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Comments: Holy crap! I thought that I had on "ok" swim and it wasn't until I talked to my Mom that I discovered that I had a KICKASS swim (well, kickass for me). I didn't get off to a great start, though. Somehow I ended up in the middle of the washing machine and got elbowed in the mouth, and then got swam over a few times. Needless to say I got a good lungful of water and had my panic attack. But I sucked it up and kept searching for some "real estate" in the water. It wasn't until we started to head back that I had clear sailing. That's when I really started to enjoy my swim. What would you do differently?: Not much.  Transition 1
Comments: I'm never fast in T1, but I think that it went a little faster than it usually does. Had a little trouble getting my arm warmers on. What would you do differently?: Hmmmm...suggestions??  Bike
Comments: Again...Holy crap! I was really surprised at how good I felt on the bike this year. Same course last year took me 3:30. I really payed attention to working with the gears this time and not being a woosy on the hills :) What would you do differently?: Not a thing. Transition 2
Comments: This one went pretty smoothly. No farting around like I usually do :)  Run
Comments: I really payed attention to settling into the run instead of my usual sprint out of transition. I ran a pretty steady pace with walk breaks through the water stations. The last five KM I started to break down and looked forward to getting it done. My knees and quads were screaming by that point, but I was waaaaaaaay ahead of my time goal so I had incentive to keep moving forward as fast as I could. What would you do differently?: More brick work in training. Post race
Warm down: Stood in the cold water for a good five minutes. It felt sooooooo good. What limited your ability to perform faster: Bricks...need more bricks. Last updated: 2008-12-12 12:00 AM
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 2009-06-21 10:38 PM |
Veteran  235  |  Subject: New Balance 1/2 Ironman |
| 2009-06-21 10:43 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
Veteran 235 | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman What a fantastic day!!! I went into the race feeling unprepared and not feeling very confident. I even considered leaving the watch at home. Surprise, surprise...lil ol' Heather Feather kicked some f*&%ing azz today  Smile if you peeeeeeeded on the bike today  Congrats to Havefun on his awesome race today. How 'bout the rest of the BT crew that raced today? |
| 2009-06-22 10:20 AM in reply to: #2232827 |
Master 1420  Victoria, BC | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Awesome race girl! Wish I could have been there to cheer you on! |
| 2009-06-22 12:15 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Well done. You were one of those fast runners who passed me on the run. I was doing the race as a relay and it was fun. |
| 2009-06-22 1:01 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
Member 74 | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Sounds like you had an awesome day! Congrats! |
| 2009-06-22 1:24 PM in reply to: #2232827 |
Master 2501  | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Busygirl - 2009-06-21 10:43 PM What a fantastic day!!! I went into the race feeling unprepared and not feeling very confident. I even considered leaving the watch at home. Surprise, surprise...lil ol' Heather Feather kicked some f*&%ing azz today Smile if you peeeeeeeded on the bike today Congrats to Havefun on his awesome race today. How 'bout the rest of the BT crew that raced today? Congrats!! I was one of the HIM Virgins out there (just posted my RR)... and I peed on my bike for the first time (TWICE). A lovely, lovely race. Congratulations on such a smokin' time! |
| 2009-06-22 3:39 PM in reply to: #2234158 |
Veteran 235 | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman We want a race report...we want a race report |
| 2009-06-22 4:09 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
Master 1320 Chilliwack, BC | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Great race! You rocked it! |
 2009-06-23 2:37 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
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| 2009-06-23 10:06 PM in reply to: #2232816 |
| Member 28 | Subject: RE: New Balance 1/2 Ironman Congrats on the great race Heather!!! Keep up the good work. |
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Up at the crack of sparrows' farts, 4:00am. Made some green tea, toast with peanut butter and stressed about getting the boys all set for the day. Headed down to the race sight around 5am. Thankfully I didn't have to worry about packing up our hotel room before we left :)
Got to the race sight and got a parking spot without any trouble. It pays to be early! Saw Havefun and our friends from our local tri group. Lots of half iron virgins this year :)
I had good intentions of doing a warm up swim, but I didn't get my arse down to the water in time.