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Ironman 70.3 Vineman - Triathlon
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Comments: Current is negligible so no real benefit as staying near shore. Water gets really shallow when you move away from the centerline buoys. I got a bit off course on the return leg just a bit and ended up in knee to mid-thigh deep water and had to walk it back to the deeper portion. What would you do differently?: Sight more often on the return leg when I got a bit tired to avoid the shallows.  Transition 1
Comments: The transition area racks are well marked so no problem finding my bike. Took my time to get everything done right, but not slowly. You have to stuff everything into a plastic bag they transport to the finish line, so that takes a bit of extra time. Happy with the result What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: Without the HR data I blew it on my strategy to keep some in the bank on the first half, but it actually worked out great. All practice rides had a faster back half and I still wonder how it would have worked out if I'd executed to plan, but I cannot argue with the result as I came in 13 minutes under target. My concern at that point was the run - would I completely melt down? What would you do differently?: Remember the HR strap :-) Transition 2
Comments: Again, a well marked transition area. Switched to a white running singlet as the sun was out in full and applied spray sunscreen liberally. Had a little 8 oz water bottle I took out onto the run. What would you do differently?: nothing  Run
Comments: Goal was for a 2 hour run and came within 9 seconds, so can't complain about that. Plan was to start out at a 9:00 pace to try and maintain for the run. Fast bike legs betrayed me though, and first few miles were in the 8:20's which, after the too fast bike leg, I feared would do me in on the back half. Pace stayed under 9:00 until mile 7 where it started creeping up with the last full mile being at a 10:17. Took full focus to keep the pace as high as I could in the last couple and felt the nausea building. I saw recently that if you puke before the finish line, you went too hard, if you puke after the finish line you didn't go hard enough, and if you puke at the finish line, you left it all on the course. Well, I didn't quite puke on the nice volunteer who was removing my timing chip, but as soon as she was done . . . What would you do differently?: Slow down on the start. I just cannot figure out how to do that. Post race
Warm down: Flat on the back for 10 minutes rediscovering oxygen and having a medic bring me ice water. Nausea persisted such that I could not eat anything for an hour and half after I finished. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm not sure. I exceeded my stretch goal time by 19 minutes so not sure if I had raced to plan I'd have done any better. Event comments: Highly recommend. Well organized with 1000 volunteers - they were everywhere. Course was well marked and staffed with law enforcement for traffic control. Last updated: 2013-05-20 12:00 AM
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 2013-07-15 4:37 PM |
Regular  673    SF Bay area |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Vineman |
| 2013-07-15 5:35 PM in reply to: #4804847 |
Master 2621 Almaden Valley, San Jose, California | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Vineman Great race report! Looks like we probably finished the bike pretty close together, and then you did a great job on the run! nice job. |
| 2013-07-16 11:22 AM in reply to: velcromom |
Extreme Veteran 633 Hollister, CA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Vineman Wow! Sounds like an excellent race with excellent transition times! Well done. Did we luck out with the weather OR WHAT!!? So happy about that! |
| 2013-07-16 11:24 AM in reply to: EV3110 |
Extreme Veteran 633 Hollister, CA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Vineman Also, thanks so much for all the pre-race updates! :D |
| 2013-07-17 12:36 PM in reply to: #4804847 |
Veteran 1677 Houston, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Vineman Great race, Tom! So glad your cold cooperated enough to let you race....and crush your goals!! |
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77F / 25C
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Overall Rank = 757/2400
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 26/89
Up at 4:00 am as T1 opened at 5:30 and I wanted to get a good spot. Cinnamon raisin bagel with peanut butter and honey for breakfast. Mixed the Infinit concentrate for the bike leg. Got to the starting area early and sat in the car to stay warm . Shouldn't have as they actually opened the T1 at 5:00, not the advertised 5:30. Nonetheless got a great rack position.
10 minute jog 45 minutes prior to start. Only swim warm-up I saw while watching the other wave starts was in the 6 minutes between waves, so got in a 150ish warmup. However, as I went into the starting corral, I did see that people were able to get into the water below the dam just downstream of the starting area.