ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 74)

Just saw him finish!

Tony, you are an Ironman!

I CANNOT GET BACK TO THE LIVE FEED!!!!!!!!!!

That was about as aggravated as I have been in a long time!!!!!!!!!!  They pulled the link from the site????  Seriously???

No Matter..........

TONY YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy it! Relish it!  Yo have earned it!!

 The finish was great!

There's the finish pic above! Airborne across the line!

That's an awesome pic!!  thanks you guys for posting the info and the pics.  I was frantic trying to find the live feed after the tracker seemed to be stalled.  It showed Tony at 3 miles out for almost 10 minutes.  The next thing I knew Brenda texted me and said he passed her and she was less than a half mile from the finish.

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Awesome Job Tony can't wait for the RR.   Sounds like you paced the day really well and enjoyed it.  Congrats!

Great race Derek!  I hate being unable to set up a rhythm!  It feels like things are falling apart when you can't get a rhythm going.  Knowing some of the same people were racing so much slower points to the toughness of the course for sure. 

Tony, It was great fun to follow you all day.  Brenda and I were texting back and forth, I was, frantically at times, trying to keep up with you on the tracker and getting my own workouts in while trying to keep up with everyone else.

Vero, We haven't heard anything about your race.  How did you fare?

Congrats to everyone that raced yesterday.  It was such a huge day for the Junkies!

For me, well it looks like I'll be waiting another week before I can register for IMWI.  They've delayed the registration fro a week because of technical issues from previous years.  Now I'm getting really nervous!!!  I will be insanely disappointed if I don't get in to this race!

I keep checking the Ironman site to see if they have been trying to screw with me.............The registration page still says they'll open next Monday.

Does someone have a number for the suicide prevention hotline??

13/47 overall and 7/18 in 40-49 age group. I would have podiumed any other age group. Ah, well that's what I get for starting this whole tri thing in my 40's. I was 56 seconds slower than my personal best on this course but overall I'm pleased with the results.

The swim was awesome. I have never tried to go out hard right off the start on a race swim start before. With only 18 men in my wave I figured this was the time to try it. At the horn I went full (reckless) sprint for the first 75 to 100 yards. At about 60 yards I realized I was elbow to elbow with another swimmer and we were alone. I could see a couple of swimmers close together maybe 5 yards ahead of us when I sighted. I kept motoring on and the other guy faded a bit. At the turn buoy at about 200 yards I glanced back and was a few feet ahead of him and pretty solidly in 4th. I held that position and exited the water 4th in my wave.

I think I had faster transitions than in my previous race on this course, but I did make a mental error that cost me on the run. I forgot to put my water bottle on the bike when I set up transition! I didn't realize until I was already out on the bike course. It was only an 8 mile sprint on the bike, but it was very dry and also a bit smoky from the Yosemite fire (only about 50 miles away from the race location). I would have been able to keep my throat wet during the bike and that would have helped my run. I hammered the whole way on the bike anyway and I think I was a bit faster on the bike than I was last time. I still have to check my bike computer for verification on that.

I had to get water for a very parched throat at both aid stations on the run (run start and just after the turnaround). My throat is very sore today.

In the end I did get a small trophy for second place for best costume.  I'll post a couple pictures once I get a chance tonight.

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I bet you are going to be really fun to live with this week!