2016 Ironman Lake Placid Race Day Thread
Hi Team, are you ready to give your teammates some serious mojo for this coming weekend? This thread is to be used on race day to comment on race conditions, observations on how our team are doing during there race, or just to provide some mojo on race day. This Ironman has a EN Tracker, so check out the dashboard to see who is racing and to track them on the day of the event.
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Question, where is the link to the race tracker?
Had a great swim and the best 4 keys this morning. A great day with the team.
We have come to the beginning of the end of the beginning of this journey and I sit here on the outside looking in knowing you are prepared. You've trained, you've learned and you're ready. You know your one thing (maybe more) and you're prepared.
If you're with family, friends, spouses this weekend, take ten minutes right now... YES RIGHT NOW - give them a hug and tell them how much they mean to you. Not just for going on this journey with you, not simply for running around town tomorrow cheering you on, but for all the reasons that have nothing to do with triathlon.
As your Race Captain, all I have to give is motivation and cheering tomorrow and I promise you, all day and all night I'll be out there. If you need me to yell, I'll yell, if you need a smile and a yell or tell you to HTFU, I am the loudest Puerto-Rican I promise you'll hear me. If you need to cry or a hug or whatever, I'm there. I don't go to sleep until every single one of us has ran up the shoot to the oval and heard "You Are An IRONMAN"
You are all attempting this race for a reason, and so are 2600 others. Remember when you're out there that you're sharing the day with athletes that have reasons also. Be friendly, be kind, smile. Even if you're in your head and focused. ESPECIALLY if they are teammates, let's lift each other up and have the best durn day out there tomorrow.
Let's treat this town with respect. No littering and remember to smile and thank all the locals for letting us borrow their town for a week.
It's an honor to know you all and each of you have a special place in my heart.
Sappy stuff over....
GO CRUSH IT!
Marc
Today is YOUR day crew! Go get it!!! ????????????????????????????????????
My guess is that's Rich. He was out of the water early and did a 2:30 first bike lap.
From Mariah...Woody is being brought in by van. He was kicked twice during the swim and he thinks he may have a concussion. He is not able to keep anything down.
Dinhofer is killing it!!! I hope he can feel my MoJo from MN to crush his run after that swim and bike!
Go EN go!
looks like Sabo and Dinhoffer are in an epic EN battle in the M 50-54 age group. Sabo lead out of the swim, but Dinhoffer pulled away on the bike, now Sabo has tracked him down and passed Dinhoffer on the run........this is much better than Scott vs Allen
4th should guarantee a Kona spot. With only 40 spots it may take a roll down for him to get it at 5th. Great performance for both!
Rob, wish you luck tomorrow with the allocation
thanks all for the kudos. Big RR coming, SO many people on this team were incredibly helpful to me in my revenge race from last year's DNS...Got passed by a dude in my AG sprinting past me in the chute, so really almost a 9th..
my 47 Vdot is never gonna hold Rob's 54 any day of the week, Great race Rob!
IMMT 2014 - 11:41
IMAZ 2014 -11:21
IMLP 2016 - 11:17
so grateful to be able to participate in this sport and share the course with so many amazing people. This Race is my hometown IM with many peeps on the course & cheering from my community, Really awesome to hear people you know from EN and everywhere else cheering and pushing you... It was a Really hot day, and I probably overcooked the bike a little..
Scott -
First, looks like the guy that passed you in the chute was in a different swim wave as the margin between you and 9th was a few minutes.
Second....don't for one moment think that what you did today was anything but breakthrough. Yes, it was a 4 minute PR by time, but IMAZ is one of the fastest courses on the IM circuit and IMLP is one of the slower courses. Your current fitness and today's execution at IMAZ would have had an 10 handle for sure, and probably a 30+ minute PR.
Congrats on a great day....enjoy the celebration with the team!
Still have a recovery and other events this season to solidify the fitness stamp! Thanks for all the encouragement, advice & mojo you have both provided!
Uh, I suggest making the podium the goal. Let KQ take care of itself. Consider what it would take to be top five, and orient your lifestyle and training, as well as race-day execution, towards that end. It *may* mean toning down on things like S2S, and Leadville, and becoming monomaniacal about IM. As long as you are under about 60, the year-to-year changes in potential as you age are small.
Good words... This year definitely got a bit overbooked.. Defining the podium as a goal makes a lot of good sense! now, for which IMs... ?