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Race Reports for Ironman France 2013

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Perspective The overall winner, Frederik Van Lierde, completed the same course on the same day in 8:08:59, including an inconceivable 4:33:30 bike split. In the words of my favorite Jamaican philosopher Ali G, “Respek.” What an incredible human feat. My friend who joined me for the Ironman took it easy and cruised to finish a couple hours before me. A year to the date, he lay in a hospital bed as the unfortunate victim of a hit-and-run. A year to the date, we were barely on speaking terms. Feeling guilty about the inability to do much from Morocco, we slowly mended our relationship over the phone throughout his recovery. A year to the date of nearly losing one of my best friends for the past 14 years, we toasted champagne to celebrate an Ironman finish in picturesque Nice, France of all places. My lovely wife, 2 sons, family, and friends accompanied us. Ironman is inundated with such stories, and this makes it beautiful. Following the race, I was somewhat paralyzed to learn
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Surprise. IMF is hard. Haha.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: How can I not rank my first IM as Best? One benefit to finishing close to the end my kids got to see the fireworks show at the finish. They loved that. It's a great race. I'm no expert on Ironman races but if you're up for a challenging course this is a good one.
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