“Fuckity fuck fuck.”
“This is such a disappointment.”
“I need to get off this bike.”
“I need a hug.”
These are all words that have come out of my mouth in the last 36 hours or so. All of them the result of Ironman Hawaii and my poor performance. I don’t want to dwell more than a paragraph or two on Kona; If it isn’t …
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After a pair of major breakthroughs at Kona and IMAZ last year, I set some admittedly lofty goals for myself this year at Kona. One of those goals was to finish in the top 5 in my Age Group; I figured a performance along the lines of IMAZ would put me in strong contention for this.
We arrived on the Big …
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Read More - 2012 marked my 7th trip to Shawnee State Park in Portsmouth, Ohio for the American Triple-T. After having done the last 5 iterations of this race as member of a team, I was back to the solo division this year. Early on in the season planning, I established 3 goals for myself this season, one of which was to finish in …
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Read More - After having a good race in Kona, but sub-optimal (broken spoke on my front wheel with massive rubbing for 65+ miles, very poor pacing on the run), my only desire for IMAZ was to qualify for Kona 2012. No time goals, no place goals, no split targets – nothing mattered except qualifying. Despite having an opportunity …
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The last 2 weeks of training leading into Kona were perfect. In many ways some of my workouts were so good it was frightening. I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I felt this good so early in relation to a big race. Based on my final benchmark workouts – I felt that a time in the 9:09 to 9:20 range …
Read MoreTook the swim pretty relaxed, no rush on the swim. Got taken to school by a couple high school kids and towed the last 75 yards for a VERY VERY easy float into T2 – ~5:50 @ touch.
Bike:
I intended to keep the real time watts +- 300, but tempered with the reality of the potential for a tactical ride (which never …
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