Subject: RE: Fred Doucette's Half-Iron and Ironman Focused Group! -CLOSED!Sorry that your day wasn't great Kathleen. My day might have been a bit better but it was still a tough one. So my first 1/2 Iron distance race is over and I am now a finisher. My total time was 6h54m17s. My realistic goal was 7 hours and my crazy good goal was 6 1/2. I ended up just under my realistic goal which was fine. I was actually doing pretty well in the race, hitting all of my estimated times or doing even better until the 1/2 marathon. I pretty much fell apart pretty quickly on it. This was not from a lack of nutrition but a lack of proper training. About 2 months ago I injured my left knee and have been trying to rehab it since early Feb. Thankfully, it has been feeling good for about a week and actually didn't bother me at all on race day. The end of the race became a physical and mental struggle to keep up a run pace. It actually became very lonely out there as almost everyone else had finished and the spectators had disappeared. I knew I was one of the last people when I went by an aid station and they were starting to pack up. But it was those last few of us out on the course that gave each other a look or said a few words that kept us all going. This was the toughest thing I have ever done. My race report is up and you can check out the times here if you want. There are a ton of amazingly fast athletes here in Phoenix and I get to compete with them. Yeahhhhhhh. Local pro Kevin Taddonio won the race in 3h59m. I thought that was smokin fast. ![](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z102/phxphotog/216509_1957914873227_1403411524_2279393_8342821_n.jpg)
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