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Comments: I was in the water by 7:14 AM. I accidentally cut in the swim line. I was walking towards the end of the line (per my plan), then the path turned behind a building and a group of athletes left a good 50 yard gap in the line so I just got in what I thought was the back of the line. A minute later the rest of the line walked up behind me. I felt bad for a second or two, but no one said anything so I just stayed. What would you do differently?: No changes here, I had a good swim!  Transition 1
Comments: It's a 2 minute run from swim exit to T1 entrance, so I wasn't really disappointed with the T1 time although it looks long. I also stopped to get plenty of sunscreen after getting fried in Los Cabos in March.  Bike
Comments: I executed the bike course just as I trained. Nutrition, salt, and fluids were right on. What would you do differently?: Should have drank even more than I did. Transition 2
Comments: I didn't run through all of this transition. I went into this race with an injury in my right foot. Running barefoot was not the best idea, so I slowed down through transition.  Run
Comments: The heat got to me yet again. Around mile 4 (after my first GU) my stomach got unhappy so I had to slow my nutrition. While this fixed my stomach, it put me behind in Hydration and Nutrition. Being behind in my nutrition plan my legs tightened/slowed and the wheels fell off a bit. The rest of the run was a challenge to regain my hydration. This was a losing battle, but I was able to catch up some. After my nutrition and overall performance degraded my goal was to run all the way to each aid station. In this race I only walked through the middle third of each aid station and stopped three times for a port-a-potty break. What would you do differently?: More heat training I guess. Need to work on going into a run fatigued in 85+ degree weather and being able to maintain my nutrition plan. Post race
Warm down: Walked to post race area. 1 IV and 2 pieces of pizza in medical. I've never had a post race IV before. After 1/2 a bag I felt good as new. 2 more pieces of pizza, cookies, and chocolate milk at athlete food. Walked 1/2 mile to get my bike and meet my ride to my hotel. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swim: Ahead of Schedule Bike: 7 minutes behind my time prediction (a couple minute pit stop, and staying easy on some of the hills attributed to this) Run: 1 hour behind schedule: On a perfect day, I was shooting for a 3:30 marathon. Everything in my run comments was my limiting factors for the day. Last updated: 2013-05-07 12:00 AM
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 2013-08-28 11:14 AM |
Member 31  North Carolina |  Subject: Ironman Louisville |
| 2013-08-29 1:14 PM in reply to: #4841134 |
New user 47 Philadelphia | Subject: RE: Ironman Louisville Congratulations, what a great race. Despite difficulties on the run, you rocked it! |
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World Triathlon Corporation
90F / 32C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 375/3000
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 59/300
Despite the time trial start I took my time getting to Transition and to the starting line. I wasn't worried about my placement in the start line and preferred to have a relaxed morning VS wake up even earlier and sit at the starting line for hours.
Stretching before going to Transition.
They made everyone jog/run about 100 yards to the dock before jumping in the water to get peoples' heart rate up a little before starting the swim.