Peterborough Half Ironman: Itseazy wins top Amateur and Dev Race Report!

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Hey guys,

Congrats to Ian Young on a studly performance at the Peterborough Half Ironman. He duked it out with the top Ontario Pros Len Gushe and Wolfgang Guembel (2nd at Muskoka Chase, Top 10 at Disney 70.3) from the gun to T2. He came into T2 with an 18 minute lead on my buddy Ryan Cain who was sharing the tent with me the Peterborough Woodstock zone. Ryan asked me if I knew anything about this “Ian Young” guy after the race. I told him that he’s usually the top guy age grouper into T2 in every race he enters. Then he goes on…“yeah…but he can’t run”. I replied, “Dude, when you swin and bike that blazing fast, why even bother trying to run fast…” Seriously though, Ryan puts down a 1:25 run to take back 17 of the 18 minutes from Ian but runs out of real estate. I told Ryan he can have another shot at Ian if he can bag an IM Kona slot at IMC.

My races was initially marred by foolish errors and mishaps. With the amount of experience I have there is no reason for making these mistakes. I woke up completely stuffed up from alllergies. This is a 5x per week occurrence in this part of Canada for me. All it requires is a nice long 30 min warmup to hack things out. Well I was camping on sight and I don’t know where the time went, but I only had time for 10 min bike and 10 min bike warmup…started the swim hyperventilating after the beach start, put me head up like in idiot to get “extra air” got clobbered and pulled out to the side to recollect myself in a panic attack…got back into the groove a minute of 2 late and ended up with a 33 min swim…around 3 min off the back.

Onto the bike I am feeling good. I have borrowed my buddy’s race wheel because mine is on the way back to head getting fixed and at 40K I “throw” it into the 12 tooth and stomp on it and promptly put the chain in between the cluster and frame…DUH rookie mistake…I did check that it worked in the 12 tooth but not stomping under load…after trying frantically to get the thing working, I came to sreaching halt, dismounted and manually pulled the chain out…by now my concentration is messed up and I thinking that I am 4 min off the pace (3 min of swim and 1 min from the chain)…I tell people just like in business where you don’t worry about sunk cost, you don’t dwell on time lost, but I was.

On the way back the wind kicks up and now I am happy as I am sure this will shred the legs off the guys in front and I can make up ground, which start doing…then at 70K, I put the chain in the stays again…FUCK!!! OK, dismount, repeat and watch 5 guys blow by. I go anaerobic on the next set of hills and pull these guys back and quickly realize that a 1:30 run split will turn into 1:45 if I keep riding like this so I ease off and pull into T2 in 2:31…my slowest bike split in Peterborough in 4 years…oh well. It was all entirely my fault…dumb mistakes and letting them get to me.

I start running and fortunately it feels easy, and I am able to cruise at 7 min per mile…why is it that 7 min per mile in training feels so difficult yet in racing, it is something that is possible…oh well, no time to worry. I was 17th off the bike and I need to pick off at least 7 guys to slide into the top 10. At this point, I was pretty sure that I was leading the 40-44, but I knew that run speed demons Allan Faulds and Wayne Dustin would be ready to take me out if I faded to 1:35 pace. I ended up running toe to toe with 48 year old 9:30 IM stud Peter Kornelson…Peter and I have had some good half Ironman battles going back 10 years, and no one wants to let the other guy go ahead. It was a bit quicker than I wanted to run with Lake Placid 2 weeks away, but the mental hardening of going toe to toe with an adversary was great training in its own right. Eventually we decide to trade pulls and pass 2 more guys ahead of us…then into the final 2K on grass, my daily train running showed. Peter just dropped off running on the uneven surface.

In the 10th, 4:35 (2 min slower than last year), 1st 40-44.

As usual Mitch and Janet Fraser did a fabulous job with this event and Marc Roy from Sportstats had all the results up within second of crossing the finish line.

With 20 IMC slots on the line, more of you studly yankees should come up and put the boots to Itseazy next year.

Full results at www.sportstats.ca

      Category Filter  Overall Male Female M19 M20-24 M25-29 M30-34 M35-39 M40-44 M45-49 M50-54 M55-59 M60-64 M65-69 M70-74 MPRO W19 W20-24 W25-29 W30-34 W35-39 W40-44 W45-49 W50-54 W55-59 W60-64 Next Page >>  Place Name City Bib# Time Category Category

