Hey there crazy man,
AWESOME JOB on the race!!! I can still hear you at the finish line of Ottawa saying “there’s anu”… and walking in the one of the other two “foreign imports” at that race. You are an aweseome sportsman!!
A piece of your soul on the tarmac eh? Now THAT is truly goosebump material.
Good luck for the rest of the year!!
a
Dev,
Glad to hear that our visit to the great big Buddha provided the inspiration for your speedy transition times. Must be the meditation and visualization? You’ll have to plan more business trips to Asia if you want to keep setting PRs 
I haven’t heard from it Nerrow himself, but it would seem that his swim and run times were a bit below his norm, probably due to the RAAM prep/race. But he sure nailed the bike, positive split notwithstanding.
But did you notice that you blew him away in T1+T2?
Ken
Way to go Dev,
Watching online yesterday left me with some feelings of unfinished business on that course. I have a feeling a trip back to LP is in the cards for 2008.
Gotta get through '07 first though, I’ll be up in Ottawa for the Canadian Half on Labour Day weekend. Are you around that weekend?
Congrats again,
Ian
What is the Ottawa race like?
I noticed that it is a lap race which is quite different than Peterborough, it looks pretty flat and fairly quick, there are not too many people.
I am thinking about doing another 1/2 this year just to get my second under my belt and look forward to next year.
Considering you will be challenging for top spot like PB it would be good to draft off you for a few seconds on the run when you lap me!
Congrats Dev, great race. Your posts are always inspirational, and your post-race was amongst the best. I’ll be there, as a first time Ironman distance athlete, next year.
Best,
Ian
Great Job Dev. Sorry we did not get a chance to hang out. Working you know. You stopped by but left before it registered that it was you. At least I had the chance to yell at you out of T1.
Folan
Folan…sorry that I did not get back around to the booth…my schedule was pretty tight arriving in town at pretty well the last moment given all that was going on at work. Thanks for the cheers in T1. Jonnyo, for 2008, I think that you need to spot me at least 80 minutes!
I think we need to fly in an entire prozone contingent in for Epicman 2008 so that you guys can get a solid preview of the course 7 weeks out from the Men’s Championship (assuming that it will be there)!
Dev
Congratulations Dev!
It was great to meet you out there at midnight cheering people after your own race!
Thanks again for posting so much of your insight/experiences/advice on ST for the rest of us to learn from.
Dev,
You did not turn around and go back to pick it up to avoid a “littering penalty”? 
Cheers,
Fred.
frankly the swim needs some major work. 62 minutes is ridculously slow.
Dev,
If you had worn the Frequency, I am guessing that you would have been close to 60 or under
It’s free speed!
Great race. Congratulations.
Can’t believe the depth in your AG and it does not get any easier when you go up to 45+
Fleck…next year WE are going under 60 :-)…Fred, I lost my watch in the swim! It was a blessing during run loop 1 when I just ran easy on perceived exertion, but I would have liked to have it on run loop2 as a “slacker meter” to keep me from slacking off on some harder miles. Amazingly enough, my last four Ironman run splits have been 3:43, 3:42, 3:42, 3:42 on different courses in a variety of conditions, with wildly different bike splits! While I can’t take any credit for being blazing fast, at least I will lay claim for tortoise like consistency.
Hey Dude,
The Ottawa course IS flat, there is no semblance of any incline or wind and the race director, Terry McKinty is AWESOME. The loops might drive a person nuts but, for me its a luxury to be on clean roads, and that is usually raceday.
I had an awesome experience in Ottawa!
-a
Fleck…next year WE are going under 60
Does that mean, me and you or you and the Frequency? The days of me going sub 60 for an IM swim are long gone, so it must be you and the Frequency
Hey, Congrats, Dev.
I saw you in the hotel but never went up to introduce myself. (I was wearing the Timex stuff)
That swim sucked, well, my swim, was very bad. i was expecting a 1:15 and ended up with a 1:22 because I was out in BF far right…jeeze louise!
I set a PR and am happy with my day. Glad to hear you love the course, i do to. This is my favorite venue.
Cheers! Happy Recovery!
DUDE!!!
You swam a 1:02? What could you have done in better conditions? That’s amazing, especially for a guy who didn’t come from a swimming background. I’m not surprised by your fast times on the bike and run, I knew you were on for those, but that swim time is great.
Congratulations. Next year at Cd’A, I’ll see if I can beat your swim split, but no way am I going after either of the other two.
Hey Dev-
Congrats on a GREAT race and day out in LP!! Excellent work! Enjoy some R&R! Your attitude and enthusiasm is wonderful!
I’m considering it, it would be my second 1/2 Iron, both this year so I want to see how my legs feel, given that it is flat I should be ok compared to Peterborough!
Thanks for the feedback.
Andrew
Dev: Nice consistency on the run, but when you break through (and you will) I’ll bet it’ll be down around 3:30. Just remember your lesson on training frequency, don’t skimp on the hard stuff, and keep pushing the progressions.
BTW, I was the guy on the bike on Riverside Dr who gave you the time check at Mile 17 (just under 15K to go) – now I know why you needed it, having lost your watch on the swim…ouch! You looked solid and strong & looked like you were in the 10:10 finishing neighborhood, more or less. That is one hard course – congrats, now get some rest!
-Mike
Hey Mike, thanks for the good words and the cheers. I hope you were in line on Monday to sign up for IMLP 2008 to put the boots to the rest of us 40-44 guys. Between you, Lavoie, Dave Nerrow and others, the bar for the rest of us keeps rising higher and higher. Maybe we can import Rob Barel from Holland to come and clean up in our age group. I
I think I managed to get the bulk of the local Ottawa 40-44 Kona qualfier studs all signed up for 2008, so that should keep me honest in training and race day. Nothing like racing scared and knowing your training buddies are about to steal your lunch. Frankly, I think this is the carrot I was missing to dig really deep at the end of the run and go sub 3:40. I had no training partners up ahead or breathing down my back and I was not trying to bust my chomps to get a Kona slot, or better yet try and hold off Murphy’s Law…I just had him hitting reload on Ironmanlive, which while humbling knowing that he is having a few laughs at my expense with a cold beer in hand, is not quite the same as having him blow by me on River Road