Ironman Canada 2008 Race Report
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kylie posted 12 weeks ago.
I like the cowbikes! :) And congrats again.
Nutrition becomes soooo important in an IM -- just think how fast you'll go once you work it out! :)
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dollfin04 posted 12 weeks ago.
Great Race Report! Enjoyed all the pictures, graphs, ect...Congrats!
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"No Pain, No Gain!" ;)
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TriSooner posted 12 weeks ago.
The whole time I was doing math in my head of course. Can I make 11 still? At the turnaround, it was rough mathematically. It required me to run 10 minute miles – which on any other day would be easy. But not today. Today it was like maintaining a 5 minute mile pace. Somewhere along the way though, the math started actually really working in my favor. Then it became a new game – can I make 10:49:49?
I know the feeling of how foggy doing very simple splits in your head can get. You start trying to figure, "If I hold this pace what time does that equate to? Swim plus the angle of the hypotenuse plus the bike times pi r squared . . . huh?"
Well done! And great pics, too. So that little kid was just riding around the street at the 110 mile mark? Nice. Sure the parents weren't yelling at you for hitting their precious little snowflake? S/he had no business out there. What parents bring their kid to an IM finish and lets their kid ride a bike around on the course?
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tsilcyc posted 12 weeks ago.
Sweet! I love the photos! Congrats!!!
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trigirltina2 posted 12 weeks ago.
Click on the link again it will work!
Great RR and YOu are an Ironman! I can hope to be like you!
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jhudalla posted 12 weeks ago.
ok got it... great write up! and time! Makes me want to do IM Canada!
Weary is the path that does not challenge.
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Ironmom posted 12 weeks ago.
Congratulations on such a strong race, especially with that bike crash thrown in there. The saying that nutrition is the 4th leg of an Ironman isn't far off, it's a great learning experience and you still turned in a great time even with all of that. Congrats again!
Blue Skies, -Robin-
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jonovision_man posted 12 weeks ago.
Love the pictures... the diagram of the kid on the bike's path is priceless, glad you survived that one!!!
HTFU - sweet. :) I'll put it in my mental vocabulary for chastising myself, right along side "suck it up, buttercup!"
jono
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ht001 posted 12 weeks ago.
Great report! You've captured that mid-IM run roller coaster brain game so well! Congrats on becoming an Ironman and in a fantastic time. Now....enjoy your recovery.
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gfd posted 12 weeks ago.
Really enjoyed the report and the way you presented it with the pictures. Great time, great race!
"If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it you have won your race." -Dave Scott
~Garen~
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beads1985 posted 12 weeks ago.
Congrats!! Nice Race report, and pictures!!
Nothing to it, but to do it
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jtrimom posted 12 weeks ago.
that was one of the best race reports I've read- love the pics, it really gave me a "feeling" of race day. Congrats on a great finish!
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wirebook posted 12 weeks ago.
Thanks everyone - I appreciate the comments. I had a blast out there and more and more am looking forward to next year. Unfortunately...it appears to be addicting. :)
-Ray
Tri Blog: Http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com
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trigirltina2 posted 12 weeks ago.
It is and you are normal. Really great RR and pics.
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KevDaddy posted 12 weeks ago.
Congrats on the race, beating 11 hrs, and a great race report!
I learned of the online availability this afternoon- needless to say I checked and it was sold out (by a long shot it turned out!).
Reading your RR made me even more bummed. Looks like I'll have to volunteer if I am ever to take on IMC.
Great job!
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jtrimom posted 12 weeks ago.
hey, I noticed the injury pic in your RR that your legs weren't shaved...any words about that and your healing process?
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wirebook posted 11 weeks ago.
Nah, no shaving for me. And no issues with the healing process on it. Most of the pain was more inside/internal to the leg. As opposed to be a rash it was more like a puncture of sorts, so just straight in without a lot of skinning.
The pain's basically all gone now - was mostly gone by the end of Thursday from it.
-Ray
Tri Blog: Http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com
Here's a link to my race report. I would have loved to have pasted it here, but I suspect I would have somehow managed to break the entire site. It's umm...a bit long. But yeah - whatdya expect for the first time?
http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2008/08/ironman-canada-2008-race-report....
-Ray
Tri Blog: Http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com