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Comments: Lined up first row of swimmers and held on till the kayak moved out... then off to the race. Swam my line and felt alone the whole time. Lots of people to the left of me but the line i chose the day before was a ghost town. So no contact and swam solid for the whole swim portion. Goal time of 1:10 and came in 1:09:03 What would you do differently?: Wish there were a couple more people in the area I was swimming so i could get some draft but other than that was very happy with the swim  Transition 1
Comments: Went as expected... just a long run to the tent  Bike
Comments: Good bike effort just too many people in the 3 loops. 1st loop was fine, 2nd loop crazy busy, then 3rd loop was much better. Lots of race marshals were seen and people in the penalty tents i am sure for drafting with the amount of people out there it was almost impossible for people to be 3 lengths apart the whole time. What would you do differently?: drink more... is always an issue with me and the bike Transition 2
Comments: went smooth and no problems  Run
Comments: I have always been a poor runner so i hoped to hold on for a 5:00 marathon. Ended up with 4:55. Felt good through 13 miles then had trouble with nausea and had to switch to just coke and some water. Ice was a savior for me being a bigger guy i overheat quickly and this worked wonders in the tri suit. Last 2 miles felt like they took forever was glad to see the massive crowd and my family at the finish line. What would you do differently?: Learn to run Post race
Warm down: Crossed the line, picture taken and walked around trying to feel my legs again. Grabbed fries with salt and a few waters and chatted with friends What limited your ability to perform faster: My run always my limiting factor Event comments: My last Ironman i did in 13:38:59 so this was a massive improvement of over 2:20. Was very happy with my result and sore as hell today. Last updated: 2012-12-19 12:00 AM
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 2013-11-18 3:37 PM |
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| 2013-11-19 6:50 AM in reply to: #4900822 |
Expert 1091  | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona WOW! A 2 plus pr! Congratulations! I agree about the bike...it was super frustrating trying to find a piece of real estate that wasn't in a draft zone! A guy got a red card for drafting me! I wish I would have found your slice of heaven in the water...I had expected to swim just about your time, but it was a cluster swim for me, got beat up pretty good and had a hard time navigating those little darn buoys! Glad someone got out of there with out abuse!  We had a great weather day out there! Congrats on your brand spanking new PR! |
| 2013-11-19 8:28 AM in reply to: #4900822 |
Veteran 930  Morgan Hill, California | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Amazing job with that improvement. You give me hope! |
| 2013-11-19 12:09 PM in reply to: kmac1346 |
Member 347 Scottsdale, AZ | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Great race! |
| 2013-11-19 3:02 PM in reply to: devilfan02 |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Congrats!! |
| 2013-11-19 4:38 PM in reply to: TrishM |
| 207 | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona I took a different line on the swim and never tried to sight off the buoys. There is a dock that people always stand on for the swim that i used at first then the 2nd large column on the rural bridge then finally the big red turn buoy. and the same thing on the way back... was beautiful! |
| 2013-11-20 10:15 AM in reply to: Tryrn |
Member 347 Scottsdale, AZ | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Originally posted by Tryrn I took a different line on the swim and never tried to sight off the buoys. There is a dock that people always stand on for the swim that i used at first then the 2nd large column on the rural bridge then finally the big red turn buoy. and the same thing on the way back... was beautiful! I cut it way to the right on the return leg. Went under the two right columns of Rural Bridge. No clue if it shaved off any time but I had open water and I seemed to swim a straight line to the red buoys in the distance. |
| 2013-11-20 4:30 PM in reply to: #4900822 |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona |
| 2013-11-22 7:25 AM in reply to: blueyedbikergirl |
| 207 | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Thanks for all the compliments! was a great day... great race and now that i can walk again i am ready to do another one! |
| 2013-11-24 6:09 PM in reply to: #4900822 |
Extreme Veteran 611 Casa Grande, Az. | Subject: RE: Ironman Arizona Wow!! Awesome job on the PR!!! Gives me hope for '15!!! |
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