Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas : Official Thread (Page 4)

Finally made it to race week! Who's ready? The next 3 days at work are gonna drag! Looking forward to getting on the road on Thursday and getting down to Galveston, get settled in and relax for a few days leading up to Sunday.

I will probably get out on the bike for about an hour on Friday and nice easy 2-3 mile run on Saturday just to keep the energy in check.  

Bib #1452

M 35-39 Wave 12

This is my first IM event period so am excited about it. Did my first tri in 10/12 so its been a long journey to get ready for this. Will look out for you other guys in wave 12, the weather looks like it is going to be awesome.

i've always gone to mario's.

http://www.mariosristorante.com/

I'm sure this is a question that has been asked before many times, but...

Will anyone be covering up their bike or bike chain when they drop their bike off on Saturday?  I didn't know if the salt would be an issue.  Also, do I need to bring my pump on Sunday morning?  Thanks in advance for a little piece of mind. 

Bib #1537 here.

M35-39, wave #13 at 0800.

Kind of hoping for a 5:10-5:20 type of race, but not sure how i'll do based on my limited training since ultra season finished in late Feb.  We'll see how it goes.  The first race of the season is always a mulligan, right??

well how did everyone do?

I had a good day. I guess I under estimated how flat it was I was hoping for under 5:40 and ended up 5:16.

 33 swim

2:47 bike

1:48 run

Not a bad day for me, although one of these days I will learn how to pace my runs better. 5:06:34 total time, so my hopes for a 5:0X were pretty much spot on. Sporting a pretty good sunburn today. Guess I shouldnt have ignored the nice girl offering sunscreen when I left T2

33:37 swim

2:33:18 bike

1:53:12 run

This was my first race and I finished with 7:00.07.  Yes, that 7 seconds over 7 hours kills me!! Was hoping for closer to 6:30 for my first race but still happy considering 4 months ago I was sitting on the couch.

Felt great on the swim and bike.  Things went south on the run when I fainted about mile 5.  I was told they were going to take me to the medical tent, I said no, jumped up and kept going.  All in all I'm pleased.  Crossing the finishing line was incredible!!!

41:16 Swim, 3:15.38 Bike, 2:50.50 Run

This was my 3rd HIM and I'm happy to report it was a PR at 5:24:05
(Swim 0:39,   Bike 2:41,  Run 1:55)

Since I started to train with power (roadtrainer.com) this year but I have yet to splurge on a power meter, I'm curious if someone could share their power/watts logs. I'd like to figure out how many watts I managed to do with 2h41m.

Thanks

This was my first Ironman 70.3. Although I did not complete in my desired time of 6 hours, I am satisfied with my performance: Swim - 41:17, Bike - 3:07:18, Run - 2:27:21, Overall - 6:22:56. I had a great time on the course. The run was not a cake walk... I broke down at mile 7 and had to run for 4 minutes, walk for 1 min.

I wasn't able to train as much in the past three months due to a move and new position that requires I travel, which I think really killed my ability to finish in my desired time. But finishing 22 min over is not a big deal to me. I am already excited for the next 70.3.

Ended up finishing my 3rd HIM with a new PR - 5:22:01 (over 6 min faster than last year's PR).  A bit of a surprise as I had about 35% less training 4 months prior to the race due to flu, allergies, change of work location (so 1-1.5 hrs more commuting every day). 

Swim: 42:04 (PR by 1 minute - expected to be about 2 minutes faster but was only able to average 7,000 yds per MONTH of training the 4 months prior to the race .  Not a good swimmer so lack of volume hurt and I know people who swim 7k yards per week!  Also, no OWS until a warm-up the day prior to the race).

Bike: 2:40:59 (PR by over 8 minutes). I think this was partly due to the tamer winds than the past couple of years but also had better bike fitness going into the race.  Got a powermeter last summer and then focused on being more efficient over the winter.  Did trainerroad 20-minute Power Accelerator Plan twice with some longer group rides on the weekend.  I weigh about 170 lbs and on my Cervelo P3 - I averaged 181 watts (190 watts Normalized Power).  My last measured FTP was 218 watts so it was about 83% FTP based on average.  I was targeting 180-185 so this was done according to plan.

Run: 1:52:05 (slower by 3 minutes from last year's PR).  This is where I messed up nutrition.  Probably could've used more calories, and was also undertrained.  67 miles per MONTH average on previous 4 months was way too low. Normally would be closer to 90-95.  I also added about 30 sec to this run by hitting the porta-john on the run course vs T2 like I did the previous years.  I also didn't have anyone to race with after 4 miles.  Last year, I was running the whole way with 1-2 other guys and we were trading spots multiple times during the race.  I walked every aid station I came to as well - something I typically don't do until closer to the end.