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Category: Ironman WA 12-2-2007
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IM WA: Picture Potpurri
Courtesy of my buddy Dan’s wife, Kelli:
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Iron Resolve
It was shocking to see/feel my mental resolve fizz away so suddenly. I had experienced lapses in resolve before but never as large as this time, half way through the marathon of Ironman WA. In the past, my resolve has weakened at the “wall” of a marathon, where my body just seems to get really…
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IM WA: Official Pics
Rounding the corner at a turnaround: Biking and a-runnin’:
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IM WA: Recovery +4 Days
Recovery log: Day After: Not so bad. Stiff, but I was much worse off after the NYC Marathon. Walking down stairs was definitely a bit painful, but not as bad as in previous races. I didn’t get a chance to sit in an ice bath after the race, but it seems like my legs were…
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IM WA: Wine Tasting with EST, Wild Kangaroos
EST took us on a wine tasting tour the day after our race! Our second tour guide, Sharyn who gave us lovely facts about the flora and fauna of Australia, as well as being a triathlon coach! Here I hold an authentic Australian meat pie. Seems like Australians like these pies of all sorts. Yes…
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IM WA: Race Day Pics
Some pictures from early morning at T1 amongst the bikes: Again, I am surprised at the bike field at T1 being so empty. Only 997 competitors! Check out the wacky folding bike with mini carbon HED aero wheels! I passed this guy out on the bike course. Happy me, after the race, all showered and…
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IM WA: The Emergence of Angry Dave
A while back I wrote about Raaaagggeeee and thought that I would rarely get into a rage state during a race. But not at Ironman WA. Angry Dave showed up. During the bike, there were periods of me remembering back to days of my youth, when all the bullies in my elementary school would beat…
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IM WA: The Race!!!!
Race morning I get up early and do my usual pre-Ironman routine. I eat my time-tested meal of one hard boiled egg, half a bagel, and a banana. Then my next time-tested routine: go sit on the toilet and hope something comes out, well, anything in my intestines comes out. It’s important to get it…
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IM WA: The Bag Search
One last thing before the race report. As we submitted our T1 and T2 bags, they made us take out everything and they searched them. We were (rightfully) asked if we had the main things, like our race numbers, shoes, bike helmet, etc. But then they asked us if we had contraband substances. One of…
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IM WA: Tomorrow is Race Day!
Last post before the race… Here I sit in the lounge of the Abbey Beach Resort, blogging away about the race. It also happens to be the only place in the hotel which has WIFI. I’ve had a long day today preparing for the race. Hopefully I will get a good night’s sleep as I…
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IM WA: Bike Course, Bike Drop Off, Need to Change My Last Name
Today I took a quick ride out onto the bike course. It is incredibly flat. According to my buddy Keish, the max elevation change is 50 ft! Foothill Expressway is a tougher ride than this course, and it ain’t tough at all! Also, apparently out here at sunrise and sunset, kangaroos come out and hang…
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IM WA: The Howls of the Wind
It’s 5am and I’ve been up since 3am. Couldn’t sleep anymore so I got up and read some, and had breakfast. Yesterday, the wind had picked up enormously. Not an expert at predicting wind speed, I thought that it must have been well over 30 MPH. As I fell asleep, the howls of the wind…
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IM WA: Parade and Carbo Dinner
I think this was the first time I’ve ever been to their parade of nations: Carbo dinner party wasn’t bad though; food was varied and I am more used to piles of spaghetti or ziti.
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IM WA: Freakin’ Flies
Here is the SCROUGE of western Australia: These flies are EVERYWHERE. They’re not like house flies that you find over here in the U.S. House flies just fly around and eat rotting stuff. These flies LOVE to come over and land on you. They basically need protein to lay eggs, so they would rather lick…
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IM WA: Registration and Shopping!
Getting down to the expo to register, we see the partially constructed area: Standing in line was weird. The N-R line had nobody in it. Doesn’t anyone have a last name that begins with a letter from N through R? On the other hand, the last names were all piled in D-H, I-M, and S-Z.…
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