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Ironman 70.3 Florida - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Pretty good swim. Was very comfortable and just focused on where I was and what I was doing. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Proabbaly could have beaten the time by up to a minute, but was worth pacing on my first Half. I was happy breaking 40.  Transition 1
Comments: First time trying to get feet into moving pedals. Did well. Very long transition run, so I was happy coming in under 3 min in that transition. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Bike
Comments: Overall I was happy with the ride. Around Mile 35, 44 and 50 it was raining. Around 50 it was more of a downpour. The rain created alot of gusty wind. Overall was happy with the ride. Around 51-52 my legs just LOCKED up, which was very interesting. My lack of years of base riding really showed. Given that I had to run a half marathon after, I probably rode too hard. PS - Garmin showed the ride over 57 miles - errrrrrr.... What would you do differently?: Probably not ride as hard, try to average 22. I faded as the ride got past 35 (was averaging 23.8 at 35 miles. It really hurt me on the run. Transition 2
Comments: This was also an awesome transition, felt good about it. One item to note... I changed from my tri top to a running singlte for the run. SOOOOOO happy I did that. Well worth the 5 seconds it took. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Run
Comments: Was obviously disappointed by the run. Was hoping to break 2 hours, 2:10 at worst. To fall to almost 2:20 was disappointing. I think the hard bike was part of it, but man, I just unraveled. PS - Garmin was right on, almost to the foor until the 13 Mile mark, from there it was around 4/10 of a mile, not 1/10. That was a little annoying... What would you do differently?: Should have wore the Brooks Glycerine's, not the Zoot's. My feet started to kill, felt like I was running in bear feet. Post race
Warm down: Walked around trying to stretch. What limited your ability to perform faster: I do not have 10 years of base training. I was pretty happy with the race. These long endurance events are very humbling and really teach me alot about myself and what parts of training worked and what parts did nothing. Event comments: Was actually pretty disappointed with Ironman, expected more. Check-in was horribly disorganized, the expo was a joke, the aid stations were undermanned and running out of ice when I was on the course (people were out there for hours after me), the people at Disney seemed to have NO idea what was going on, there was no transportation from the host hotels to the start so wqe had to walk almost a mile race morning, etc, etc, etc... After being at Clearwater and seeing Ironman do it very right, I just expected more. I know this was an NAS race, not a corporate IM race, but IM should do more to make the experience consistent. Last updated: 2007-11-16 12:00 AM
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 2008-05-19 8:02 AM |
Veteran  227   Brentwood, Tennessee |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Florida |
| 2008-05-19 12:23 PM in reply to: #1410281 |
Veteran 144 Miami | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida Great job!!! it's rough knowing how hard to go on the bike! I was going to do this race, but then couldn't register, so ended up doing the Sarasota Gator Half. It was AWESOME! Check it out next year. There were about 100 people, the course was awesome, the bike was super fast AND aid stating were perfect!
im sure next race will be amazing...your bike time is freakin crazy fast!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats |
| 2008-05-19 12:35 PM in reply to: #1410281 |
Master 2021 Alpharetta, GA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida Congrats on the finish. Sorry, to hear that your legs fell apart around mile 51-52 on the bike. That sucks, but good job fighting through it. Good job!!! |
| 2008-05-19 1:19 PM in reply to: #1410281 |
Master 2005 South Florida | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida Great job on a tough race! Look at your ranking for your bike split!!! Your time was what I was *hoping* to get I agree with what you said about the race...I won't be doing this one again. |
| 2008-05-19 1:28 PM in reply to: #1410281 |
Wife, Mother, Friend. 2457 South | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida not a bad job at all for your first half!! I agree about the other stuff... I took a bus to the site in the AM and it wasn't bad at all. The last run after "13" seemed way more than the .10 mile it should be.... yeah. I was one of the first folks to arrive at check in before it actually opened, and it was easy, but when I was on my way out thrugh the store, 10 minutes or so later, it looked like a cluster-feck. |
| 2008-05-20 7:27 AM in reply to: #1410281 |
Master 1978  Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida Great job on your first 70.3! Well actually...71.9...the whole darn thing was long! You KICKED that bike course's butt!! It was an extrememly hot day out there, and you really worked hard, congrats man! |
| 2008-05-20 8:29 PM in reply to: #1410281 |
Extreme Veteran 536 Wauwatosa, WI | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida dude! Great job! You are fast!!! Congrats on finishing on a day that wasn't necessarily very nice for that type of competition.. |
| 2008-05-22 8:45 AM in reply to: #1410281 |
Regular 62 Orlando | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Florida Great job! Congrats on your first HIM! |
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