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Comments: When we took off I was trying to sight and with all the splashing plus the white chaps out by the turn buoy I ended up to far to the left of the line I wanted to take and the crowd was following the buoys. I ended up swiming most of that first section with no drafting at all. At the turn it was like woohoooooo the waves were pushing us and you could almost body surf that section of the course, I was able to draft a bit but wasn't a big deal at that point. Made the turn back to shore and that seemed to take a long time to get back in, the waves must have been pushing a little bit or some current. I ended up a little to the right of the swim exit so that took a few seconds longer to get back in. What would you do differently?: Try to do a better job sighting and keepin my line right off the bat, find easier to spot things to sight for the very start.  Transition 1
Comments: On this course I opted to put my shoes on in the changing room due to the long steep climb out of the marina. I was planning to put socks on as well but forgot until I almost had shoe #2 on, so blew it off (I alos had a pair of socks in my T2 bag). What would you do differently?: Put my socks on. I really felt like I nailed the transition.  Bike
Comments: The course is brutal tough on a calm day and we had some pretty good winds. Dave Scott (gratutios name drop) said he couldn't believe how slow he was going on the false flat after the 3 sisters, like 6 to 10 mph. That made me feel pretty good. :) What would you do differently?: I felt I biked as well as I could that day. Transition 2
Comments: They had bike catchers, as I was coming to the dsmount line, I yelled "where's the Tyler Hamilton line". I was seriously hoping that when I stepped off the bike my legs would work and wouldn't fall on my face. All systems go got to the changing tent and my personal assistant handed me my bag, socks on no problem shoes grabbed a a bottle of water and out I went, and what a pleasant surprise, there was Ryan to run me out the first few yards. What a great pick me up!!!! What would you do differently?: Not A DAMN thing!  Run
Comments: Felt good until I turned up the hill on Carnagee around mile 6 or so and the legs began to hurt, quads and hammies. Beautiful run lots of spectators on the whole run course. What would you do differently?: Nothing Post race
Warm down: Pam aka VegasDiver had a cooler full of Fat Tire waitng for me and I had one o dem. Watched some other BT'ers and a few others come across the finish. What limited your ability to perform faster: Mostly my lack of bike training, I did just about what I predicted. I think if I had better bike leggs it would allow me to perform better on the run as well. My legs hurt from the very first pedal stroke and well, quite frankly they still do, 2 days later. Next year I am proclaming it the year of the bike, my goal will be to increase bike speed by 15 to 20 percent. Event comments: I say it was too hard but that was what I liked about it, I'm glad the wind picked up or it would have been too easy. :) This is by far the most organized race of any kind I've attended. Volunteer ratio was like 3 vols to 1 athlete. I skipped several of the bike water stations and skipped half of the run buffets as well, so yeah, I guess there was pleanty of liquid and food on the course. Last updated: 2007-10-16 12:00 AM
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 2007-11-13 7:20 PM |
 Subject: Silverman - Half Iron |
| 2007-11-13 7:42 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Veteran  114  Toronto | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Jim, you absolutely rocked this course. You did such a good job!!!!! Man...if Dave Scott was doing 6 to 10mph.. I had to be doing like...3 :P Geeeesh!!! I agree though....the wind made it even more challenging which at the end made it even more fulfilling and I was very happy and proud to be a part of the whole experience. Thanks for your report!  |
| 2007-11-13 8:12 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Expert 960  Highlands Ranch, CO | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Jim, great job out there. Definitely the toughest course I've been on. Thanks again for the Friday bike tour, it helped a lot. We'll maybe see you next year. |
| 2007-11-13 9:46 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Master 2314 Gulf Shores, AL | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Way to go Jim. Nothing but kudo's for taking on the monster course and taming it. 2008 year of the bike eh, I may join u on that mission. |
| 2007-11-14 9:25 AM in reply to: #1051883 |
| Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron |
| 2007-11-14 10:07 AM in reply to: #1051883 |
Coach 10487 Boston, MA | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron congrats! I want to do this race in the near future for sure good job on a very tough course |
| 2007-11-14 10:55 AM in reply to: #1051931 |
Expert 1113 Las Vegas | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Great race report Jim! That was a fun race, and I was totally inspired by you on race day...so much so, that I am going to sign up for the 1/2 IM next year. That means I might need some open water swim time next summer to get me ready for it. Perhaps we can bring several kayaks and just beat the crap out of me while I swim, so I can actually experience race day conditions. Two years in a row and the swim looked the same to me. It was good to finally meet Pam, and spend some time with you guys after the race. You trained hard for this race, and it shows in your times. You beat your goal! FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! Congrats Jim...YOU ARE 1/2 IRONMAN! |
| 2007-11-14 1:44 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Master 1873 Colorado | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Nice Job!!! Were you helping out handing out the awards?? I should have said hi, but didn't know who you were. So HI!!! GREAT WORK- this was a killer course and you held your own Keep up the training and that bike will FLY next year |
| 2007-11-14 6:24 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Master 2005 South Florida | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron da-yum...that's some chilly water  You are good in all 3-you held a consistent position in your age group through the whole thing. Glad you had such a blast AND tore it up!! Congrats!!! |
| 2007-11-14 8:42 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Veteran 158 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Sounds like you had a great day Jim and certainly deserved those beers. Super effort mate, well done!!! |
| 2007-11-14 9:17 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Pro 4206 Los Angeles, CA | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Great race. Loved what you ate for the pre-race food. |
| 2007-11-15 8:19 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
| Mesa | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Great job! The photos you provided of the sisters sure did help. I am also impressed with your swim. Seems that all of the Half Iron BTers handled that swim real well! |
| 2007-11-15 10:54 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
Extreme Veteran 600 Melbourne | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron I'm with auto, how did you manage to eat that pre race food and still have a great one??? Congratulations on the race, glad you enjoyed the day so much. |
| 2007-11-19 5:38 PM in reply to: #1051883 |
| Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Way to go name dropper! You did an incredible job out there even with the white caps and wind... |
| 2007-11-30 9:43 AM in reply to: #1051883 |
Extreme Veteran 534 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Silverman - Half Iron Congrats on completing such a tough race. You make it sound almost easy!!! |
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14 hrs befoer race start ate a salty homemade double pepperoni pizza and pepperoni & a sausage pizza with a fat tire. Woke up about 4:45am had a cup of coffee and a couple of fig newtons then went for a short run about 3/4 of a mile. Had some more coffe and a piece of toast with honey, just before we left the house at 6:30 had a protein smoothie. Got out to the lake got my chip, topped off the fluids, put the nutrition on the bike and filled the tires. about 7:30 at this point and went down towards the swim corral and saw Jim aka Akidoman talked with him and his new beautiful bride while I got my wet suit on and we went into the swim area. I started thinking about the swim and my strategy and watched as the wind kicked up and the white caps started to form. Looking at the swim buoys, it looked like taking a straight line out to the turn buoy was the shortest route, all of the orange buoys going out to it did a bananna and it looked longer to me. I took a short 3 or 4 minute swim out to the tires protecting the harbout and it looked like staying as close to those and shortuctting was the right move to make. Warmed up, plan in hand and ready to go.