Vineman Half Ironman
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Vineman Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Swim went very well. Kate and I had practiced on the river on Friday and so having familiarity wth it helped. The river was narrow and shallow, so it never really felt intimidating. The waves were just the right amount of people (my wave was only 32 year-olds), so I never felt panicked. It was a wonderful swim. Thanks to the current I negative split my swim by 3 minutes! What would you do differently?: Nothing. It was great Transition 1
Comments: I got my wetsuit SO muddy by throwing it around carelessly. I should have brought a towel to T1. I put everything in my bag and handed it to my father in law over the fence, and I was off. As I jogged to my bike I felt like I was going to fall over leaning forwards. Luckily it never happened! I decided not to use my makeshift arm warmers (cut out tube socks purchased the night before), and I think I could have used them on the early portion of the bike course...it was a bit chilly and my wrists and elbows were very stiff. What would you do differently?: Bring a towel to T1 (what was I thinking??). Use the arm warmers. Bike
Comments: The bike course was great. We had surveyed it the day before and, again, it was very helpful for the confidence. It was challenging, but not overly so. I settled into a rhythm in the first 5-10 miles until I realized that my handlebars were not straight!!! I stopped to check them and sure enough they were loose! AARRRGGHHH. 46 miles to go with loose handlebars. I have the tool to tighten them, but for some reason, I took it out of my bag the night before thinking it was too heavy and I wouldn't be needing it. I rode the next three miles very cautiously to the aid station hoping they would have a tool there. They did not. I tightened it with a wrong sized allen key as much as I could, and off I went. It was fine for a while, but then it felt like it came loose again. The downhills were the scariest. I kept picturing a major wipeout on a down hill. Finally at mile 30, after several stops and makeshift 'readjusments' I saw two cyclists who were not racing and they had the allen key I needed. they said it was so loose that I was crazy for riding with it like that. After that pit stop, I thanked them and went on my way with much greater confidence....for about 3 miles until the damn bike started randomly pulling in all sorts of directions. It would ride smoothly for a couple of miles and then pull off to the shoulder. Over and over again. SO frustrating and not fun. This is how I rode the last 20 miles...extremely cautiously on any downhill (and there were lots) and scared to ride in the aero position. I was more than happy when the bike portion ended! I think when the guy tghtened it he tightened it too much because when jogging with the bike in T2, I noticed the steering was very stiff in one direction. I will have to take it to the shop to figure out what happened exactly. Other than that, I was happy with my pace (even though I was passed by about 300 people), eating and hydrating decisions. What would you do differently?: Keep multi tool in seat bag. Transition 2
Comments: Slow, methodical.. I could have goon a lot faster changing. I would have been pissed if I had missed the sub-6 hour mark because of my T2. What would you do differently?: a little quicker, maybe. Run
Comments: Solid run. Started out feeling strong and pretty much kept pace the whole time. It was frustrating that there were no mile markers to judge pace. I wanted to know how quick the first two miles were to know whether to speed up or slow down, but I never saw them. I passed about 35 people in my age group on the run and I felt good. I knew I had a chance to break 6 hours, but at about mile 9, I started hurting a bit and doubting a bit. I managed to keep pace and fight through the doubts and I really kicked it for the last mile. I was flying, and my HR was about 175. Good strong finish! What would you do differently?: Nothing. Awesome run. Post race
Warm down: Walked, stretched, drank, ate, cheered Kate through her finish (she finished in 7:04:33, feeling good) What limited your ability to perform faster: Bike mechanical problems. Bike power. Event comments: I am terribly pleased with my performance and that I finished strong. The program that got me here was excellent (BT's own 'beginner HIM program') and I feel very proud of both of our accomplishments. I feel I performed to the best of my abilities in every realm. Last updated: 2004-12-02 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 734/1211
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 172/248
Woke up at 3:45, took a long shower, had some instant oatmeal and half a bagel with PB. I had planned on also having a banana and some gatorade, but I just didn't. I was a bit worried that I hadn't had enough breakfast, but it worked out okay. I had a clif bar just before getting in the water.
We drove out to the swm start, which was a long way to let the nerves build! I set up my transition area and put on my wetsuit. We watched Peter and Tim go off and then I got ready to go.
Very little swimming. I figured this would force me to start off slowly in the water. As my wave waited for our start, I had to go to the bathroom. I asked a guy beside me if he had ever peed in a wetsuit and he laughed and said of course he had...That was what they were for! I went for it and it was great! I gave him a good laugh and before we knew it the horn went off and so were we. It was a good way to ease the nerves at the swim start.