Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 77)

Have a great race tomorrow !! I will be following online. Sleep well and have Ironman dreams.

Edited by jezzieswims 2009-11-06 5:28 PM

HOLY SH**!!!!!!!!!  That is all......See ya in a few hours

I got to Panama City around 1:00.  Went to ironman village and spent some cash.  I had to attend the volunteer meeting at 5:00.  Got my armband and am ready to body mark at 4:30.  I can't wait to sign up for 2010 on sunday.  Good luck to all you guys.

Good luck everyone! See you all out there and at the finish! Whooohooooo!

Just popping in to give you all good wishes and happy thoughts!  I'll be thinking of you all tomorrow!

Good luck and be safe! It is here see you in the morning for the real swim!

Kick butt friends! I'll be following ya'll!!

Thinking of everyone @ IMFL tomorrow, praying you all have the outcome you desire and have worked so hard to achieve!

Lani

Good luck and fair weather/calm seas for you guys.  Have a wonderful day!

First, a big thank you to everyone on this forum for their support, ideas, information, etc. i really appreciated it. Especially the emotional ups and downs we had on this forum.

Second.  I AM AN IRONMAN!

Final time 15:26:40 

Rough swim, at least I thought, very good bike ride, and long, long run.  Overall, very happy to finish.

For those of you that will be doing more Ironman races in the future, my hat is off to you.  I will be sticking with local sprint tri's in my nieghborhood. One and done.

Went to Ironman Wal-Mart this morning at 6:00am.  About 15 in line. By the time they opened the door at 7:00am, line was out of the parking lot..was still out to the parking lot when I gave Ironman Store a bunch of money.

Safe trip home everyone.  I was great to meet you in person at the various meet-ups that were held this week.

Mr Steve

Just got back from Panama City from a weekend of spectating and volunteering.  What a weekend!  Congrats to everyone that did the race, thanks to my host Chris (VolsFan) and great to meet everyone at the BT dinner.  Now off to sleep!

WINDY, WINDY, WINDY!!!  I don't know what everyone's experience was but mine was a tough one.  I came out of the first loop of the swim feeling good at 42 minutes.  I figured I had a 1:20 easy.  The second loop was the roughest swim I have every experienced.  The waves were huge!  I was more body surfing then swimming.  Took in some gulps of saltwater and got stung by the jellyfish again.  I ended up coming out at 1:42.

The  bike was the hardest bike ride I have ever had.  The headwind was killing me.  I felt like I was riding a stationary bike.  My training times had me coming in with a 6-6:15 bike, I ended up with a 6:58.  Not only was my bike really slow but I expended too much energy pushing through the wind and came off the bike into the run more tired then I should have been.

I felt pretty strong with the run through about mile 10.  I was on track to finish sub 14:00.  Then the wheels came off.  My stomach completely shut down.  Everytime I tried to drink or eat anything I automatically threw up.  So I completed the rest of the marathon on nothing but a few sips of water.  This made for a long 16 miles with a lot of walking/shuffling.  This was really disappointing to me because running is my strong suit but once my GI track shut down I lost the ability to run and by the end had trouble just standing up.

All that said, I finished!  This was my first Ironman and I finished in 15:35.  It took everything I had and then some but I dug as deep as I could and got to truly see what I had inside.  Hopefully, I can learn from this and do better next time.  This was truly a humbling experience and I have so much respect for all of you that attempt this huge feat.  
 

Congrats to all the finishers!!!! Signed up this morning for next year and am currently sitting in the PCB airport waiting to get out of here.

I am so glad the race was NOT today.  AND that IDA stayed away.  Closed the beaches.  Would have made it interesting to see what Ironman would have done with a cancelled swim..plus the bike would have been worse...

Safe travel.  We are out of here tomorrow early AM.


Mr Steve

Had a great weekend of Volunteering. Got signed up for next year.  Can't wait!  I saw a couple of BT shirts.  Should of introduced myself.  Congrats to all of the finishers.  It was an awesome to see you guys finish.  Have a good week!

All-in-all a good day here.  I learned my lesson about cycling in the headwinds during IM 70.3 NOLA.  Made for a VERY tough run leg which I wanted never to repeat.  For IMFL, I just really eased up, knowing I'd really start 'trying' at Mile 80 on the bike, and then just try and ease through the run at a constant pace.  Strategy worked well, and when I realized my goal (<12:30) was easily within sight by run mile 20, I walked a bit more and geared it down a notch just to ease things up a bit.

Felt good all day - no real low points, relatively conservative race, felt great at the end, and feel pretty darn good the day after.  No regrets, no complaints - an awesome experience.

Congrats to all finishers, and no matter what sort of day you had, I'm sure it was worth it in the end.  Nice meeting and connecting with you, both virtually and while here in PCB.  Good luck with your athletic next steps, whatever they may be!

Cheers,
Mark

Congratulations Ironman! It was a great day out there! I raced within myself and worked my plan. Only felt bad around mile 17-18 (13mm) because of nutritional issues. I popped some endurolytes and started hitting the broth and I picked up but the second loop in the very dark park. I hit my goal of sub 14 (13:49) and never really had a dark moment. For my first marathon I was so proud of myself to be running because my run has been quite weak this year. I truly believe having a coach made my day so pleasant. You don't kid yourself about what you are capable of and they map out a plan for you and if you execute it, you have a great day.

I had a great time volunteering and watching late into the evening!!  I signed up for 2010 and I'm looking forward to the future threads we create.  I enjoyed meeting the fellow BT'rs @ Mellow Mushroom and around the whole event.  Maybe next year I'll host a pre-party at my house...

Congrats to you all!!!  You are now officially an Ironman!!  Wear the M-dot proud!!

Just wanted to introduce myself!  Volunteered in the Medical tent this year and most importantly signed up for next year!  This will be my first IM.  My two goals for the race is to finish and to remember the finish!   It's going to be a fun year!!   Looking forward to getting to know people on BT and share experience and tips.  

363 days left -(too early to start the the countdown?)

 

Congratulations BT'Ers!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone had as fantastic a race as i did.

I had a PR this time by 1 hour and 50 minutes.

I had one goal and that was to get 12 hours 59 minutes. I got 12 hours 16 min!!!!!!

Great job everyone!! Thanks a ton to all of the volunteers. The event was truly an experience to remember.

I had a great race. Despite some MAJOR knee issues around mile 20 on the run, I managed a 11:55:41 finish. Under my 12 hour goal. I, now, definitely understand what people mean when they say race the race on that day. As it is, I met my goals, enjoyed the day, heard my name and came home with the medal. All with my family cheering me on! I honestly could not have asked for more!

For everyone doing it next best of luck. Stay focused. Stay motivated. Train hard. Train smart. And most importantly, stay safe! You'll get there and this is a great race in which to participate!

Tim

No..it is not too early to start the countdown....it started at Nov 8th 12:00:01 for the next IMFL... it will be here before you know it.

Mr Steve

Congratulations to all!

Finisher Movie? Is there somebody who has informations about the finisher movie?

Thks

From the Ironman Florida home page: "Please note: In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, Ironman will no longer be producing the race highlights DVD."

There are video highlights links there though.