Place Gender
Place 2km
SWIM
Cat Ovr Time /100m 90km
BIKE
Cat Ovr Time km/hr 21.1km
RUN
Cat Ovr Time /km Tr1 Tr2 1 WOLFGANG GUEMBEL ST. CATHARINE 3 4:07:11 MPRO 1/6 2 2 26:35 1:20 2 3 2:19:28 38.7 1 1 1:19:43 3:47 0:52 0:36 2 LEN GUSHE MATTAWA 2 4:14:45 MPRO 2/6 1 1 25:12 1:16 1 1 2:16:57 39.4 6 18 1:30:55 4:19 0:46 0:55 3 JEFF BEECH WATERLOO 4 4:16:44 MPRO 3/6 3 4 28:51 1:27 5 6 2:25:41 37.1 2 2 1:20:30 3:49 0:46 0:58 4 GORD HENDERSON TORONTO 180 4:17:59 MPRO 4/6 4 6 28:55 1:27 3 4 2:23:38 37.6 3 3 1:23:21 3:57 1:09 0:57 5 IAN YOUNG ST. CATHARINE 23 4:27:42 M25-29 1/22 1 3 26:38 1:20 1 2 2:18:07 39.1 8 59 1:41:08 4:48 0:51 0:59 6 JAMIE HATT STAPLES 1 4:28:17 MPRO 5/6 5 17 30:46 1:33 4 5 2:25:00 37.2 5 15 1:30:43 4:18 0:49 1:01 7 RYAN CAIN OTTAWA 43 4:28:57 M25-29 2/22 7 71 33:54 1:42 2 9 2:27:55 36.5 1 5 1:25:25 4:03 1:05 0:40 8 PATRICK ALLAIRE MONTREAL 5 4:30:36 MPRO 6/6 6 42 32:21 1:38 6 18 2:30:38 35.8 4 4 1:25:11 4:03 1:43 0:44 9 GREG POGUE ST. JACOBS 110 4:31:17 M35-39 1/80 1 5 28:52 1:27 3 14 2:29:45 36.1 2 16 1:30:45 4:19 1:04 0:53 10 DEVASHISH PAUL KANATA 234 4:35:09 M40-44 1/84 7 48 33:02 1:40 3 23 2:31:07 35.7 5 10 1:29:37 4:15 0:39 0:45

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Nice race Dev!

You looked really strong on the run, which was terrible for me, I felt that I had paced it well on the bike but I could not hold any fluid down on the run and felt bloated the whole time. It was decent for my first 1/2 but I was hoping for more out of the run, I guess that it was experience gets you!

170 ANDREW AULD ANCASTER 89 5:27:48 M30-34 22/55 8 30 31:30 1:35 16 102 2:40:12 33.7 37 335 2:12:44 6:18 2:00 1:24

Really a great race for you Dev, All the best at LP.

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Nice job Dev! And not once reference of the “p” word. :wink:
Mark

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Nice work, even with the mishaps, moved in for the AG kill.

How would you compare this course to Tupper Lake and Muskoka(more or less hills)? I’m thinking about IMC next year and i’m trying to figure out how much speed i need to gain by next spring to bag a spot.

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Great job, Dev! Way to suck it up and keep your perspective out there. Your mental toughness is top notch…

Itseazy…hmm, that name sounds like it should mean something to me. Just kidding, good job Ian! I haven’t trained at all since CdA and now have to race NYC. This is a good motivator.

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Way to go out there Dev, once again you look to be well prepared for LP (and you worked out some bad luck/rookie mistakes two weeks early) One of these days I’m gonna put down a sub 1:30 run split…maybe this weekend.
I kind of think it’s a little funny that a guy I beat is criticizing my racing strategy but I don’t want to get into a Normann/Macca argument over it!!!
The race didn’t exactly go as planned for me, my swim was not good (haven’t swam in 3 weeks…lesson learned) the ride felt good, I liked to wind and the longer grinding hills. My PowerTap ran out of batteries after 3 minutes, I would have liked the data from the ride.
The run was actually a lot better than it looks on paper. I has having some issues with my left hip flexor from about 7.5km to the 13km mark. The first 7 km were OK, last 5km were very good (for me), middle not so much. I was happy that I was able to HTFU and finish “well”

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Great race Dev! I remember seeing you on the bike, and you seemed pretty far back which made me wonder. I too had major issues on the bike, at about 50k my front deraileur got messed up and in my big chain ring the chain was rubbing against it and it the small chain ring the teeth of the BIG chain ring were rubbing against it. I stopped to try and fix it but had no idea how and definitely didn’t have the tools to do so. So I rode the last 40k with in the “quieter” of the two… Sorry to anyone that had to ride near me! Especially on uphills when you don’t have the deafening sound of wind in your ears to mute out that wretched sound from my bike… That issue cost me probably around 5-6 minutes and left me pretty frustrated. Being my first HIM I was pretty pleased with a 5:22:56, 13/22 in my AG… which I will be in for 5 more years!

