Wow....., day after....and it still hasn't hit me..... yet..... first 1/2 Iron Man.... 6 hours 58 mins.....
An unbelievable event... definitely weren't in Kansas anymore...., more M Dots, cut bodies, and carbon that I have ever seen at a TRI.
I and fellow Iron Crabs Sandy Grosvenor, Mike Monaco, and Bill Murphy attacked the Florida Iron Man 70.3 on Sunday.
You had to be prepared for this one, and we were. I had great coaches, Ashley Halsley, from the training, workouts to nutrition/fuel/hydration during the event, he was spot on...spot on, and additionally had my swim coach Jenn Bistrack for my TRI Masters swimming...1.2 miles was a piece of cake after all of her tremendous work outs this spring. Would not have finished if not for Ashley's and Jenn's guidance and advise.
Beautiful start at sunrise, lake was clean, flat, nice SE breeze, had a fast swim... 65th out 300..... Bike was very cool.... through Fort Wilderness then to surrounding roads/highways... strong head wind last 10 miles... brutal... crushed the bike, 56 miles, just over 3 hours.
Then the fun started, heat....and I mean heat..... hotter than a crab boiler for 4 steam pots.... For the 1/2 marathon we had 3 Four(+) mile loops. It was hot , dry , no air moving, no clouds....straight sun beating down, people dropping like flies.... held my own, ran the whole deal , walked a couple aid stations to load up on ice, fuel, and cold water. The kids took ferry over from Magic Kingdom, watched/ took videos/ pics of the finish.... really cool.
Keys to this race: Training, Prep, and race nutrition. Most importantly in this heat if you didn't follow a conservative race plan and follow a strict hydration/caloric intake ... you were history... as evidenced during the last 4 mile loop.... of all the 20-32 year olds that wizzed by on the bike in the 90 degree heat, a majority were walking their last 4 miles...and we passed them all on the run. Made me feel good that we were prepared and followed a game plan. It was very hard though to pull back and not "go for it" on the bike, glad I had the patience to stick to a plan and execute it... it worked.
The size of the event was great, 2430 +- Triathletes, being used to 4000 or even up to 7000 at some of the bigger events, this one was really cool, extremely well run, very professional, a whole different level.
Wow..... don't think this is a dream...... had so much fun..... thinking already about next year... best race yet...
-Fletch
ATC 17
An unbelievable event... definitely weren't in Kansas anymore...., more M Dots, cut bodies, and carbon that I have ever seen at a TRI.
I and fellow Iron Crabs Sandy Grosvenor, Mike Monaco, and Bill Murphy attacked the Florida Iron Man 70.3 on Sunday.
You had to be prepared for this one, and we were. I had great coaches, Ashley Halsley, from the training, workouts to nutrition/fuel/hydration during the event, he was spot on...spot on, and additionally had my swim coach Jenn Bistrack for my TRI Masters swimming...1.2 miles was a piece of cake after all of her tremendous work outs this spring. Would not have finished if not for Ashley's and Jenn's guidance and advise.
Beautiful start at sunrise, lake was clean, flat, nice SE breeze, had a fast swim... 65th out 300..... Bike was very cool.... through Fort Wilderness then to surrounding roads/highways... strong head wind last 10 miles... brutal... crushed the bike, 56 miles, just over 3 hours.
Then the fun started, heat....and I mean heat..... hotter than a crab boiler for 4 steam pots.... For the 1/2 marathon we had 3 Four(+) mile loops. It was hot , dry , no air moving, no clouds....straight sun beating down, people dropping like flies.... held my own, ran the whole deal , walked a couple aid stations to load up on ice, fuel, and cold water. The kids took ferry over from Magic Kingdom, watched/ took videos/ pics of the finish.... really cool.
Keys to this race: Training, Prep, and race nutrition. Most importantly in this heat if you didn't follow a conservative race plan and follow a strict hydration/caloric intake ... you were history... as evidenced during the last 4 mile loop.... of all the 20-32 year olds that wizzed by on the bike in the 90 degree heat, a majority were walking their last 4 miles...and we passed them all on the run. Made me feel good that we were prepared and followed a game plan. It was very hard though to pull back and not "go for it" on the bike, glad I had the patience to stick to a plan and execute it... it worked.
The size of the event was great, 2430 +- Triathletes, being used to 4000 or even up to 7000 at some of the bigger events, this one was really cool, extremely well run, very professional, a whole different level.
Wow..... don't think this is a dream...... had so much fun..... thinking already about next year... best race yet...
-Fletch
ATC 17
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