Napa Valley Half Iron
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Napa Valley Half Iron - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Swim was okay. Actually not that far behind the leaders (5 minutes), but I did feel like great swim. I suck at sighting and have to stop and pick my head up. Wind was coming in from the north so we were swimming parrallel to waves for two long segments of rectangle. Boat ramp was a might slippery and saw several people fall trying to walk out of water so I just swam until about 1 foot deep. Transition 1
Comments: Very rough road out of Putah Creek Resort so no running and jumping on bike. Did manage to slosh about 1/3 of aero bottle out on bike and me getting out of resort. Even with the tape over the hole!! What would you do differently?: Tape sponge into hole. Bike
Comments: Results not posted so do not know rankings. Did I mention hills?? What would you do differently?: Maybe change cassette or spend entire spring working on hills. Transition 2
Comments: I knew I was going to be in trouble before I even started running. Stomach was already shutting down and cramping up. Jekyll - trained with accelerade and liked it, Hyde - not today!! Shot bloks seemed okay. What would you do differently?: Lay down and not run. Run
Comments: Stomach was knotted up by mile 1. I wanted to do sub 2 hours, but could not get the mind to win over the matter. I down several eCaps and got some relief, but stomach was cramping so bad that I passed a couple of porta potties and thought about going back. Did not seem like that would have helped and not sure anything would have come out. Never had stomach problems before so this was wierd. Wind was howling out there. Decided about 1.5 miles to go that I was not going to be over 6:30, so just ran hard. Totally pissed me off because I realized I could have done it earlier..stomach be damned. Said hi to all the volunteers and thanked em. Post race
Warm down: Walk around, chat with wife and buddies. Commeserate about how hard the course was. What limited your ability to perform faster: Stomach and hills. Event comments: You have to understand that while this was a day tougher than I ever imagined, it was mainly my fault. I did not respect the race nor the distance and did not take it as serious as I should have!! I live in CDA and know hills, but not like this. Event organizer is truly anti USAT and runs his events that way. Gordo Byrn won the thing so it does attract good folks, just do not come if you are Type A aggro. You will be disappointed. There were 3 bike aid stations with water and gatorade and bananas. There were 3 aid stations on the run course as well. People were great and event was fun. I would do it again and be better prepared. Race is for type E folks....come, race hard, have fun, do not expect much. Got a t shirt and medal. Felt great Last updated: 2007-02-02 12:00 AM
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Got up at 4:15am and had some oatmeal, banana and accelerade. Loaded the bikes on the rig and drove to the venue. This is a story of Jekyl/Hyde. Could be long...but read!!!
Friday night went to dinner with some friends doing the race. Nice place, but not what I would normally have picked for a pre-race meal. Had halibut and rice and lots of water. Good food. Good company. We were talking about tires and I mentioned that I had not had a flat since getting this bike in Nov 2005 and putting more than 3000 miles on it. I do maintenance, change my tires, check pressure all the time. Karma caught me!!!
Warm up was changing a flat tire at the hotel before leaving for the race. Could not believe it. Valve had just seperated from tube on front tire overnight. Fine when I rode on Friday and flat Saturday morning. Start of interesting day. Gas gauge on truck said 30 miles left and 26 miles to race site....at 5:30am at gas station with card reader broken I had to decide to back track to find gas or chance it.....Decided to chance it. Made it in on fumes I am sure. Created some anxiety. Warm up for race was really nothing. Racked bike, picked up stuff and set up transition area. Water looked choppy. Jumped in and swam to bouy and back.