It was an amazing Ironman weekend for the Fresno PAL Triathlon Team! I (Coach Dorman) competed in my first (half) Iron man race (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) in 6 hours and 35 minutes; I was hoping to finish between 6 and 7 hours so hit right on the money! Seven students (Albert, Marvin, Edna, Michael, Aaron, Eric, Omar) came down with me in the Suburban as well as my girlfriend Meagan and friend Jen. The students did a GREAT job volunteering/cheering people on as I raced and Meagan and Jen took pictures and cheered me on!
To make a long story short, we left Friday around 7pm due to a swim meet against Fresno High, arrived around 1am and went to bed at 1:30am… only to wake up at 4:30 and leave by 5am for the race! Saturday after the race we hung out at the beach for a bit, had some great Pizza and Guitar Hero at my good friend Jeff's house. Sunday we went to some tide-pools at the beach and played some football. Then it took about 8 and a half hours to get home due to traffic and some pit stops. Car time is quality time...
Preliminary results are here:
http://www.nasports.com
Some pictures are here: http://picasaweb.google.com
Special THANKS to the Ironman staff who helped make it happen, Fresno PAL of course, my brother and his fiancée Trish for letting us invade their house, and the parents of my students who gave us sandwiches for the road!
Some kids and I will do the Millerton Triathlon April 19th with Sierra Multisport (http://www.sierramultisport.com) and others have chosen to do a Visalia super-sprint triathlon(http://www.onyourmarkevents
Any questions, comments, etc. should be directed to Brandon Dorman or http://paltriathlon.googlepages
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my race report:
Swim: LOVED every minute except getting kicked by some guy in the face. felt good about a 1:33 100yd split. water wasn't that cold with my new skull cap thing!
Bike: Really enjoyed it although the hills were challenging and I was Way slower than everyone on the bike... i honestly don't think i passed anyone! but that's ok. it was fun to cycle for the first time ever for me... I was super stoked at the end, especially considering the longest i'd ridden in one sitting was 45 miles on March 1st. Some people complained about the wind but I didn't mind it really... also I appreciated the slightly overcast weather sometimes because it kept me cool. I did feel like I perhaps needed some more liquids, but the aid stations and water i had kept me fine. I downed 3 packages of shot blocks and several gels as well, and always did drink water or gatorade after those!
run: I was tired so walked quite a bit as shown by my 10:30ish average mile time. also hadn't done a full half marathon in training. there were some hills and what not but was the most challenging part for me was looking out on the beach and smelling barbecues, people having fun and just spashing in the waves, etc... ugh! I wanted to just jump off the course and into the ocean for a minute!
analysis: more training of course, also more bricks. and rash guard for the wetsuit... looks like a giant hickey much to the amusement of my high school students... But overall a GREAT trip overall and great race too! also need to get a second water bottle for the bike...
3 comments:
Congrats on finishing your first tri! And rocking it too! I couldn't imagine only getting 3-4 hours of sleep after a long drive and then going out and slamming 70.3 miles. Very nicely done!
Funny how with the internet ya find someone that you shared a few minutes in a bathroom line at 6:20AM in the dark.
That pi song was great. You are much more daring than I am, there is no way I would ever do that, granted I can't carry a tune... :) Have you heard the pi song that goes to Don McLean's American Pie? Here is a link:
http://www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html
Hope the last few weeks goes well for you, we have 8.5 (43 days) and counting...
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