Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 : Official Thread (Page 56)

The result book has been released. You can look and compare!

http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/texas/2012.pdf

It's amazing how my mood changes just a couple of days out.  During the race I questioned why anyone would do this to themself.  Today I am already getting excited about getting the opportunity to try again in NYC on August 11th.

I need my head examined.

Now what? 

Well, I reached one goal (sub 11:00), but missed the second (KQ).  I am moving and starting a new job in the next few weeks.  I am not sure I can train for Louisville how I will want/need to train to KQ.  Maybe next year I will be back for number 8 and to reach my goal.

Now what? 

Well, I reached one goal (sub 11:00), but missed the second (KQ).  I am moving and starting a new job in the next few weeks.  I am not sure I can train for Louisville how I will want/need to train to KQ.  Maybe next year I will be back for number 8 and to reach my goal.

It's amazing how my mood changes just a couple of days out.  During the race I questioned why anyone would do this to themself.  Today I am already getting excited about getting the opportunity to try again in NYC on August 11th.

I need my head examined.

Red, 

The results book was opening earlier today. Now it looks like something has gone wrong. Server problem.

You still floor me with you IMTX time. Simply awesome so impressed, so so impressed, you rocked it sister!!!

Brad

Overall I had a blast of a race even though it was HOT and LONG and NOTHING seemed to really go as planned. Swim was fine, just slower than planned by a good 15 min (1:59). Bike I cramped for the first 60 miles because I swallowed a ton of air while swimming, legs felt great though. Nutrition plan also went completely out the window on the bike! After SN my belly felt better but then I was physically exhausted. I loved the run course even though I ended up walking 85% of the marathon. To me, it was awesome having the crowd support along the canal but then equally as great having some quiet and alone time on the back half of the loop. 

When I hit the finish shoot I was just glad to finally be done! Crossed the line at 16:36:12 high 5'ing every one in sight!

I swore up and down during the marathon that this was the dumbest thing that I had ever decided to do and I would NEVER do one again. I met a guy on the run who was on his 31st IM and he told me to give it 3 weeks before I decided I really never wanted to do another. Well, 3 days later now and I already want to do it again. I will wait at least 5 years though since my wife would probably kill me and tell God I died if I tried to sign up for another any time soon! 

Congrats to everyone out there wether you finished or not. It was  HOT day and it took a lot just to get to the start!

Red, Not to make excuses but I had a bad day starting with the swim. I didn't have a great day in the saddle and it only got worse for me on the run. At this point I'm happy with the mental toughness to keeping moving forward and finish. I'll do another IM to improve my time. I just didn't have it on Saturday, I never got out of the funk I got into on the swim. I think I sabotaged myself with my nutrition too. My stomach cramped and I puked at mile 80 while riding, not fun. Then I never ate again and only barely managed to keep down coke and water on the run/walk.

But I'll say this crossing the finish line was an awesome and emotional experience. Only my marriage, the birth of my children and the love of my parents come close to that feeling I had. Total cry baby afterwards, to be honest if felt good to let the months of training and the race go with a couple of tears :-)   

awesome!!! my friend and i are sauntering in at the 15:00 mark behind the featured finisher.  16:35:05 - about an hour and a half after i thought.  my swim and bike splits were what i thought they'd be but i just absolutely fell apart on the "run" (it was mostly a walk).  as soon as we figured out we were gonna make it, we were like - forget it, we're walking.

congratulations to everyone!!  this was my first and as of now it will be my last, but only time will tell....we are only 3 days out, after all...

Yup during the race I was saying "one and I'm done" after the race Saturday night I said "I might do another". We are moving from Austin to Boulder over the summer, today I said "Coeur d'Alene might be a great race next summer" What on earth am I thinking? I believe the fact that we truly can't remember pain and what it feels like, we only remember that we were in pain....Coeur d'Alene 2013, I'm in!!!

I finished 1 minute and 7 seconds after you and swore up and down that I would NEVER do another. I have come full circle and would now LOVE to do another. I don't know what in the world has gotten into me! I guess I'm just too dumb to learn...

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