Ironman USA 2007
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cayman posted 1 year ago.
Great blog 1st installment. The swim sounded brutal, kind of like water roller derby... can't wait for the next entry.
john
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jeslol posted 1 year ago.
Congrats Sheila
It's always interesting what you don't remember from the course. Really they had names for hills after the out and back? I remember seeing chalked cherries on the course, but didn't know they were the name of the hills. I really don't remember anything worthy of the name heartbreak hill...
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dr_rios_ec posted 1 year ago.
Thank you so much Sheila, you are always so nice to share your knowledge and experience.
I really enjoyed the first part of your report, looking forward to read the rest.
-Santiago
"Man!! Defeat is worse than dying, cause´you have to live with it" -My Dad
"It ain´t about how hard you can hit...it is how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward"-Rocky Balboa
I'll post the really short version here, and then if you want to read the excrutiating detail (which apparently a lot of people want to do), please go to my blog. So far, I'm posted through the swim and T1.
What it doesn't say below is that this was my 2nd fastest Ironman, and I was 7th in my age group, and I hope I can improve on that placing next year.
SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL POSITION
1:23:19 6:59:05 5:06:40 13:39:51 1270
RACE LEG DISTANCE PACE POSITION
TOTAL SWIM 2.4 mi. (1:23:19) 2:11/100m 1640
FIRST BIKE SEGMENT 56 mi. (3:21:49) 16.65 mph
FINAL BIKE SEGMENT 56 mi. (3:37:16) 15.46 mph
TOTAL BIKE 112 mi. (6:59:05) 16.03 mph 1446
FIRST RUN SEGMENT 13.1 mi. (2:27:01) 11:13/mile
FINAL RUN SEGMENT 13.1 mi. (2:39:39) 12:11/mile
TOTAL RUN 26.2 mi. (5:06:40) 11:42/mile 1270
TRANSITION TIME
T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE 7:08
T2: BIKE-TO-RUN 3:39