HIM Finisher!!...it definately is all about the bike

CONGRATULATIONS!

I said the same thing after my first ... it is all about the bike.

Nice work.  Sounds like you had a plan and made it happen. 

I hope to be half as pleased 24 hours after I toe the line my first HIM in April.

I'm not sure if you mean that to have a faster total HIM time, you need to have a fast bike split, or that having a faster bike split = a good HIM time.  If the latter then I disagree, if the former then I agree.

Congrats on completing your first HIM.

Hey congratulations FELTGood!!! It is such a satisfying feeling finishing that long race, it is a great learning experience for sure. Good luck on your next, I'm sure you'll meet or beet your goal just with having this first experience to go by.

Patsy

Congrats, I was wondering how it went.    

Glad it turned out well.

Congratulations!

I'm glad to hear that it went well!

tall vinny, I thought it was a good idea to have bothe races at once.....not sure if you remember on the run course after murder hill when the oly went straight and the half turned left, well that was "the Pits" and it felt like you ran into a pit and had to run out...ouch.....the photographer was taking pictures when we came up it, and i told her "i look better running down the hill than up!" lol..

Congrats!!!

I took the same thing away from these forums as you.  Work on the bike and then do some more on the bike, and I believe it paid off.  Not that you can ignore the other two disciplines, but a strong bike sets you up for the run.

Congrats! Did you decide to push it on the bike or keep it easy? Was your run affected more from the bike or the hills?

thanks

From gathering info from many of you I decided to back my MPH to about 18, I had averaged 20 for an oly earlier in the year on nearly the same course, but I was just concerned with finishing etc this time so I did not want the "death march"

So yes I did try to take it easy on the bike, figuring I would finish the bike aroun 3 hrs but due to the hills it really slowed my down and since my hill training was lacking it took its toll on my legs.

I think my run was affected more from the hills than the mileage...even though I had to walk a little in the race I did run about 95% of it.....in training I had run off the bike doing the distance and felt and granted I didnt do a 1.2 mile swim before hand in traing but my legs felt great in training, so I think if I was doing a flatter race I would have knocked aroun 20 min on my bike and 10-15 on my run...but that is pure speculation

Recently did my first HIM as well (Loved it!  Orangeman), and yes, it is all about the bike.  Cervelos are much faster than the other bikes. 

Then again, there were quite a number of people in my age group that took me for 10 min on the bike, but I took 20 min back from them on the run.

Congratulations.  And good job on a successful race.  You were asking a lot of questions, and it sounds like you incorporated the advice you were given well.

That being said...it is not all about the bike.  It's just as much about the run