Joe Thorne Runs 2:43:28

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This is the guy who was trying to go sub 2:40…

http://www.flotrack.org/blog/38502-Its-Going-Down-Mark-Allens-89-Ironman-run-split-record

Pretty damn impressive.

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Last 9 miles @ 5:51 avg. DAYUM. 2nd fastest run split of the day?

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That is OFF THE HOOK…man what a run!

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Granted he missed his goal of going <2:40, but with all the bullsh#t that people throw around the internet & ridiculous claims about what they will do & every excuse in the book why they didn’t do it, I have a lot of respect for a guy who puts it out there & actually backs it up. 8:59 in Kona is very impressive.

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damn. that’s crazy. so i guess he didn’t sit in T2 for 20 minutes to prep for the run.

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Very impressive.

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i hate to be negative, in an ironman that was so excellent

please, do not egg me on to be negative, by characterizing a guys failure to achieve his goals in a positive way

DAMNIT

TOO LATE
.

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actually his final time is arguably more impressive than his run.

im back to being positive again, I feel happy of myself

I have a lot of respect for a guy who puts it out there & actually backs it up. 8:59 in Kona is very impressive.

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I was hoping someone would re-visit this.
Pretty darn impressive run…

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Just for reference, here’s the original thread…

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=3538062

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I raced him @ BLST 70.3 this year. He ran by me at like mile 3-4ish like i was walking and it was about 100F at that point on the run. He is obviously amazing in the heat.
I believe he had the best run split of the day including pro’s. When i saw he was in my AG i knew everyone else was racing for 2nd place haha.

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I was third in our AG at BSLT and he simply blew past me around mile 8. Makes me feel a lot better that he had such a solid time at Kona, too!

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And your not a shabby runner either.