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Comments: I really struggle with the anxiety of swimming in packs and getting beat up. Before the race started I stood on the beach with Havefun, and just wanted to run away screaming! But I sucked it up and got er done. I started far left and at the very back, just like last time. I got a good kick in the eye on the way to the first turn. So instead of panicking I decided to fight back. I thought "screw this, I'm not being polite anymore". And I had a great swim on the way back. I was able to find a groove and open water and took it up a notch. I was shocked at my time when I came out of the water. I thanked the powers that be and headed off to find the wet suit strippers! 2008 swim time= 1:16:34 2010 swim time= 1:13:00 What would you do differently?: Not a friggin' thing!  Transition 1
Comments: Admittedly slow! But who cares?? I had a fantastic volunteer help me get my stuff organized and on. We had a hard time getting my arm warmers on since I forgot to roll them into donuts before I put them in my bag. We had a good laugh...almost smacked myself in the face! What would you do differently?: Not too much...  Bike
Comments: So, I'm not a strong cyclist...but I ROCKED IT!! I worked really hard on my biking this year and it all paid off. I took it easy on the way out of town and didn't care that I was getting passed. The first hill of the day came and it was hard, but I didn't let it get to me. It was a great ride, but that bloody out and back was a mind f*&k just like the last time. It just seems to go on forever before you get to SN. Grabbed my bag and mixed my last bottle, did some math and knew that I had a good chance of getting close to 6:30 for my bike time. Wahhhhoooooo!!! Ok, now the winds...WTF was that??? And I got them right before the climbs at Yellow Lake. That really played with my confidence. So, I decided to save my energy and not battle the winds and it paid off for the last set of climbs. 2008 bike time= 7:58:45 2010 bike time= 6:41:35 What would you do differently?: Not a thing. I'm a happy, happy girl! Transition 2
Comments: Again, I don't know what took my so long other than having to stop at the potty before leaving transition.  Run
Comments: Wow. Just...wow. I didn't expect to feel so strong after a while. I really struggled to run between the first few aid stations. I think that was more a mental thing at that point. But it got better, stuck to the plan and all went well until just before the turn around. By that point my feet were KILLING me. So I ended up doing more walk/running as pain management. I felt strong, my stomach cooperated this time and it occurred to me that I was on track to reach my super secret goal of the day! The absolute best part of the day was seeing Darren and Matthew on Lakeshore as I ran towards the turn around. Do you know how hard it is to run and cry at the same time?? :) 2008 run time=6:00:49 2010 run time= 4:35:49 What would you do differently?: Carry some advil or something. Post race
Warm down: I had awesome catchers who took very good care of me. And then I saw Hazmaster and got the biggest hug! It was so great to see him!! What limited your ability to perform faster: Painful feet! Event comments: I absolutely love this event! It was such a great year of training with a great group of friends. I got to spend time with Bcmish and have a new friend for life!! That's why we do this, right?? Last updated: 2010-06-01 12:00 AM
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 2010-09-01 10:07 AM |
Veteran  235  |  Subject: Ironman Canada |
 2010-09-01 10:50 AM in reply to: #3075747 |
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| 2010-09-01 11:00 AM in reply to: #3075747 |
| Regular 79 | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada Super job! I really like how you compared your 2 times to display a fantastic pb. And the little anecdote about T1 and the arm warmers was priceless!  NLG |
| 2010-09-01 2:02 PM in reply to: #3075946 |
| Veteran 235 | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada NLG - 2010-09-01 9:00 AM Super job! I really like how you compared your 2 times to display a fantastic pb. And the little anecdote about T1 and the arm warmers was priceless! NLGOh thanks! After I posted it, I thought that it could come off as pretty egotistical which is really not my style. I just feel so darn proud of myself |
| 2010-09-01 4:09 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
| Member 28 | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada I soooo love your race report. I've written mine, just have to publish it. I am so proud of you!!! I am so happy for you to have kicked IMC in the arse and had YOUR race. You sooo deserve this, and I hope you bask in this accomplishment for a long time to come!!! I am honored and priviledged to call you a friend, and I will always be grateful to have had this time with you. Can't wait to see you start training again, and while I know I will be INSANELY jealous that you are doing this again next year, you will not have a bigger supporter than me. XO |
| 2010-09-01 4:13 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
Champion 5312  Calgary | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada nice race report, congrats on the great improvement. Awesome job. |
| 2010-09-01 5:08 PM in reply to: #3076928 |
| Veteran 235 | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada bcmish - 2010-09-01 2:09 PM I soooo love your race report. I've written mine, just have to publish it. I am so proud of you!!! I am so happy for you to have kicked IMC in the arse and had YOUR race. You sooo deserve this, and I hope you bask in this accomplishment for a long time to come!!! I am honored and priviledged to call you a friend, and I will always be grateful to have had this time with you. Can't wait to see you start training again, and while I know I will be INSANELY jealous that you are doing this again next year, you will not have a bigger supporter than me. XO Dear, dear Michelle...if it weren't for BT I would be short one very very good friend! I am soooo thankful to have had this past week with you and to share your adventure with you. I love your enthusiasm and I think we all need to hold on to a bit of that! You ROCK!!! |
| 2010-09-01 8:17 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
Champion 19812  MA | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada Congrats on great race! Impressive improvements all around...especially bike and run..hard training paid off. Did the race last year, love the race, hope to do it again in the future. |
| 2010-09-01 9:09 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
| Veteran 320 Edmonton, AB | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada Super job and a wicked overall time! Great improvement on the run, holy smokes that's impressive. |
| 2010-09-03 5:14 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
Master 1748 Port Moody, BC | Subject: RE: Ironman Canada Incredible job on that race! So-so RR, I've seen better so proud of you! That smile you were wearing in the line up for pizza was awesome! And what an amazing improvement! Truly inspiring! |
| 2010-09-03 5:18 PM in reply to: #3075747 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman Canada Wow.. just WOW. You killed it, Heather! Huge PB. Congrats |
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Overall Rank = 1340/
Age Group = W40-44
Age Group Rank = 51/144
Up at 3:30am, made oatmeal and green tea. I was trying to be quiet so as not to wake up my two year old, but he of course wanted to be up and part of the pre-race action :) Finished breakfast, got suited up, had a good cry and got lots of hugs from son and hubby. Off I headed to body marking!
No official warm up. I had a nice walk from the hotel to the race site, stood in the potty line up for quite a while too.