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Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon
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Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: I took it extra easy, to make sure I didn't spoil the whole event. I finished more or less as the last of my age group, which was okay for me at that point What would you do differently?: Not sure if I could have pushed it a little harder, I still think that I had the right strategy This change has cost me around 5 minutes easily against my age group!!  Transition 1
Comments: This transition was so much easier than my previous "real" triathlon transitions! I wonder if it is because of the slow run I had done or whether swimming per se makes the transition hard (e.g. everything wet...) What would you do differently?: Felt comparably fast, but in comparison I was slow again...  Bike
Comments: I was on a roll!! In the beginning, several folks of course passed me, but passed many more and just kept passing people! I couldn't believe that I averaging over 20, especially after the last disappointing 4 weeks! I had a total of 3 ClifBars broken down into pieces, ate every 5 to 10 minutes, also had one gel Only problem was the drinking: I had 1 Lemon and Lime Gatorade in the front bottle and had a total of 4 Orange Gatorades (one at each aid station). Around half time I recognized that my stomach did not tolerate the different Gatorade too well, so I drank slower. Also, the total amount turned out to be too much, see later... What would you do differently?: Make sure that I drink the right amount of either the right drink or water Transition 2
Comments: When trying to get my left shoes out of the clip I got my heel stuck in the rear wheel (broke a spoke), couldn't get my right foot out on time and fell right before the dismount line Nothing hurt, but my rear wheel was blocking so I had to carry my bike into transition What would you do differently?: Not falling off my bike...  Run
Comments: It started pretty good, I met up with Ken from BT (youcandoit) and we had the same pace. That made the first half simply fly by! Around mile 5 I started feeling my gut upset. I took a potty break around mile 6, which helped for a mile or so, but my stomach never settled down for the rest of the run. Around mile 10, my right shoe was full of water (poored at least one cup of water over my head at every aid station!), and it was so bad that I considered taking another stop to poor out my shoe..but did not do it. The last 1.5 or 2 miles my legs felt pretty heavy, I just couldn;t go faster than 10 mpm pace. I took a gel at that point, but I realized I should have taken food much earlier on the run!! THe gel came too late, I was switching between walking and running for the last 1.5 miles What would you do differently?: First of all, dont screw up nutrition on the bike! Then, continue with gels on the run Also, be careful with getting water in the shoes, not sure how to avoid that though... Post race
Warm down: Not much, met up with my family, which was great to have them around! Just a little stretching What limited your ability to perform faster: Was cheated out of the swim! Too much and the wrong drink on the bike No gels on the run Event comments: Too bad that we were not allowed to swim, it doesn't feel like a real Half-Ironman that way, also the bike was a little shortened Otherwise it was real fun, the bike course was awesome! I am looking forward to doing it again next year! Last updated: 2008-05-21 12:00 AM
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 2008-08-06 9:51 PM |
Veteran  148  |  Subject: Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon |
| 2008-08-07 1:59 PM in reply to: #1586856 |
Veteran 159 Chicago, IL | Subject: RE: Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon Nice race! It was nice meeting you at the race, and I'm sure a we will meet up at another event. Matt |
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Overall Rank = 878/1890
Age Group = M35-39
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My wife dropped me off, which was great because I did not need to worry about keys etc.
The race was scheduled to start at 7am, with transition closing at 6.45am.
I got there around 5.30am, so had plenty of time. Bike was already racked, so it was all about putting drinks and nutrition onto the bike, and setting up the transition area
Had 1 banana, 1 Clif Bar, 2 Red Bulls, some Gatorade
As my wave was not starting until 8.14am, I was planning to hang around the swim finish and see the first swimmers come in.
Around 6.50 or so I heard the first people sayning that the swim was canceler due to the chop... turned out to be correct...;-(
So the race was shifted by 1 hour, instead of the swim we do a short run, more or less from the same starting place. It was unclear how they would time the waves etc, so we all changed and weere out at the start close to 8am