Ironman Louisville - Triathlon

swim PR for rank

a lot of time in the water this year and last month due to inability to run train half of September

long transition time to prep patellar tendonitis- NSAID gel, clothes change

Stopped once at mile 70 special needs. Waited 90 seconds for the head and at least 60 seconds for special needs bag from confused volunteer. Applied more NSAID gel to knee and filled second powered infinit bottle with water.

Overall lost 5 minutes to special needs. Next time I'll look to skip special needs and go off course to void.

Otherwise I rode the course to the best of my fitness

Hamstring cramps dismounting bike from static position. Had to stretch it out in the transition chute.
Volunteer gracioulsy took my bike as they did all bikes and racked it. Unfortunatley she racked it about 200 spaces off costing me 4-5 minutes coming out of the change tent when I went to retrieve garmin 920 I left mounted to the BTA bottle.

stretch more than I did coming into transition. Remember Garmin.

controlled the knee and groin tendonitis/strain with Lidocaine patches 4% purchased off Amazon. I didn't notice them much. They did not mitigate muscle soreness or pain from running but they may have helped with the tendonitis and strain. Wrapped the knee with Artic Ease wrap and a cho-pat over that. Wrapped groin with neoprene waist/groin wrap. At mile 13.9 I ducked into a porta-john and removed all patches, applied dexa-m, applied new lidocaine patches and re-wrapped groin and knee. It added about 7 minutes to the third split (just after special needs) but it was needed. The run was grueling on the second half. I began walking the aid stations. Mentally I had to work to stay in it and not walk between the stations. At mile 20 my pace pushed above 12 min miles. I limited the aid station walk to half the station. I used my thicker run socks. I think I would have had less L 5th toe rub if I used the thinner ones.

Not much to do differently. The groin and tendon injuries dictated slower times. Plantar faciatitis delayed run training early in the year. The groin and knee slowed run training in August and September.

near collapse...it was good to finish.


injuries


This was my second 140 and first Ironman branded race. Before race rad I was put off by what seemed like exorbitant pricing. During the race it became evident that IM spends more on the venue then others at least for the full. When I'm ready for another full I would do an IM without hesitation based on the Louisville 2015 experience. Hopefully the new owner will maintain continuity.