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Dude?  3rd in your AG didn't get you a Vegas slot.  Crazy.  There were slots all over the place that were rolling down.  Sorry to hear that and good luck in RI

Well...I did not meet my time goal but I am pretty proud of myself anyways.

It was pretty awesome being surrounded by such terrific athletes.

I had to switch from goal of hitting a particular time (6 hours) to goal of finishing my first HIM.

Here's my race report.

Congrats to everyone!

It was a great race.  And it seemed to be not as hot as last year.

I improved my time by 45 min, but still far from being qualified for anything - #89 in my AG M40-44

I'll be back next year.

Big Fat DNF here.  

I had food poisoning on Tuesday and never really recovered my electrolytes and hydration.  I actually PRd the swim but it fell apart during the bike. Never made it out of T2.  Ended up in the medical tent after I couldnt find my way out of transition. Someone saw me wandering around and pulled me out. 

It is good someone was alert and you didn't start out on the run course.  I hope you are feeling better.

I had a great time for my 2nd eagleman.

Last time I did this race, it was my 2nd HIM at the time and it BROKE ME.  To date, it is my worst time for an HIM and worst swim and worst run.

Sunday was a different type of race for me than usual... as opposed to doing the best I could, I was going for under 5 hours or bust.  I knew the paces I had to do to get there and paced myself appropriately on the swim (PR) and bike (PR)..

At mile 3 on the run I was still on pace... and then it fell apart.

I was not well trained enough to hit my sub-5 goal on a day with that heat.  

That said, I'm not mad, I'm proud of myself for going out at the paces I needed to be at and taking it as far as I could on a hard day.

Great times!

Thanks, i felt much better after 2 bags of IV fluid. Its amazing what that stuff will do for you.  people were being carried into the med tent looking like death, and walking out just fine after a few bags of fluid.  That night i actually felt better than I had all week.  Wish i would have gone to the doc and gotten a bag or two of fluid before the race on friday or saturday.  Probably would have been fine. 

Great Job!  at least you know what has to be done to hit your goals now.  

Thanks!  SOrry to hear about your race day, but strong kudos for being out there that recent after food poisoning... yuck!

This was my second HIM and I had high expectations. Unfortunately, they were higher than the temperature! My first HIM was Beach 2 Battleship last year. At EagleMan there was less wind, I had aero wheels and helmet, and more training allowed me to improve my bike by almost 2mph over B2B! 

I still have a long way to go and lots of miles to train. I also need to train more in the heat. It really hurt me on the run. I've never been dizzy beore from running, so this was a learning lesson!

I enjoyed myself overall and thank everyone for being such great supporters!

I received this email 9/1/12 from Tri Columbia:

Thanks' very Much for your email and WE do appreciate the years of support for EagleMan EagleMan 
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The race IS on: June 8-9 2103 
Kona Slots: 30 
Vegas slots: 30 
Celebrate Life & Live Aloha Vigo 
Robert D. Vigorito, Founder, CEO The Columbia Triathlon 'n, Inc.
A 501c-3 Non Profit Corporation USAT Certified , 
Level 2 Race Director USAT-MA Regional Chair