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Woo Hoo!  Congrats Suzy!  You are an IRONMAN!!!

Right on, Suzy! Great race, great finish!

 My girls got to stay up to watch you cross the finish line.  WAY TO GO SUZY!!!!  We are all so proud of you.  You looked great!!!

AWESOME!!!!!   YEAH SUZ!!!!   YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!!!

FREAKIN A!!!!!!!!

Been waiting for an hour to watch Suzy cross the line, and the damn logo at the bottom of the screen was covering her face! 

Awesome Job Suzy!

And hey Trevor... I ain't dead, just been hiding.  I'll be back.

WAY TO GO SUZY!!!!!!!!!!!

We tried to get a screen shot but there were a ton of people in the finish chute so we didn't get a good picture.



13:39 and made it look easy, awesome!

Edited by dalessit 2010-09-12 8:47 PM

Nice shot Tony.    
Did you catch that everyone went left and she went right...the photos guys there should have gotten a good one.
Just goes to show after 140.6 miles she is still thinking and in control! 

Way to go Suzy!!!

Sweeeeeeet Suzy!  I *believe* I saw her, but I couldn't tell because all the people were blocking her. Anyone do a screen capture? 


Awesome job....all the training you did came down to this and you did it!! :-) 

hey little one.   you f'ing rock.

Swim Time	1:45:00
Format:  h:mm:ss
T1	10:00
Bike Speed (mph)
First Half	15.3
Second Half	15.1
T2	10:00
Run Pace (min/mi)
First Half	10:30
Second Half	11:00
Total	14:08

What a strong finish!!! My video kept hiccupping and I couldn't tell if she had finished. Finally made myself break away to check, so I missed her. Rats.

SUZY SHAIN...

You are an

IRONMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that her? :-)  I did a photo capture, but wasn't sure until I saw it here, and seem like I got her face! :-)

Edited by CyborgQueen 2010-09-12 8:58 PM

that's her!!!  and what i posted above were her "goals".  HA!!!


Edited by fattyfatfat 2010-09-12 9:01 PM

and we should not be surprised that she did.. 

 We call that sandbagging!!! 

GREAT JOB MIGHTY MOUSE!! SUPER DUPER PROUD OF YOU!!!

CONGRATS IRONMAN!!!


Awesome job.  So happy for you Suzy!!!

Congratulations Suzy!!!

So very happy for you

Suzy, i mean Ironwoman, great job on conquering the race and crushing your goal time.  Can't wait to hear your RR.  Sleep long and eat a ton..





 

Hi Kids!!!!

I am completely overwhelmed  by reading you guys tracking me and all the friends that came to cheer me on yesterday.  I thought of you guys often and am grateful to have you as friends.

The day did not disappoint! It was naturally the hardest thing I have ever done, but I really had a blast from start to finish.  I was the crazy girl who was smiling from ear to ear running up the Helix, climbing every flippin' hill and returning my bike to T2. I really couldn't believe I was finally doing something I dreamed of since 2002 when I wasn't a swimmer, a biker or a run.  Defintely lost a little of that smile until the end of the run as the rubber met the road.

The swim obviously set me up to be in a pretty good mood.  There was contact and I did get a swift breastkick in my left goggle, but thanks to my double cap, they didn't come off.  I wondered if it was cracked, but what the heck was I going to do at that point.  The contact wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I found myself playing a little defensive manuevering and if some jack a$$ was hitting me or sitting on top of me, I moved them out of the way . The water was 65F and choppy, but having swam there so many time before I knew what to expect, especially along the Terrace.  

The bike started out great.  I was to ride in low to mid Z2 which is what I had done for training.  Felt pretty good, but by the second loop (62m ish) my legs were getting tired and I began to wonder about bike cutoff.  Since I only follow Watts I don't usually look at MPH, so my head was playing tricks on me.  I was going to speed up to make the cut off and potentially derail the marathon, until my good friend John showed up in several places along the hardest part of the course assuring me I had plenty of time. Without that, I may have screwed up royally.  I gladly gave my bike to a handler and trotted into T2 for the final call.

The run was the total suprise of the day.  My plan was to run until I hit a water stop, walk through to drink enough H20, grab sponges and ice and get hoofing.  The first few miles were tough and I was trying to find my legs also part of the plan.  They slowly came back and I was able to execute the plan all the way up to the last 10K.  There I walked the hills for 20-30 steps (that were really not all that big) so I could have a stronger finish around the Capital.  I knew I was doing pretty well because I passed a ton of people.  Athletes far fitter and younger were walking.....I kept getting commets like your pace is awesome, you look so tough and smooth that it spurred me on even when I felt like crap.  The Endurance Nation coaches and supporters were at mile 18 and they screamed out "YOU MUST NOT HAVE OVERCOOKED THE BIKE"....understatement

Getting to that final 2K and knowing I was almost done was pretty overwhelming.  I wanted to get done, but I wanted to take it all in too.  Hit the shoot, was grabbed by a BT'er and then a guy I OWS swim with.  I thought for sure I was going to puke or pass out, but neither happened.  Got a quick massage (Steve's insistence) while Paul grabbed all my stuff.  My gut was a wreck so eating and drinking was out of the question. Got home, did this 6 second shower and basically passed out.  Ate nothing, drank nothing, didn't do my ice bath and slept like crap.  I am paying for it this morning.  But, do you think I care?  NOPE, because it was a great first experience and I have plenty of time to recover.

Off to shower and then head to the Banquet later today.  I won't be getting any awards, but I want to soak it all in.  With IM #1 done, I want to savor the last few moments. 

Got back late last night from the Nations Tri and a great vacation.  The race was extremely wet and made for a interesting but fun race.  I was a little too cautious during the race.  Swam very conservative during the swim because I kept on thinking about last yr's cramping issue, and rode very cautious on the bike because it was the first time I rode in the rain/wet weather (yes, i'm the guy if it's raining outside i ride on the trainer or run on the TM( i know it's lame)).  I was so tense during the bike, my hands cramped up! Still had a good time and beat last yrs Olympic time by around 15 min..

Lessoned learned about this race, each race is different and practice riding and swimming in the rain.  I'll have my RR up by the end of today.  

Congrats to others who raced. 

Suzy, it was awesome reading about your progress!  Now you enjoy it and get some rest woman!! You have earned it and you are an amazing Ironman!!

Linda