Big Wheel Racing

By Nate;
Ironman Arizona was successfully completed on November 23rd.  After 18 weeks of very specific training I was rewarded with a good day.  Excellent conditions and fierce competition made for a fun race with some crazy fast times.

The race got underway as usual at 7am, water was a tepid 63F or so, chilly but perfect “working hard” temperature in a wetsuit.  Not being an exceptional swimmer I was pleased with a 1:07:27 swim.  Once on the bike it was all about making some time while fueling for the upcoming run.  A couple concentrated bottles of sustained energy with ~ 5 scoops each and 2 nuun tablets each did the trick, and the bike was wrapped up in 5:06:00 with an average speed of 22.0mph.

Hit T2 feeling good, and had to hold back on the run for the first few miles, then it became the inevitable battle to hold pace.  Held on for a steady run in 3:55:04

Total time: 10:18:32

29/211 in 30-34AG

206/2200 overall.
A very special thanks to High Desert Bicycles in Rio Rancho for the amazing hookups on lots of equipment, the Giro Advantage 2 aero helmet, Specialized S-works Tri shoes, Mavic Win-tek computer, nice new chainrings/chain/cassette, as well as a pile of consumables over the summer.  Thanks John and Vince!!

The titanium King Cages worked great, and are superior to carbon fiber cages in every way, and my Sock Guy woolies lasted all day.

Also thanks to John and Randy at the ABQ Running Shopfor all the help with shoe selections, the Mizuno Wave Elixer 3 was the perfect race day shoe for me.

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