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Ironman 70.3 Timberman - Triathlon
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Comments: The swim is my strength and it started fine. Within a few minutes I had a pretty hard collision with someone -- I felt a sudden wave of pain in my right hand. I thought that maybe I had broken a finger. It was that painful. Still, no choice but to keep going. My finger throbbed but I kept plugging away. (After the race it was swollen and beginning to turn purple, but not broken.) Next I took a wrong turn by mistaking an orange buoy for the red second-turn buoy. A woman in a kayak began yelling at me and I popped my head out of the water to see that I was off course. Damn. I turned left and got back into the flow. Probably cost me 25 seconds or so. What would you do differently?: Read the buoys correctly.  Transition 1
Comments: Overall a good transition. Wetsuit strippers are the best. I could have gone a little faster, but no major problems.  Bike
Comments: I had a pretty good ride. No major issues. The big climb at mile 10 lives up to the hype. Just brutal. What would you do differently?: Hydrate more. Transition 2
Comments: This was a pretty quick T2 for me. No problems. What would you do differently?: Hydrate more.  Run
Comments: Running is my weakness. I ran the first five miles pretty well, but then hit a hill and began walking. After a few minutes I resumed running, went through the turnaround, but soon after that I needed to walk again. I was pretty angry with myself because I had planned on making it at least 8 miles before resorting to walking, but my legs weren't on board with that approach. I finished the last two miles pretty strong, but overall it was a terrible run performance. What would you do differently?: Train harder. Post race
Warm down: I was light-headed after the race, which seemed to be from not hydrating enough. I drank an enormous amount of water and ate potato chips to restore salt. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not enough run training. Last updated: 2014-08-18 12:00 AM
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 2014-08-22 2:19 PM |
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Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 94/
After a restless night's sleep, I woke up at 4 am in a nearby hotel and had two bowls of oatmeal, a banana, and some coffee. The most important part of this particular race (at least for me) is getting to the parking area near the start before they close it around 5 am. Success!
Mostly uneventful until I started pumping my tires. Toward the end of pumping my rear tire I felt a sharp pain in my lower back -- like a knife. Oh s*#t! I never get back pain, so this was surprising. It must have been a combination of pre-race nerves and bending down sharply too many times. Ugh. There wasn't much I could do. I popped a few Advils and pulled on my wetsuit.