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Ironman 70.3 California - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: I was hoping for 35 minutes. This was my best swim ever for HIM. I think this was due to the sighting on the 2nd half where I just focussed on the big condo building. This gets you in the straightest line to the right turn to the finish. GREAT swim What would you do differently?: nothing  Transition 1
Comments: long run along the carpet. decided to not even bother with the arm warmers. I tried to talk myself into not thinking PR and just stick with the game plan  Bike
Comments: Coach said to keep the HR in Zone 1 for the first 10 miles. This was impossible, but I did keep it down much lower than I would have without the coaching. Not a problem to be over 20 miles at the 1 hour mark and felt fresh. The first hill was a beast, and I implemented a strategy of 10 cranks out of the saddle ... 10 cranks in ... over and over. This "mantra" made all of the hills go by quickly. My Garmin alarms me if I get into Z3 and only did a few times (other than the hills). So I kept things in check. The last 10 miles seemed so much easier than last year. Good coaching ... good results. What would you do differently?: nothing Transition 2
Comments: I exited T1 with a total race time of 3:31. A sub 2 hour run would get me close to 5:30  Run
Comments: My plan was to run mile 1 in 10 minutes. I was way ahead of that and that worried me. But just felt too good to slow way down. Every aid station, I took a swig of water, a swig of cola, a bite of banana, and another swig of water. Saw the family passing the rented house on Pacific. I think my 4 daughters (ages 14 to 21) in their bikinis gave a lot of male runners (and probably some females) some nice diversion and motivation. I took short walk breaks every mile and kept a 9 minute pace. I never experienced the stomach issues that I have in the past. Pretty sure I negetive split this thing. Came in comfortably under 5:30. Beat my previous best on this course by 14 minutes, and my PR at Vineman in 2011 by 7 minutes. FIRST TIME TO BREAK 5:30!!!!!! Post race
Warm down: Pizza at the finish line, then a mile bike back to the house. Then a great afternoon on the beach basking in the sun with a few great IPA's. Woke up feeling fine and ready to head down to Carlsbad for Easter Mass. A great weekend. Event comments: Kind of shocked it turned out this great. I would attribute to: 1. Doing my first IM last November in AZ 2. Great conditions 3. Great coaching 4. Grace of God Last updated: 2013-03-12 12:00 AM
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 2013-03-31 10:21 AM |
Regular  71  San Juan Capistrano |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 California |
| 2013-03-31 11:09 AM in reply to: #4680717 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Excellent race an sounds like you paced it well. I had a similar plan from my coach and it was hard to hold back in those conditions. Congrats on the huge PR |
| 2013-03-31 10:20 PM in reply to: #4680717 |
Expert 703  Palm Springs, California | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Great race! Every split was solid. |
| 2013-03-31 10:56 PM in reply to: #4680717 |
Champion 6656  | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Solid race! I'm working with Ricci too! |
| 2013-04-01 5:30 AM in reply to: #4681309 |
New user 61 South Central PA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Congrats on getting a new PB and breaking 5:30! Sounds like you paced yourself perfectly. Great job! |
| 2013-04-01 10:46 AM in reply to: #4680717 |
Veteran 416 Queen Creek, AZ | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Awesome job! Thanks for the bikini motivation. KIDDING...I just saw asphalt the entire time. Nothing beats a few (followed by a few more, then repeat) IPAs afterwards! |
| 2013-04-01 5:27 PM in reply to: #4680717 |
Master 2759 Los Angeles, CA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Wow man! You broke 5:30 indeed! Awesome job! |
| 2013-04-02 9:57 PM in reply to: #4680717 |
Member 354 Los Angeles | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Excellent job and pacing. I wanna be like you!!! |
| 2013-04-03 12:48 PM in reply to: #4680717 |
Extreme Veteran 648 Scottsdale | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 California Awesome race - well planned, well executed, and it sounds like getting to a new PR was not a struggle at all.l Congrats! |
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My family and I have been renting houses on Pacific St. for Easter weekend for the past 7 years or so. When I realized in January that the race was on Saturday due to the early Easter this year ... I panicked knowing that the inventory of homes for rent would be effected by the race. We ended up getting a place just north of Oceanside Blvd end ... about 1 mile from the finish line. With a 7:30 start time, I "slept in" to 4:30. Bagel, pbj, banana coffee
Coach Ricci told me "the more you warm up the faster you'll go". I've never really warmed up for a HIM before... but this year I ran about 1.5 miles after getting set up in T1. Because of the long wait in line for the swim waves ... the warm up is too many minutes prior to getting started.... but I guess it helped as you'll see