Ironman Arizona : Official Thread (Page 68)

gobey007 - 2012-11-19 4:57 AM Anyone think that the swim was long?

I only checked on some friend's times and for a wetsuit race times didn't seem all that fast.

Maybe not enough room to get going. Crowded until turn around and super crowded when you went under a bridge

I have a Garmin 910x and it said I swam 2.64 miles (not including swimming to the start). I might have zig zagged but with an out and back course, it seems like it was a little long.

Congrats to everyone who finished!

I didn't have a great day out there. My swim was awesome and I felt great for the first 2 loops of the bike. I was drinking a ton according to my plan and took salt pills and ate my gus. But during the third loop my stomach revolted and I was losing fluid faster than I was putting it in. With that, I lost all my power and started getting really light headed and woozy.

I came out of the bathroom at the last turn around and sat down on the ground for a second and started shivering and shaking...probably not a good sign. There was an ambulance there and they took me in to check my vitals and my HR wouldn't get below 120 even after laying down for 10 minutes. They kept me there for almost 45 minutes and by that point it was close to the cutoff and I was still feeling sick so I had to call it a day. My first DNF ever. I am so disappointed but I will definitely give this distance another shot. I felt like I was prepared physically. I'm just not sure what happened out there.

I'm proud of everyone that finished! Great job!

Congrats to all my fellow athletes who braved the course yesterday.  PR, DNF or just another race...... you are all warriors!!!

Personally, I had another FUN day on the course yesterday (much like last year).  Enjoyed most of the swim, all of the bike, and the run was special as my multisport group (ONE) ran the aid station at the marina.  It was so awesome running by them all three (3) times, and always gave me a little more energy.

Much more to come on my RR in the coming days, but needless to say, 11:52:43 is a major PR (beats last year by more than an hour), and I felt great, even after the race.

On to IM AZ 2013 (and everything in-between)!!!!

I made it too!   Great day mostly as planned...Yeah, I drank too much water and my stomach felt icky and bloated for the entire race.  Was all set to come in 13:50ish, but skipped the last aid station (Just one mile to go, right?) then bonked HARD and literally couldn't see straight in the last mile...I just kept thinking - I'm going to be one of those guys that collapses in the chute! Staggered most of the last mile, and someone had a GU that I couldn't eat, but absorbed a little in my cheek.  Got me through the chute at 14:05 ish.

I'm so glad I got a chance to meet those of you that I did and see some of you on the course.  Congrats to everyone on their shiny new medal!

gobey007 - 2012-11-19 4:48 AM Congratulations to everyone I hope you all had an amazing day.

I saw a few BTrs, mariane before the swim; Jorge floating next to me in the water, on each bike loop and the first part of the run...I couldn't get away from that kid

Had a good day. My run started to fall apart @ mile 10. Dehydrated is my guess. Did run/walk to try and recover while drinking at aid stations. @18 I tried to pick it up. @20/21 (fuzzy) I did the math in my head and had an hour to beat 13:00 maybe 12:45. I started to kill myself to try and salvage a bad run. Looking at splits I laughed as at this point I barely made 10min pace and it was agony 12:42:02. A few minutes to spare. ... cant sleep but tired ...

haha I know right... : )......I think our splits were really close in the swim and bike.....sorry to hear about your run....but all in all we made it.

Anyone  see Fireman Rob, I saw him on the second loop of the run and it was pretty inspiring....

I'm back at work and will start writing the race report here in a little bit.  So yesterday, woke up around 5am and couldn't sleep so decided to walk over to buy some finisher gear.  Had a good 1.5 mile walk over that was on part of the run course.  Was really surprised how well they cleaned up the area in just 5 hours.  You really couldn't tell a race of that magnitude took place the night before.  I spent a good chunk of change on some gear, got the jacket.  

When I got back to the hotel, I decided to lay down for a couple minutes, and then 2 hours later my wife was waking me up saying the shuttle to the airport is leaving in 30 minutes.  I slept so hard during those 2 hours.  Then on the flight, slept another hour.  Got home, had some dinner and yes, fell asleep again at 7 and woke up at 6am this morning.  I guess my body was telling me I need to catch up on some sleep.

Even this morning, I have sooo many aches and pains, but they all bring some delight to me, they are all so worth it (even thought my middle toes on both feet are still numb).  

On another topic, saw a tone of really great signs out there.  Some of my favorites:

Done trust a fart

365 days ago this seemed like a really good idea

Free nipple massage

Tired legs are sexy

and of course, Pain is temporary, Ironman is forever.

The spectators and volunteers were amazing, especially during the run.  I think that's what makes IMAZ such an incredible experience is having so many people around cheering you on and keeping you going.