HIM are no joke!
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Iron Dan posted 42 weeks ago.
Wat to finish even though you felt like you had nothing left in the tank. Good luck in your future races this year.
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kylie posted 42 weeks ago.
Congrats on the finish! Yeah, I definitely find that once you hit half IM level the nutrition and strategy of the race becomes much more important :)
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alowrun posted 42 weeks ago.
Wow!
Congratulations.
My A-priority goal for next year is to finish a 70.3
It's actually been a life goal since I started doing multi-sport, so I can't wait to see what it really involves.
Thanks for the heads up!
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RV posted 42 weeks ago.
Nice job - nailing down nutrition/hydration is a key for long course.
RV
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kxux posted 42 weeks ago.
I can only agree that HIM will test your endurance and abilities. It is VERY IMPORTANT to have your nutritions down. I finished my first HIM this past weekend in PA and we were struck with quite hot weather. 90+ degrees on the race day, hot and humid and while on the bike we had some good wind working against us on one fairly long part of the course. My humbling experience came about 8 miles to the run when I was cruising along according to my plan until I had big bear jump on my back and force me to walk for over 30 minutes. I think it was lack of sodium that made me do that - the cramp on my right side was not going away and was pretty bad even while walking. I took time to refuel - got pretzels, chicken broth, banana, gels and plenty of water. I was very frustrated as it happened only few miles from the finish line. But after the walking picnic I was able to resume running and got to the finish line few minutes before my target time of 6 hours. But it was very humbling - you do not see many people walking during the Oly or Sprint distance races. I saw a huge number of walkers during the HIM - I guess the weather and run on the steaming asphalt was doing us no good.
Eventhough the weather was bad and I had to walk I somehow managed to finish second in my AG that day and got some hardware that will always remind me of this race.
Reminder for next HIM - do not lose salt tablets on the bike you will need them for the run.
My race report is on my blog if you have time to read it - it is fairly long.
http://runtotri.blogspot.com/2007/09/quakerman-half-ironman-703-race-report.html
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gfd posted 42 weeks ago.
Justin,
Great achievement in finishing the HIM. The experience you gained will be valuable for next season.
Jan,
Fantastic job at the Quakerman. 2nd place in those conditions is impressive. Finishing a half in that heat is also a tremendous accomplishment. I got to the lake at 8:40 so I didn't call your cell. I hung out by the water start thinking you might see the Trifuel shirt I had on. I was lucky enough to finish 1st in my age group in the mini, so Trifuel was well represented.
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Anton posted 42 weeks ago.
Congrats to both you guys...Had the same kind of eye opening punch up when I jumped from Oly to HIM...Folks said it was a different animal...it sure was...it had teeth!
(IM has teeth and a big stick!)
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
My Blog: http://anton.trifuel.net
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TryScott posted 42 weeks ago.
Grats to both of you. After doing my olympic distance, I'm pretty sure that anyone who can swim and spare a few hours a week to train, can finish an olympic tri. The HIM sounds scary. I've wondered if there's a good way to test your body to see if you're ready for it before raceday. I don't even know what a salt tablet is, and I've never tried to workout for 6 hours straight.
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Ironmom posted 42 weeks ago.
Congrats to both of you. HIM is definitely a distance to be respected!
Blue Skies, -Robin-
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houseofdixon posted 41 weeks ago.
I totally agree with everybody. The HIM is not a small thing. I did my first this summer and I realized that it is really not even the same kind of race as a Sprint or Olympic, which seem to fit together as far as effort levels. The Half seems more about mental toughness than any other race. It's where you find out who you are.
BTW, I'm signed up for the full in Placid next year, so I guess I'll really find out who I am.
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SusanMac posted 40 weeks ago.
My first HIM last year was similar. The entire run hurt more than it should. It was totally a nutrition/dehydration thing. I also wasn't as committed to my training plan as I should have been. I learned a lot, tweaked my training, and nailed both a HIM and IMWI this year with no issues.
Keep it up! It will get better. It's a fun distance.
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Brad Nicholson posted 31 weeks ago.
next year will be my first HIM as well and i can say that i am a bit intimidated.
i am concerned about the nutrition. i am doing FL great escape as a tune up (my HIM is in MAY, March for FGES) but otherwise am going into the race blind except for training.
All this after not having competed due to logging some desert time with my job off and on over the past few years.
I look forward to posting about my own sufferings in the future. As for walking during the run....no shame in my game!
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Iron Dan posted 31 weeks ago.
Brad Nicholson;86522 wrote:
I am concerned about the nutrition. i am doing FL great escape as a tune up (my HIM is in MAY, March for FGES) but otherwise am going into the race blind except for training.
Just practice your nutrition during your training, if you do this you will be as prepared as possible and will be fine, just don't try anything new on race day. That can make the day even more painful than it already is.
So had my first HIM race this weekend. These races are definitely at a different level than Olympics. It was a long and grueling day and today my body is pretty sore and tired.
The swim is my weakest, but I managed to feel good in the water. The water was cold but I got a good warm-up in and that got the initial shock out of the way. It was about 1/2 mile run from the beach to the T1 and the gravel was rocky and tough. My feet didn't like the feeling. I got on my bike and I was off for 56 miles.
I had a decent bike leg. I averaged 18.3 for the 56 miles (nothing like Red5) but I will take it. At about mile 50, I started to hit the wall a bit. So I hit up a gel and finished the rest of my endurance drink.
I got off the bike and i was hoping I was going to get my legs back on the run. No...that didn't happen. In fact, I struggled most of the way. I couldn't seem to find my energy and rhythm.
I finished the race and my body is sore and tired. I didn't have the best race but finishing is the main priority for this distance. I had plenty of gels, (14 to be exact) over 500 calories of endurance drink, 1 gatorade, 1/2 banana and lots of HEED drink. Nothing seemed to get me going.
I respect you all who have done HIM and even more so IM. They are daunting tasks and if you have finished them, Awesome Job!
Looking forward to 2 sprints in the coming month!
Justin Levine
www.justintrain.com
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