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Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Almost forgot my timing chip and noticed it 15 mins before my wave started. Again, in a complete fog. Picked it up and made it back to the start.  Transition 1
Comments: I couldn't find my bike. I was standing there in the correct aisle trying to remember what my bike looked like. The strangest feeling. I mean seriously I have about 6,000 miles riding on it this year alone and I can't remember what it looks like. So then I tell myself to look for my wheels, then I see my front Spynergy. I was about 10 ft. from my bike. Stood there for probably 15 seconds, which is an eternity in transition. As far as my transition, a complete cluster F. I got to my bike, and emmediately pulled it off the rack. Now I have to balance my bike while trying to put on my helmet and switch out the f'ing watches. I finally get that done and start running with my bike. The transition area it very bumpy and about 1/3 of my aero bottle worth of infinit is spilled all over my bike. I ended up carrying it for part of the way. Crossed the mount line and was off. What would you do differently?: fiure out the watch thing. tie a big bright pink ballon to my bike rack spot.  Bike
Comments: Completely disappointed with this bike performance. Couldn't hold goal watts at all. Transition 2
Comments: average T2, a little slower than usual. I thought I had a good rack spot as I was very close to Swim In and Run out, however when I think about it now that isn't great because you can run faster without your bike than you can with it. My rack spot meant I had to span the entire transition, both to bike out and bike in. Oh well can't do anything about that.  Run
Comments: Only had 6 miles at my goal pace of 6:46. Had to walk two aid stations to drink which cost me about 25 seconds those miles. Post race
Last updated: 2009-04-08 12:00 AM
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 2009-09-28 4:13 PM |
 Alpharetta, GA |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Augusta |
| 2009-09-28 7:25 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Expert  1146   Johns Creek, Georgia | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Congrats man. I was in wave 22 but wasn't hitting on any toes. I was in the middle somewhere. Lots of riders, too many but wat scenery! Be there next year! |
| 2009-09-28 8:42 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Veteran 297 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta nice race despite coming off being ill and having a lot of stuff go wrong! congrats, way to overcome. I had a hell of a time finding my bike as well. and I must have looked like an idiot trying to rerack it as I wandered around muttering my number. The racks weren't always consecutively numbered in my aisle (either that or I was delirious and couldn't count)agreed on the aide stations. I kept over drinking b/c I was so thirsty and also had GI issues. hope you have some recovery time now, impressive work for coming off being ill. Edited by ironlib 2009-09-28 8:45 PM |
| 2009-09-28 10:14 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Veteran 306 Atlanta | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta I'm laughing b/c I've lost my bike in T1 in a race that had only 400 participants. Great race despite being sick the days/week leading up to it. |
| 2009-09-28 11:13 PM in reply to: #2431156 |
Veteran 555 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta When you go to setup your gear in transition before the race, spend a few minutes jogging: 1. from the 'swim in' to your bike in the rack, 2. from your bike to the 'bike out', 3. from the 'bike in' to your bike rack, 4. from your bike to the 'run out'. Then do each one again, and look for visual clues, which will not move -- overhead powerlines, trees, end of the carpet, South African flag, etc. This 10 minutes of "training" and looking like an idiot will save 30 seconds to a minute of being an idiot. Not that I have personal experience with the latter : ) oh no. How many hours of training does it take to shave a minute off your swim split? Edited by AtlantaBill 2009-09-28 11:16 PM |
| 2009-09-29 11:47 AM in reply to: #2430493 |
Veteran 225 Decatur GA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Great job Brent and for toughing it out! I want a bad race day like this : ) |
| 2009-09-30 12:58 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Champion 6962 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Way to tough out the problems man. Nice seeing you out there. |
| 2009-09-30 1:02 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Champion 9600 Fountain Hills, AZ | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Good job, Brent! |
| 2009-09-30 1:03 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Expert 1074 Madison, MS | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta I know it's all a matter of perspective, but, man, I would have liked to have a race more like yours than mine (timewise, I mean). Good job...especially coming off an illness! I ended up going down the wrong aisle on the way back in with the bike. Ergh. |
| 2009-10-02 11:30 AM in reply to: #2430493 |
Veteran 306 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Its totally against every fiber of my being to try and 'console' you for a sub-5 finish, but if you were going to have a 'scatter-brained' day, I'm glad it wasn't for your A race. Sounds like you learned what didn't work well...that's priceless! |
| 2009-10-02 2:12 PM in reply to: #2430493 |
Master 1432 Woodstock | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Augusta Wow, even on a tough day you know how to bring it! Great job! |
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Had been ill a couple days leading up to the race and my fever broke race morning so I decided to race. Usually b-fast then off to transition to set up. Forgot my Powertap head unit (even though it is on both of my checklists). Back to the hotel, race back to transition before it closes. I was so scatter brained for this race. My fever just had me in a fog all of Saturday and Sunday.
No warmup as they wouldn't let you in the water. Did maybe 20 Meter warmup just after jumping in as it was a deep water start.