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Ironman 70.3 Hawaii - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Absolute chaos on the swim. I don't think anyone knew where the heck they were going. I almost gave up on the first buoy things were so nasty and crazy. People got spread out super far after the turn to the outer part of the circle, and criss crossing the masses because of confusion. This led to a lot of squeeze outs & people clawing and kicking each other all the way. So much for Aloha swimming. It was not a fun swim IMHO. the loose buoy messed up everyone, apparently and the gusty winds kicked up the chop.. Did not see many (Or any) lifeguard/volunteers herding us. Lots of people turning way too far out. Just a crazy swim, and was damn glad to be done with it.  Transition 1
Comments: decent attempt to run from the beach to transition, and minimal fumbling around to get out to the mount line.  Bike
Comments: I knew I was in for a tough day at about 8 miles into the bike. The winds were surprisingly strong so early in the ride. They didn't let up, sometimes headwind, and mostly gusty cross winds. By far the hardest to deal with were the cross winds. This continued all the way to Hawi. To make it more fun, it rained hard on us for about 8 miles from Hawi, which of course plagued us on the return. Wind gusts estimated at 40+ in places, blowing the bikes all over. Eating, grabbing bottles were ridiculous ideas, and passing became a risk. Held on in the aero bars as best as possible, and a few points just too damn scary. My 404 front was just all over the road at times. Amazing how much this takes a toll on your core muscles fighting the side to side gusts. Yet, managed to pull off a decent bike, but not as good as I hoped. What would you do differently?: Ride regular front wheel in conditions like this. 404 was too much. Transition 2
Comments: fairly fast T2. Self rack this year. Long run in thick grass to the exit.  Run
Comments: Wish I had a little more gas, but the winds exhausted me on the bike. Although not as hot this year, the high winds made it very hard to run well. Some parts were give and take, going into the wind on a downhill and then being pushed from behind on the uphill, but other sections were just extra hard because of the wind. Post race
Warm down: ate my Ironman hamburger with gusto! What limited your ability to perform faster: strength to handle the wind conditions. Event comments: Amazing event, very challenging this year due to the extreme winds. Being my third Hawaii 70.3, it was a humbling experience compared to the first two. Although I managed to be within a minute of my last year's time, there wasn't much I could in terms of PR. Mentally I feel I PR'd but the clock tells all. Last updated: 2012-06-04 12:00 AM
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 2012-06-04 5:21 PM |
Master  2855     Kailua, Hawaii |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii |
| 2012-06-04 6:05 PM in reply to: #4244272 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Great race Noel. It was tough out there. |
| 2012-06-05 1:55 PM in reply to: #4244389 |
Master 2855 Kailua, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii thanks. yes, hard and learned a lot! |
| 2012-06-06 11:17 AM in reply to: #4244272 |
Veteran 293 Somewhere training in Rocklin, CA | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Nice time for the conditions, looking forward to joining you next year for this race and the Lavaman once again! |
| 2012-06-06 11:25 PM in reply to: #4247752 |
Master 2855 Kailua, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii right on! It's a fun challenge for sure. |
| 2012-06-07 12:28 PM in reply to: #4244272 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Definitely a PR considering the conditions. Out of curiosity, how were your placing in your AG this year compared to last? I think that rain going up to Hawi, was coming from clouds 50 miles away, straight sideways!! Congrats on some pretty good times. |
| 2012-06-07 2:30 PM in reply to: #4250024 |
Master 2855 Kailua, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Thanks !! It was pretty humbling. Although many managed to PR despite the wild winds, so I guess I have no excuse ;-) The new AG was small (23) compared to 162 in last year's event. I placed 40/162 vs. 15/23 this year. There were about 4 guys ahead of me by a few minutes, so I think it's a bit closer to the top perhaps in this case. My second race of the year in the new AG, so far they are damn speedy ! Yes that rain didn't want to go away. First time I've had rain on a race over there. Edited by metafizx 2012-06-07 2:31 PM |
| 2012-06-07 2:56 PM in reply to: #4250357 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii metafizx - 2012-06-07 9:30 AM Thanks !! It was pretty humbling. Although many managed to PR despite the wild winds, so I guess I have no excuse ;-) The new AG was small (23) compared to 162 in last year's event. I placed 40/162 vs. 15/23 this year. There were about 4 guys ahead of me by a few minutes, so I think it's a bit closer to the top perhaps in this case. My second race of the year in the new AG, so far they are damn speedy ! Yes that rain didn't want to go away. First time I've had rain on a race over there. FYI, you were 15th out of 105...not 23 |
| 2012-06-07 6:42 PM in reply to: #4250404 |
Master 2855 Kailua, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii oh man, thanks Jason. Don't know why I was thinking 23...weird. Well that does make it sound better, top 14% vs 25% of last year.
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| 2012-06-07 7:26 PM in reply to: #4250357 |
| Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii I did the race last in 2006 and it was the same thing with the rain, though not nearly as windy.
Now that I think about it, I think the only two times I've been on the bike in the rain where this race. |
| 2012-06-07 8:28 PM in reply to: #4244272 |
Master 2855 Kailua, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii I totally had it easy the past 2 times doing this race, now that I got the "jackpot" of conditions this time ;-) I can see how different Kona could be, totally up to the conditions at stake. |
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