SWBKRUN MENTOR GROUP - OPEN (Page 30)

Nadin!!!! you rock! welcome to the club!

It's been a while, I was off all summer, finished writting a book and did some training in between. Hope everyone is well.

Training for HIM in Miami on Oct 27th.

Congratulations, Nadine!!

I LOVE you guys, reading the posts was amazing!!! Will post recap tomorrow assuming I can focus......lots of stuff to say about the race. PS, no racing for me this weekend, do want to run and get back on bike.

Heyyyyyyya!!!!

Congratulations to Nadine on becoming an Ironman! Way to go! Can't wait to hear more about your big day.

Dan, be careful out there! Hopeful you have a safe race and the weather cooperates.

I am sorry I have been away so long, I think after my half ironman was over, I went into a space that could not include triathlon. The culmination of this whole crazy year of change just caught up with me and I had no energy for any of it and didn't want to bog all of you down with my downer-ness (not a word and Kyla will probably call me out on that!)

Anyhow, my ears were ringing a little bit and I remembered Nadine was racing IM last weekend, so I checked in. Thanks for thinking of me!

SO, I am starting my run training for a half marathon and decided to log my runs on BT at least until the race to keep myself honest. I will deal with the annoying BT format for now and just get them logged!

Have a wonderful taper weekend, Suzy!

Linda-I know you are sort of tapering, too! You guys have all put in such hard work and are going to rock the races!

Mike, I hope you are able to get some good training in, too!

Looks like our Linda C. is tapering for a half, too!

okay, that's all I've got!

Ok, here it is...Let me start by saying Whistler is BEAUTIFUL!!! I didn't really get any training in during the week cause I was working from Hotel. Only about a mile run, then Saturday finally got in a swim and bike. You had to ride your bike 2 miles to Rainbow Park/T1. I finally tried my full wetsuit a week before the race and it took away about 75% of my panic so hoping it was not a fluke, and it wasn't. Felt really good about the race on Saturday. Sunday morning as we are getting ready to go to the water, the announcer was picking out numbers from a sheet and goes, "We have Nadine Taylor here today, she is a 3rd degree black belt", I was going hey that's me, Im right here, and my friend tells him that my husband is watching from Afghanistan. He turns to me and says, ya know what Nadine, this was meant to be, you are going to be an ironman today. I got goose bumps, but that was all I could think about, it was meant to be.

The swim:
The park is really small so no-one can drive there. If anyone wants to spectate, they have to walk. The lake is also small but was really calm. The start was crazy. There was only about 150 mtrs from shore to buoys so there was no way to get out of the masses at all. I stayed calm and tried to avoid feet. I felt ok but my elbow gave out about 3/4 through first lap, so flailed with one arm and pulled with the other. Finally finished at 1:42, faster than I thought I would be.

The Bike:
OMG, this was the mother of all bikes. I could never have imagined how hard this course would be. They said around 4000 ft of climbing...it is over 6000. It took me around 2.5 hours just to do the first 35 miles or so. Everywhere you turned there was another hill. The only flat was out to Pemberton for about 18 miles, but you have a head wind one direction. Then you hit the steep climb at mile 90 or so. At that point it was hot. It took me 2 hours to go 12 miles!! It continued to be all hills the rest of the way. I finished with only 12 minutes to spare. FYI, the top 2 pros said it was the hardest course they have ever done. I did not think I was going to make it, just kept telling myself, don't stop, not today!! Figured if I did not make it, I knew I gave everything I had. Finished with an 8:24 bike.

The Run:
When I got into transition they were telling me I had to start the run by 5:30 pm and I was not quite with it so...did not have time to put on blister block, knee brace or anything. You had to run the perimeter of the transition area before you hit the mat, so I took off but never had time to collect myself. I ran about a 1/4 mile or so and then...I could not run at all, my legs were spent from the bike. Defeat set in wondering how I was going to be able to do 26 miles. On about mile 3 I came into a downhill, tried running, I could do it, so...started to do some kind of a race walk trying to hold a 15 minute mile. I would walk the uphill and run the down. Pretty soon it felt good. Kept telling myself I am not going to fail over 20 miles, then 15 miles, then 13 etc. My running was at a 10-11 min pace so I was averaging ok. Watch quit so had no idea how much time I had so just kept pushing. I ended up passing 3 of my teammates but had no idea cause part was on a trail and pitch black. I took the soup. I felt good towards the end and I heard someone say Finish Strong, I gave it everything I had, today failure was NOT an option. My run was 6:01.

At 11:26 pm, I became an Ironman,16 hours and 26 min. That feeling of running through the chute is something I will never forget. I want to thank all of you for the support, information, ideas and encouragement. This is what a mentor group is all about, you guys ROCK!!

Overall: the course is beautiful and it is awesome seeing the Olympic ski jumps etc., but I would probably never do that course again, it is a bit out of my league. That seemed to be the common theme with most folks I talked with. Good for the hard-cores, but for first-timers....not so much.

Nadine, I really enjoyed reading your post this morning. I just had to get on here and tell you what an inspirational story and performance you shared. I am so happy for you. You are amazing and it was meant to be!!

Great summary and great race Nadine!!!Welcome back Kim. It is great to hear from you.The typhoon burned itself out, but the weather is still really unpredictable. It is going to be 95 today and they are calling for rain and strong winds tonight and early morning. I am hoping that too will change.

I ran an oly this morning. Felt fine in the water and on the bike, but coming off the bike I could not get my heart rate down. I don't feel like I cooked the bike, but maybe that's the obvious conclusion. Maybe my lack of swim time had something to do with it? I really don't know. The bike felt really easy compared to last year's race on this course. My legs felt great and energetic on the run, but my chest was tight and my HR was through the roof. I tried to walk it off, but every time I started running, it just shot back up. Not the result I was hoping for.

On the plus side, however, I raced with two guys from work who completed their first triathlons today! Very happy for them!

Short story for now: they cancelled the swim because the surf was just too nasty. I did the bike leg about 38 minutes faster than last year (3:31 for 105km) and the run leg about 13 minutes faster (1:42 for 20 km though my Garmin says it was closer to 19....anyway it was the same course as last year). They have posted some of the time data and it looks like I came in 7 out of 54 in my age group. Needless to say, I am extremely happy with those time improvements.

Let's do it together:
I've heard there is Poutine and beer at the finish.


Dear Trevor Cochran,
Thank you! You are now registered for the 2014 Subaru IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant - General Entry. Please check the event's website for updates.

3rd one yes. Going to go this one without a coach. I have my old plans, just need to revise the dates by 2weeks.
Give or take, jam 1 it begins again!

Nice job Dan, 7-54 is awesome!!