Comments on: I Am (Half) IronFatty: 2013 St. George Half Ironman Race Report, Part 1

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:29:25 +0000

I have had that same experience with the porta potties. I remember getting the very first use of the “kybo” in RAGBRAI and it was magnificent. Getting up at 4:00 every day after that was totally worth it.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 15:02:05 +0000

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By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:14:31 +0000

Also, unless there’s a current in that lake, you’re fudging about how bad you are at swimming. Your per-mile pace was 34:36 per mile. I swim faster than that in quarter-mile swims on the Atlantic coast where the current assists most of the swim (it runs south-to-north here and all the beach triathlons swim north), but that’s actually a hair faster than my lake swims, even the one I do in the Okefenokee Swamp where I assume I’m being chased by alligators (and the water is so black you can’t tell that you aren’t).

I would just assume that I’m ridiculously slow, but I’m usually in the top half of male swim times and have a small competitive swimming background (that ended in 7th grade when I realized I hated swimming.) Maybe the competition level at an Ironman is that much deeper? Would make sense given the price between a random sprint and a real Ironman event.

I was 1248 overall in the swim, which puts me in the back third or so of the racers. I was 141st in the swim in my age group, which puts me in the back 25% of the men my age racing. So I’m not the last guy out of the water, but there was definitely way more than half the field gone by the time I got out of the water. – FC

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:49:17 +0000

I went to watch the half Ironman in Augusta, GA last year to decide if it’s something I’d want to do. They actually have the transition area for both the bike and run in the same place. Registration was in a hotel at the start of the swim about a mile from the transition the finish line was 2 blocks away from the river/hotel. Apparently, that’s a really convenient route if it’s normal to have to make multiple drops.

Makes sense, though. Half Ironman and Ironman courses are huge.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:49:21 +0000

Just wondering….for this half ironman how many others were on tri-specific bikes and had time trial helmets?

I’d guess about 60% had tri-specific bikes and 40% had TT helmets. – FC

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:05:40 +0000

*Sigh.* Waiting. Patiently. Or, not so much.

By: Rach

Rach — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000

It’s ALL about the cliffhanger fatty haha :)

By: Felipe

Felipe — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:12:21 +0000

“And, if you’re like me, your nerves act up before the race so much that, immediately upon finishing using the toilet, you just go get back in line to use it again. Because you know that by the time you get to the front of the line, you’re going to need it.”

Good to know that I’m not alone :)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:12:34 +0000

You were overtaken by Taylor Swift?

By: Wife#1

Wife#1 — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:04:21 +0000

Awesome cliffhanger and what a great first part of the report! *drumming fingers till the next one*

They always say you should lead with your strengths, so going right to the potty tale was masterful ;-)