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[Gunston]

Overall a very good race that I wont miss for years to come.

Glad to see that everybody had slowish swim times. I got out of the water after what I thought was an very good swim only to see that I was busy for 40min which was a bit of a dissapointment. Had an good bike leg and came in on the 3hr mark. The first 14km of the run also went well and I maintained a nice 5:30/km pace. Then started to get severe cramps in my calves and hamstrings just to bring it home in 6h17min and an overall run time of 2h28min.

[ADe]

It was a special feeling "sprinting" down the finishing line for my first 70.3 medal. I had a great swim and felt really good about myself afterwards. After about 40k on the bike that changed to fear of not making the bike cut off as I left my cycling legs in my room! The run was pain from start to finish due to my good old friend, ITB. I still managed my goal of sub 7 hours. So I am very proud of my finishers T and medal. I will be back for my second next year.

[dracs]

gummibear, on 24 January 2012 - 06:45 , said:

cool video... I am so in for next yr

[davem]

Just to add some more analysis to the swim time.

Marino Vanhoenacker swam 1:25 per 100m in EL. At Kona (a non wetsuit 3.8km swim) he did 1:20.

Compared a female age group podium finisher. 1:41 per 100m in EL, 1:30 at 70.3 Thailand. (ie 3min 35secs slower in EL)

My estimate is that the swim was probably in the region of 10-12% longer than the 1.9km.

Where this had a catastrophic effect is that Team Garwood missed the cycle cutoff by less than a minute. A regulation distance swim would have meant they would have made the cutoff comfortably and finished the race.

Edited by davem, 25 January 2012 - 11:35 .

[Henley]

My goals were:
• To finish in top 50% of the field. I made it to the top 30%
• To go under 6 hrs. I failed by 13 min
• To win my age cat (geriatrics 64-69). I did that
Excuses (of course!):
• Swam from buoy 1 halfway to buoy 3 before being herded back to the right by a surfboarder
• Dropped a chain and had my highest gear pack up
• Too conservative on bike and first half of run
Swim: 55
Bike: 3:15
Run: 1:53
T1+T2 : 11
Total : 6:13:25
Eisch!!

22 April? Decision, decision, decisions …..

[dracs]

davem, on 25 January 2012 - 11:29 , said:

Just to add some more analysis to the swim time.

Marino Vanhoenacker swam 1:25 per 100m in EL. At Kona (a non wetsuit 3.8km swim) he did 1:20.

Compared a female age group podium finisher. 1:41 per 100m in EL, 1:30 at 70.3 Thailand. (ie 3min 35secs slower in EL)

My estimate is that the swim was probably in the region of 10-12% longer than the 1.9km.

Where this had a catastrophic effect is that Team Garwood missed the cycle cutoff by less than a minute. A regulation distance swim would have meant they would have made the cutoff comfortably and finished the race.

Is it not possible that the tide was higher than usual? My understanding is the distance includes portion of the beach so tides will introduce a variable that can be significant (along with currents)... Just asking since this seems more plausible to me than them getting buoy placement wrong by 10%...

[The Saint]

Showtime, on 23 January 2012 - 09:39 , said:

Fantastic event once again.

There is one thing I don't understand though. I had a friend with chain problems on the bike and the roaming support vehicle said if they help her she will be disqualified.

- what are the tech support vehicles then actually allowed to do?
- I don't think a girl needs to be able to repair a chain to prove she's a triathlete. Surely this is missing the point.

IronMan rules state that no assistance whatsoever is allowed. You may hand a competitor a tube or whatever you like but you may not assist with the repair (you may only advise on how to repair), same applies to the tech support. There are no lines which need to be drawn. IronMan Tri is an individual sport end of story which treats all genders equally as the same rules apply across the board. There is no special treatment for anyone, it is not called IronMan for nothing. Had your friend read the rules or attended the race briefing she would have known she could not ask for assistance from the tech support, she would have known that it results in an immediate DQ.

[davem]

dracs, on 25 January 2012 - 02:20 , said:

Is it not possible that the tide was higher than usual? My understanding is the distance includes portion of the beach so tides will introduce a variable that can be significant (along with currents)... Just asking since this seems more plausible to me than them getting buoy placement wrong by 10%...

Not really. The course was laid in the morning. This should account for the tide at that time. The tide level would not change the course distance materially from day to day.

The beach did not seem narrower than usual either.

[The Saint]

Another nice Video of Sunday with a very happy ending

[bclark]

Apparently Ironman 70.3 for 2013 is R1725.

Quite a jump.

Registration is open.

[cervelo]

Henley, on 25 January 2012 - 01:19 , said:

My goals were:
• To finish in top 50% of the field. I made it to the top 30%
• To go under 6 hrs. I failed by 13 min
• To win my age cat (geriatrics 64-69). I did that
Excuses (of course!):
• Swam from buoy 1 halfway to buoy 3 before being herded back to the right by a surfboarder
• Dropped a chain and had my highest gear pack up
• Too conservative on bike and first half of run
Swim: 55
Bike: 3:15
Run: 1:53
T1+T2 : 11
Total : 6:13:25
Eisch!!

22 April? Decision, decision, decisions …..

go for it...

[SwissVan]

Henley, on 25 January 2012 - 01:19 , said:

My goals were:
• To finish in top 50% of the field. I made it to the top 30%
• To go under 6 hrs. I failed by 13 min
• To win my age cat (geriatrics 64-69). I did that
Excuses (of course!):
• Swam from buoy 1 halfway to buoy 3 before being herded back to the right by a surfboarder
• Dropped a chain and had my highest gear pack up
• Too conservative on bike and first half of run
Swim: 55
Bike: 3:15
Run: 1:53
T1+T2 : 11
Total : 6:13:25
Eisch!!

22 April? Decision, decision, decisions …..

Hey Mr. LL well done on your age group win!! I see you still run like the wind...
I'm sure you will do well with the full IM.

Remember you from way back when in the late eighties early nineties, if i remember you often used to race in red socks (unless i'm confusing you with Alan Robb, but he was not really into duathlon and tri's).