Monday, September 15, 2014

Ironman Calgary 70.3

Beer gardens and Finish Line Stands!


Did Ironman Calgary 70.3 4 weeks ago (#imyyc).  It was pretty fun, well organized with great volunteers.

Race Review

They did a lot of stuff right and it was a great race overall.  The swim was beautiful, the bike was excellent, and the run was gorgeous.

Swim - in Auburn Bay Lake, very nice clear water, lots of people watching all over the lake, but not enough bathrooms at the start and some buoys were smaller and tougher to see - 4/5

Bike - route was rolling hills for the first half then largely downhill on the way back, very fun, very nice.  There were only two support stations though, and they didn't have any

Run - Pretty fantastic, friendly people at all of the aid stations and very scenic and nice.  Great run.

Post Race - also fantastic, great food trucks with chicken and waffles and there was beer there.  Next year, I am definitely going to buy a beer....

Race Report

I waited way too long to write this, so it cannot be very detailed, alas.  Swim went well, I got a little lost but still had an excellent (for me) time.  Bike was a lot of fun, I liked the route a lot.  There were a lot of see through bike shorts which was a little disturbing.  I'm not sure people realize that worn out bike shorts are see through in the sun?  The run went pretty well, I ran a higher percentage of the race then ever before for this distance.  Went out too fast and kind of burned out but when I settled down it was a lot of fun.

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