I learned two major things: A) I need to stop underestimating my swim speed, especially in races, because I feel as though I lost a ton of time fighting through people ahead of me and B) I need to do more LONG bricks… a 5:18/km pace is frustrating when I can run a 4:10 pace for a half marathon

Anyways, all in all it was a great race and I love to see all the crazy fast guys kick ass, unbeleivable.

Oh ya, and Dev, how in the bloody hell do you manage a 39 second T1?! I felt as though I flew through it, pre clipped pedals and everything and still was almost double!

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Hey Dev, nice race on a hot day! Looks like you’re ready to go for LP …
Ian too - the swim is a given, but you CRUSHED that bike. Thats not an easy course - and if i remember correct, the run has zero shade, right? Tough on a hot day.

ps… Dev, tell you friend he can’t swim :wink:

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I have no problem criticizing your foolish race strategy. you should slow down on the swim and bike, especially at the Ironman distance. Thanks a lot!

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Way to battle through the challenges on the bike and finish with a strong run!

It’s such a long race, I had all my problems on the run, I look forward to next year and learning from my first HIM as well.

I think Dev must teleport himself or something on T1, although he does take his wetsuit off in the water so that would help, i haven’t tried it yet.

Great race again.

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Congrats Dev and Ian, you guys rock indeed.
Now if I could only sub 5 in a Half.

Cheers,

Herbert

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You guys crack me up :-). Yes, I do remove my wetsuit as soon as I get out of the water when it is wet. It is also easier to run from the water to T1 without rubber around your legs, so when there is long run to T1, removing the wetsuit immediately actually ends up to zero time lost by the time you get to T1…then 39 seconds for T1 to run from mat to mat, grab the helmet and bike and hop on it. Frankly, my T2 was a bit slow…I was fumbling around trying to get my feet into my running shoes…there is likely another 10 seconds that can be saved there.

Ian, your race was pretty darn solid. Pretty soon we’ll see a sub 4:20 from you on that course. MTLrunner, the times in Peterborough are usually a few min slower than Tupper Lake. The bike course is always windier and the run is hillier. But the two courses are very comparable with respect to amount of hills. Bizzy, sorry to hear about your bike mishap…hey, I’ve done something like 50 half Ironmans over 22 years and I still messed up on mechanical stuff, so don’t feel to bad. Hopefully I got the mechanical Karma gods on my side now for Ironman LP.

Seriously though, this is an awesome race and better organized that Wildflower in my opinion. With only a 500 person field and a mass start, the race is really nice. More of you Americans should head up for this IMC qualifier.

PS. By the way, I would really be second in 40-44 if Len Gushe chose to race age group. He was 2nd overall!

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Ian,

As a follow up to my post last week on Infinit usage, this is what I used on during the race:
Pre race ~1000 calories of Oats and zero fat yogurt (I likely left it a bit late as I was eating 90 min before race start)…likely contributed to my panic in the water. 300 calories from Infinite 20 min before race (again, a bit close) Bike 1 bottle Infinit with 700 calories, plus 1/2 bottle of Gatorade off the course, plus 1/2 powerbar Run 250 mL of Infinite packed with 300 calories, plus half a gel. A quarter cup of water per aid station
Total calories from 20 min before race to end of race was ~1500 plus the pre race meal of 1000. Total estimated fluid consumption was ~2L. Aparently temps were near 90F and high humidity, but it never felt that hot

Dev

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Wow, I need A LOT more fluid than you!
I drank 2 bottles of water and 2 bottles of Gatorade on the bike, also had about 600cal in gels, also had 10 Endurolyte caps.
On the run I was drinkning at least 2 cups of water at each aid station. I took 6 pills and another 300cals of Hammer gel over the run course.
You’re right about the heat, I actually felt warmer on the bike than the run. The shade was nice on the run but I don’t think it’s an easier or faster course. You have to be a pretty solid runner to keep your momentum going on those hills in the back half.

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Congrats on a great race to all of you! How did you like the new run course? Any more shade than before?

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There was a bit of shade while you running near the T-Zone area.

At that point, you were also running on uneven grassy terrain, which was kinda annoying.

The main part of the course though…HOT.

No real improvement from the old run course, in my mind at least.

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…

Seriously though, this is an awesome race and better organized that Wildflower in my opinion. With only a 500 person field and a mass start, the race is really nice. More of you Americans should head up for this IMC qualifier.

… Is this really an IMC qualifier??? I remember it did have qualifying spots a few years ago, but I didn’t see anything on the Trisport site this year.

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Expecting a hot day, it really wasn’t that bad… I found the heat affected me more both last year and this year in Muskoka than yesterday…

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Is the drafting normally that bad…? once you got past the first 10 or so, almost everyone seemed to be cycling in packs.

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Is the drafting normally that bad…? once you got past the first 10 or so, almost everyone seemed to be cycling in packs.

It has been every year I have entered.