Triathlon

[XPender]

I did my first ever Ironman in Copenhagen a little over a month ago. Surprised how well the swim and bike went, but the run humbled me From km 13 and forward I felt like throwing up, and after 3 visits to inspect the porta potty's it was hard to keep the pace up.
Super pleased to finish in 9:48 though.

[Dmart]

@XPender Congrats! Amazing time!

[jimcord]

Your face says it all, so many facets to what you accomplished, that smile is all yours for your determination and resolve. Congratulations.

[indigo_nico]

Cool to see this thread! I’m headed to Kona, Hawaii for the Ironman World Championships for work in 2 weeks. Will be hanging out in our booth all week in the expo, let me know if you’ll be out there!

[Dmart]

@indigo_nico what are you doing there?

[indigo_nico]

@Dmart I work at SRAM as the Zipp Brand Manager, and this is always a big event for Zipp. We'll be in the expo showing off some sick bikes and doing an activation with one of our athletes, Skye Moench. Also hopefully sipping some drinks with umbrellas in them and catching some sun haha. Sneaking in a few bike rides as well.

[Dmart]

@indigo_nico That's amazing! what a great job Good to know you haha

[indigo_nico]

@Dmart i’ll make sure to share some photos from the big island!

[Perpetual_beta]

@XPender Fantastic!!!

Weirdly enough, that is the exact time I did at Ironman NZ many moons ago. I remember throwing up on the bike rides at least 5 times as I was not used to swimming in ocean water.

Again, fantastic effort! Did you qualify for Kona?

[XPender]

@jimcord Thanks man! A lot of emotion on those last couple of kilometers

[XPender]

@Perpetual_beta Not even close The guy that qualified from my age group (35-39) did 8:36:05

[Perpetual_beta]

@XPender TImes have gotten so insanely fast. That time would have been top 3 overall way back when I raced.

[Dmart]

@XPender Crazy times. In my 40-44 age group there winner finished in 8:27 that's just insane...

[Perpetual_beta]

@Dmart That was the winning time for NZ in 91. Most of us ran a good part of the swim. The organizers had not paid attention to the tidal schedule. Those were the days... You also needed a physician's attestation that you are in good health to start.

[Dmart]

@Perpetual_beta The physical attestation is still required for most of the Ironman events, at least I needed them for the last events. But yes, times are going through the roof now and even on the long distances, athletes are getting younger and younger.