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Beach to Battleship HIM - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Great swim, I've never been 1st in my AG on the swim. I knew I was having a good swim, it was nice to be in the first wave because you could tell where you were. I caught up to someone that was kicking like a madman and was able to draft for a while. When I got out of the water the lady said that I was 6th out of the water, so I knew that I had a good swim:)  Transition 1
Comments: T1 was interesting, I had a few clothing choices laid out, but the way it was set up if you wanted to use the changing tent, you had to go to your bike, grab your clothes and go back to the tent. I chose to change at my bike, I just pulled bike shorts on over my tri-shorts, a long sleeved cool max shirt and a light running jacket. I had put hand warmers in by riding booties and gloves before the start, I was glad I did, my feet and hands stayed warm. What would you do differently?: Riding up 421 on my HED 3's I was laughing about the fact that all of the clothes I was wearing certainly offset the aero advantage of the wheels:)  Bike
Comments: I was dissapointed in my bike. I have never left in the first wave of a race before, so out on the bike there may only have been 10 people in front of me, not for long! I felt like I got passed by everybody. By bike PR for a 1/2 at White Lake was 2:45, I really thought I would beat this no problem. I felt good, tried to keep a good cadence and my average speed was 19.3. I was bummed by the time I got back. What would you do differently?: Need to bike more or not do another 1/2. Transition 2
Comments: It was pretty neat having someone take your bike and rack it, it was a little confusing because you did not see the transition area prior to the race. Skipped the changing tent again, slid on shorts over my tri-shorts and changed into a short sleeve shirt. Stopped at the porta-pottie. What would you do differently?: I'm sure I could have been faster.  Run
Comments: Meh! I felt terrible on the run start, mentally and physically. I just was not into it, I walked alot till mile 7. My goal was to stay under 9 minute miles, I figured that keeping track of my splits would be a good mental excercise. That lasted about 4 miles. Had some flat Coke at mile 7 and that made a big difference, ran the rest of the way. What would you do differently?: I still don't think that I do my nutrition right on the longer races. Post race
Warm down: Felt horrible after the finish, when they put the medal on my neck I almost fell over. Dizzy and the gray vision thing again. I went and sat down, drank a Pepsi. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nutrition and the biking part, and maybe the running part too:) Maybe I should just swim! Event comments: I PR'd for this distance, but considering how fast the swim was it should have been better. My wife was the volunteer coordinator for this race, she has been working on this race for the last year, and I thought it showed, the volunteers were great. I went over to the convention center and picked her up and we went back to cheer on our tri-club people that were doing the full. The last one came in at about 11:30 or so. I think that this will be my last 1/2, I don't really enjoy training for the distance and mentally I just can't keep my head in the game for that long. Last updated: 2008-10-22 12:00 AM
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 2008-11-03 10:47 AM |
Veteran  264   Wilmington, NC Gold member |  Subject: Beach to Battleship HIM |
| 2008-11-03 11:09 AM in reply to: #1783315 |
Giver 18427   | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM Great race, Nick! What an awesome day, huh? |
| 2008-11-03 12:04 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Extreme Veteran 348 Cary, NC | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM Nice Job. We must have criss crossed right at the beginning of the run. I know what you mean about the distance. I am thinking the same thing about it being too taxing for my old mind and body. |
| 2008-11-03 2:01 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Master 1240 Knightdale/Raleigh | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM At least you know you can do it if you want to. BTW, you're faster at that distance than me in a sprint! I love Wilmington, so if I do a half or full someday, this will probably be the one. |
| 2008-11-03 2:08 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Master 2485 Atlanta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM First in AG in the swim! Nice. Please thank your spouse - The volunteers were awesome.. Congrats on your day. |
| 2008-11-03 4:16 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Master 1741 Chapel Hill, NC | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM Awesome job on the #1 swim spit! I want to do that someday. You should be pleased with your race times, and give yourself a break since you just went thru a very stressful time in your life! Kudos to your wife for taking on such a huge job! Dizziness and vision problems does sound like you got low on blood sugar. Were you taking in any calories on the bike? |
| 2008-11-03 5:26 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Veteran 290 Kinston, NC | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM That was a good race. That swim is smoking and the bike is not shabby. You're probably right about all the clothes Tell your wife that the volunteers were awesome. One of the best staffed races I have run. I was particularly impressed with all the teenagers on the run course. They were all enthusiastic and cheering everyone on. Good race. Maybe at one of these we will eventually meet. |
Judging by our times, I think I passed you going up the first bridge. Did you make a comment to someone about breaking the speed limit?| 2008-11-03 6:50 PM in reply to: #1783315 |
Regular 137 Fort Collins, CO | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM congrats on a great finish, give yourself a couple weeks before you decide to rule out a future HIM!
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| 2008-11-04 7:06 AM in reply to: #1783315 |
Veteran 205 Fayetteville, NC | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM Congratulations on the PR! I know the race didn't go as well as you had hoped - but I think you did an awesome job!! My sister volunteered at the race - she worked a water station! So maybe she handed you some water!
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| 2008-11-04 7:39 AM in reply to: #1783315 |
Veteran 307 Charlotte | Subject: RE: Beach to Battleship HIM Wow! Great swim! All that practice really paid off. Sorry you didn't enjoy the rest of the race as much. I know what you mean about being in early swim waves; I hate being passed on the bike. I much prefer to be in a back wave and being the one doing the passing! Why did they seed the 40+ men ahead of the under 40 men? I thought that was odd. Kudos to your wife! The volunteers were awesome! |
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Overall Rank = 85/255
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 8/37
Woke up at 4:45, ate some toast with honey and left to meet Steve downtown. We left his truck downtown and headed to the beach. Not too happy about having to be there so early when we did not start till 8:30.
Waited at the swim start for about an hour, I had plenty of layers on so I was not too cold.