Fred D and Jason's (Tri808) Half Ironman Mentor Group CLOSED! (Page 48)

Vineman 70.3 race report is up: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/RaceLog/races-view-container.asp?raceid=247119

Feeling appropriately sore this morning but nothing painful.  Stupid cold is still with me - I felt better after the race in this regard! 

Thanks for all the congrats, this was by far the hardest physical challenge I've ever accomplished in my life.  The last two miles of the run required total focus and was accompanied by growning nausea.   I saw a recent post that said that if you puke before the finish line, you went too hard, if you puke after the finish line you didn't go hard enough, and if you puke at the finish line, you left it all on the course.  Well, I didn't quite puke on the nice volunteer who was removing my timing chip, but as soon as she was done . . .

Too bad that GI issue came up, looked like you were right on track for your plan until then.  I'm sure the cold you had been dealing with didn't help at all and may have contributed to the issue.  I know I was only able to sleep about 4 hours per night the preceding 5 days, and think that contributed to the back half of the run being harder than I had anticipated.

Heh, no interest in a full Ironman, but I am strongly considering signing up for Ironman 70.3 St. George next year.

Great racing.  I've got a lot to catch up on.  I've been pretty busy this past weekend between training, watching the TdF, the Open Championship (golf), chores, and catching up on some sleep.

This will be a downish week for me on the run as I have a modified Oly on Sunday.  Swim and bike will be normal M-F this week, but I'm going to dial back the running some.

Isn't that kind of like doing a full Ironman?  

I was thinking the same thing.  If it's representing the US 70.3 championships again, it should have another stacked pro field which should be cool to be a part of.

Hah, is it going to be that hard??  I looked at finishing times from last year, and even though there's a decent amount of climbing, it still looked like it was a fast course.  Maybe it just brings that caliber of athletes!

Anyone have experience training at sea level and racing at 2000' elevation?  Will probably try to get there a few days early to do what I can to acclimate, but I'm sure it will be tough!

Originally posted by ligersandtions Officially did it....signed up for St. George 70.3 for next year!  Hope we'll have another HIM mentor group....hint, hint

Congrats!  That should be an epic race.

I still don't have any idea what I'll be doing next year. 

Finished my Door County HIM this past weekend and just posted race report HERE!

Overall happy with my results, a PR and a great weekend with friends.  It looks like the Fred/Jason mentor group has really been churning out GREAT results this year.  Congrats to everyone this year for awesome work!

Scott, congrats on a great race. Really liked your report too, made it super easy to see how the day went.  How did you get so smokin' fast in transition?  Lemme guess, practice, practice, practice . . .

I'm still not sure how my transitions ended up so fast, but it looked like everyone was fast so I don't think it was my blazing (hahahaha) speed.  One big factor was the layout of transition.  The minute you came out of the water you were already in the transition area so even people who were on the far end were no more than 20 seconds away.  And even if you were on the far end, then you were closer to bike in/out and run in/out.  It really was a pretty sweet layout!

RR is up from my Oly this past weekend ("A" race).  Very happy with this one (go HIM Mentor Group - OK, that doesn't come trippingly to the tongue, but you get the idea). 

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/RaceLog/races-view-container.asp?raceid=251819 

Now just soaking up the island (vacation for a week with the family)!!  Couldn't be more perfect...

Matt