel a little better about my run...or maybe I found a way to rationalize it Run splits for the 5-10 guys that I race with/against frequently were all 1:15-2:00 minutes slower than last year. Its a really tough run course with a steep hill through the first 1/3 mile. I was 22:50 this year and 21:23 last year so I was consistent with the ohers. I suspect it was the heat and the near 100% humidity as we had a couple of short showers just before the race started. Consistent with the slower run was my bike split. Last year my bike was 15th @ 44:34 min/24.4 mph with this year  14th @ 45:41/23.6 mph on 4-5 more watts.  Overall 2012: 580 racers-swim 38th; bike 15th; run 25th. 2013: 590 racers-swim 32nd; bike 14th and run 38th. I'm sure this is not very interesting to anyone but me but just trying to figure out the race and determine if it was me, the conditions or some of both (likely answer)  .

We are headed to the beach today to visit the inlaws. Will check in on our racers via phone as much as possible. Cheer them on and good luck racers!  

Keep it up Jamie and Nate!   I see Nate has hit the first bike split -- just shy of 20 mph so far.

Also wanted to provide a shout-out to Jason (racing a HM today) and Mary (doing her first tri) -- we can't track you, so you have to keep us posted when done...

Mark -- didn't you say that you were racing yesterday?  We need results man!

Scott.

Tay, I just looked at your ride... holy cow did you ever have a killer hill right at the end!    I often find myself in the same boat -- my house is perched on a hill, so pretty much every direction I go, it's downhill to start, uphill to finish.  Not the order I would pick...

Feels good doesn't it...  congratulations Mary!  You worked hard to achieve this.  Be proud.

Nate is done with the Bike. He finished the bike portion in 3 hours 31 minutes at an average pace of 19.66 mi/h. He is around 5 miles now and ran a 8.21 min/mile so far ... impressive! Keep going Nate!

Jamie is also done with the Bike. He finished the bike portion in 3 hours 48 minutes at an average pace of 18.87 mi/h. There are no run splits for him yet. Keep going strong Jamie!

Nate and Jamie are finished and it looks like they both did very well.

Jamie finished off the run in  a solid 2:06 for a 5:58 finish.

Nate had a really strong run @ 1:45 to finish in 5:19.

Can't wait to hear about it. Checked in a few times from the beach and it looks like they both raced smart. Great work guys!

Jason-thats a great HM time. I suspect you are going to have a great HIM in a couple of weeks...maybe a warm up for the 2014 70.3 WC at the same location?

Mary-reading about your experience and entusiasm at the race puts a smile on my face. So much hard work coming to fruition today! 

Originally posted by wannabefaster Mary. Great job! Super happy for you. Randy. You are just an animal. Keeping the pressure to perform on all of us. Melissa. It just looked like a hard day all around. Way to stick with it and finish that beast. The winds and heat in Kona can be brutal. Jamie and Nate. Way to hit it hard. Just like yesterday with Melissa and Randy, we are all rooting for you. My HM today went well. 1:24:58 for 13.2 by garmin. I was very satisfied with my pacing and overall effort. Only had one person pass me after the second mile. My last 5K was strong and I gobbled up a lot of runners in front of me, including three really fast guys that I have been working to catch over the last couple years. I passed the "guy" from my last HM who has the 76 sub 2:20 marathons. Last race he beat me by about 20 seconds. This one I got him by about a minute. No idea where I finished overall or in my age group but there weren't that many in front of me. Wanted to get home so I didn't wait for the results.

1:24????  Holy Cow.  You're smokin' fast!

Originally posted by WoodrowCall *phew* that was tough

LOL,.... And just think... later this summer, that will just be the halfway point 

(I'm probably not helping, I realize that... honest I do...)

Well done.  Sub 6 hours is a real accomplishment.  Now for the 4th event... the race report!