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High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Bad Swim. I love swimming in waves and have never had a problem- ever. The water was literally pea soup with 4-6 inch visibility. I started to swim and between the lack of visibility and the swells I quickly became nauseated. When my head was underwater it was like someone blindfolded me and put me on a carnival ride. Second attempt at front crawl resulted in sudden onset puking. Since the water was so green, I don't think the following waves noticed :) Ended up breast stroking most of the swim just to keep the head out of the water so I would not continue to lose my AM nutrition. What would you do differently?: Not puke. I have no idea how to prevent this in the future. I'll have to do more research.  Transition 1
Comments: Not to bad. Started to put socks on before starting the garmin. I looked funny standing up with one sock to start up the garmin.  Bike
Comments: Started the ride in a crappy mood due to the swim. Took much effort to get my head back in the race. Nailed my nutrition two weeks in a row, which felt great. Took 3 bottles of Perp and one Gateraid on the bike. Stopped at three construction portapotties to pee (hey- race like you train). Actually tried to pee on the bike but couldn't. Course was fairly flat but really windy. Wind took it's toll later in the ride. Finished the bike feeling OK What would you do differently?: Not let a crappy swim gewt into my head and play with my mind. Transition 2
Comments: in and out- felt good to get off the bike.  Run
Comments: Started running and ran/walked the big hill. Once at the top started running an felt great off the bike. Ran the first 7 miles and was having a great run, felt awesome and was having fun. Then the wheels came off the bus. Started to hurt, cramp and feel like crap. Slowed way down and then started adding walk breaks. I think I took too few fluids and fuel on the run. Hit the top of the hill and realized I could break 6:30 if I pushed it hard down the hill. Finished in 6:29 :) What would you do differently?: more hydration and gels at the 30 minute mark Post race
Warm down: Grabbed food and found Amy- see her race report for more details Event comments: Great park, great location (except the water). Very disappointed in this race and will not be doing it again. Normally I'm very impressed with MidwestSportsEvernts but not any more: 1. Transitioin fence was torn down before I finished. Anyone could have walked off with bikes, wetsuits...ect. there is NO EXCUSE for this. 2. No mile markers on the bike or run. I had a garmin, but most did not. 3. Med tent and organisers could not give me directions to the nearest emergency room. Again, no excuse. 4. Aid stations were clumped together. Many on the first part of the loop and none at the end. The volunteers at the aid stations were awesome, but the locations sucked. 5. Lake Winnabego was like pea soup. I'm not sure that any lake is clean this year, but this was terrible. Having done a branded 70.3 the week before, I'll pay an extra $50 to have a better run race. My local half next year will be SOR. Last updated: 2007-11-15 12:00 AM
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 2008-06-23 6:50 PM |
Expert  1002  Wind Lake WI |  Subject: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man |
| 2008-06-23 7:33 PM in reply to: #1484699 |
Elite 2863    | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Sorry to hear that the race venue itself sucked. But you sucked it up and KICKED MAJOR ARSE! Well done! Congrats on finishing after such a tough day. |
| 2008-06-23 8:11 PM in reply to: #1484699 |
Master 1671 West Bend, WI | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man nice... he pukes and STILL has a better swim then me. Nice job Mr. What was up with the no mile markers?? Last year there were mile markers??
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| 2008-06-23 9:13 PM in reply to: #1484699 |
Extreme Veteran 329 Charlotte NC | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man dude, you rock. bad stuff with the back to back 70.3's. now all youve got left is that little ironman thing...hehe. lets go camp and race sometime soon! great race! |
| 2008-06-24 8:33 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Elite 3518 Madison, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Great race Craig!! The pace booty was great while it lasted, but I had to pass ya! [doing the "happy dance"] kidding...in all seriousness..nice race and thanks for taking such great care of me!! I owe ya! |
| 2008-06-24 9:01 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Nice race man. You people are insane. You guys should start a group of `Half Ironman Maniacs' or something. Nice race, man, and way to persevere despite the conditions. |
| 2008-06-24 9:31 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Master 1732 Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Your swim wave was behind me right?  Very nice race! I still think you are nuts for doing two in a row, but what do I know. I agree with your observations on the race. Plus the fact that that they ran out of water on the bike course. |
| 2008-06-25 7:37 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Elite 2673 Muskego, WI | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Great race and way to finish up the back-to-back solid and injury-free. Very impressive! |
| 2008-06-25 9:00 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Expert 1168 | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Nice job out there craig! Especially pushing through the swim. That water was disgusting - like watery shredded lettuce. Gross. And, x2 about everything about Midwest Sports Events. All there events are like this and just kinda half-azzed. Could be SOO much better. |
| 2008-06-26 9:54 PM in reply to: #1484699 |
Extreme Veteran 475 Blaine, MN | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man nice going.. congrats!! |
| 2008-06-26 10:25 PM in reply to: #1484699 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Very good swim despite the nausea and the pea soup! I thought High Cliff had some good ratings from last year's reports - I wonder what happened this year? A double halfer - that equals an Ironman, right? Way to go, Craig! Hopefully will see you this coming Sun. |
| 2008-06-27 9:11 AM in reply to: #1484699 |
Expert 1357 Mukwonago, WI | Subject: RE: High Cliff 1/2 Iron Man Hey Craig! Great race man! I have always been hesitant to do High Cliff because I have never been hearing very good things about that water but there just aren't many other HIM options. In reading your report I am surprised that you had cramping issues when you had to stop and pee three times I on the bike. Were you taking enduralytes at all? Always so hard to figure this stuff out. Anyway, great job! |
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Camped with the kids for two days prior to the race. Had fun hiking the trails and watching my 10 year old ride the hill on his new road bike. Considering many sprint participants walked the hill, I think he did great.
Race morning woke up, ate toast and headed to down to transition.
Said hello to the fellow BTers. It's a 70.3 mile race, no need to expend energy warming up.