Right on Dave. In Caliman, my key was pacing. Lots of folks passed me on the bike, but I passed plenty on the run that were walking, suffering, etc. I have a good grip on what my body can do (never used a HRM), and think the pacing will be the key to me pulling off what you did at CaliforniaMan. Woo hoo!
Back on topic, where is the Devil’s Advocate when you need him/her? Why am I forced to play the bad guy? Please note that the following is not necessarily the view of the author, but is raised solely to encourage discourse among forum members:
I can not believe that no one has chimed in to say that this person received outside assistance and should be disqualified. What say you?
So…? Is it that critical? If he was into money, AG, etc. sure, but here you have a common man that wouldn’t say no and got some encouragement. Anyone who has run an IM has gotten something from the crowd. This dude got it on a more personal level. The point is that he persevered (sp?) and made it. Not everyone is speedy, but everyone can choose not to give up.
These were offical race volunteers, not bystanders.
And this was not an Ironman race. Not sure if the same rules apply anyway, and regardless of what the rule states, they are not applied to folks like this. Its not an oversight, they don’t enforce them purposely.
I have that mind set… And even experimented at Timberman this year; just what happens if you attack a bike course… I found out! I went 2:36 at Timberman, with an avg hr of 162. The run turned into a shuffle of 2:04. Now I’m not fast to begin with, but last year, same race, I bike aerobically for a 2:49 and ran a 1:52.
My IM race day strategy… Go “slow” on the swim, go “slow” on the bike, and run the marathon “slow”. Slow meaning “aerobic”.
ummm … unless my math is off, you still went 1 minute faster with the slow run …
I actually went 3 minutes faster because I focused on not wasting anytime in transition… but… If I paced the bike a little better, I’m thinking 2:45/6, I think my run would have been there and maybe I could have done 15 minutes better.
That was a death march for me… from the very first step… I went from 8:45 miles to 10:32 miles for the last 1/4.