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My neighbor is doing that 50-miler. I don't think she's very fast though and will walk a lot of it, but still just to finish such an event is an impressive accomplishment. Gotta be far more enjoyable running in the backcountry rather than on pavement.

Moosie, I'll see you out there tomorrow morning? If access across the dam is blocked off, I'll call your cell and we'll figure out where else to go. Btw, yesterday when I was swimming in front of you... I went pee in the the water!!
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I saw your bubbles. It's OK, I lick Bear poo. Although maybe thats why I swam into that Bouy ? :p

Sounds like a plan, I'll be up there at 7. If it's closed, we can drive a little further around the corner and swim there. I'll wait for your call.

See you in the AM !!
 
idnative1948 said:
Daughter number one completed the Big Sur Marathon and just heard about this local race in August.
Any takers? NOT ME!
She said that she will volunteer this year and/or be a pacer. That way she will have an idea of what it is all about for next year.

http://runwildidaho.com/WhydoIneedtoknowthis.aspx
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Wow. Check out the profile!

That last 3000 foot climb to Silver Creek at mile 40 is going to hurt.

I want to do an Ultra sometime but I think I ought to start with a flat one.

Pretty course though.
 
Gents in the Boise IM.

I am going to be out of town for the weekend. I was going to get the crew from our hunting camp together to give you guys a *six moon* salute about at your lowest point just to keep you going.
Any takers to fill in for me?
 
Good luck BG and Moosie!

Relax, have fun.....and remember, most people will never even get to the starting line of the race ya'll are doing.

And let us know how it goes.......
 
Dude... I went up there tonight to drop off my bike.


.............. I might go throw up now , I feel sick !!!!
 
"six moon salute".... hahahaaa!

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind between 5 and 11 mph.
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A tailwind on the way back into town?...It's gonna be a niiiiiiice day tomorrow, although right now I'm wishing I had bought a TT bike over the winter instead of a new mtn bike... oh well... next year for sure.

Moosie, you're gonna do just fine. I'm looking forward to seeing your crew out there on the run and congratulating you at the finish. Hopefully I'll be feeling good and at this time tomorrow I'll be tipping back my 3rd or 4th cerveza somewhere near the finish. ;)
 
B.G. , My official swim time went from 34:11 posted on trip time to 38:18, not sure how that works.... :(

I'll post some next week with pictures. The 11MPH wind was an Underestamite on the bike. Felt like 50MPH . 14.16MPH average ? ?@??@ I think my boy rides his Trycycle at that speed :)

I have some fuuuuuuuuny stories. Will be later next week though.

All in All I *KILLED* the picture taking and Finish line dance by FAR !!!! I hugged several women I knew, Did A Handstand, Ate a Hamburger (For the picture then puked it up) put my Bike outfit on wrong (3 TIMES) in T-1 (Hence the 8 min transition :p )...... Anyway, more to come.

You did Awesome in the swim Brohan !!!! Thanks for Pre swimming with me bud !!!
 
Yeah, I was told post-race that my swim time was 28min / 77th overall, which I was very pleased about despite the rest of the race falling apart for me. Then this morning I see it's listed as 32min... still a decent time, but I really was hoping to be under 30min. They must have had something screwy going on with the live updates. So I swim all winter and beat you by 6min? Wtf? You were sandbagging us. :D

11mph winds?... uhhhh, I don't believe that for a second. That had to have been 20+mph. Those last 5 miles on the bike into the headwind were neverending.

Overall, nice job Moosie. Very impressive for your first half given the amount of training you did and the conditions on the bike. That was a tough day. Congratulations.
 
Good job guys. Can't wait to read the stories and see some pictures. Congratulations for even finishing Moosie, I am sure that is better than most people had you figured for :) I knew you could do it tho
 
Australian repeats as Ironman 70.3 Boise winner
Australian Craig Alexander fights off muscle cramps for repeat victory; women's winner triumphs in first Boise race
BY JESSE ZENTZ - [email protected] © 2010 Idaho Statesman
Published: 06/13/10

The finish of last year's Ironman Boise 70.3 race came down to a final sprint, when Craig Alexander ran down Chris Lieto to win.

"It was more of a sprint for him - it wasn't much of a sprint for me because my legs were pretty much done," Lieto said. "This year I want to have some legs left if it comes down to a sprint. Hopefully, it won't."

After a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run, it came down to the last 0.1 miles. That finish is one reason both competitors opted to compete Saturday in Boise.

Nampa resident Chad Vannucci was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2005. The 37-year-old beat the disease and has competed in five triathlons since being diagnosed in 2005.

Saturday's Ironman 70.3 Boise (7:25:18) was his first over the half-Ironman distance and he plans to do a full Ironman in the future. His next event will be Emmett's Most Excellent Triathlon in August.

"The biggest hurdles in overcoming cancer were mental - learning to focus on a positive outcome rather than dwelling on the disease," he said.

Think of a triathlete and you probably envision an athletic type who always seems to be outdoors and doing some sort of training.

A musician, on the other hand, brings images of a person sitting inside practicing their instrument over and over and over.

The obvious bond - musicians and triathletes are extremely passionate about their craft.

The basics

® Triathletes will complete a 70.3-mile race consisting of three disciplines - swimming, cycling and running.

® The annual triathlon starts at 2 p.m. at Lucky Peak Reservoir with a 1.2-mile swim.

A year after slogging through rain in a come-from-behind victory on the streets of Downtown Boise, Craig Alexander fought through relentless wind and some late muscle cramps Saturday to hold off a rally by Ben Hoffman at Ironman 70.3 Boise.

"It's always nice to defend. It's very hard to do, because you're the marked man," said Alexander, who finished the 70.3-mile test of endurance in 4 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds - 10 seconds ahead of Hoffman. "Full credit to (Hoffman). No excuses. I turned up to race, I did what I had to do and it was only just good enough, because he had a great race."

Alexander, a 37-year-old Australian and two-time defending world champion triathlete, led Hoffman by nearly 2 minutes after the 1.2-mile swim in Lucky Peak Reservoir. But the 26-year-old from Colorado cut Alexander's advantage in half during the 56-mile bike through South Boise. Hoffman, who finished sixth in the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Boise two years ago and placed fourth last year, said he trimmed the lead to about 10 seconds a little more than 10 miles into the 13.1-mile run.

"He looked back a couple times, and I think he knew if he could put in one more surge, he could break me - and he did," said Hoffman, who started competing in triathlons in 2004 while he was a student at the University of Montana. "I'm thrilled to come that close to winning a big race. É It was just a brutal day for everyone, but it also separated out the strongest athletes."

Last year's runner-up, Californian Chris Lieto, shared the lead with Alexander to start the run, but did not finish. Alexander finished about 10 minutes slower than the winning time he posted last year.

"I felt good in the swim and I felt great the first 30-35 miles of the bike, but I faded late on the bike," Alexander said. "I lost a lot of power the last 10 miles. It was so windy. It was a tough day. I never really had my usual spark on the run. But, you know, I did enough to win."

Alexander bagged $6,000 for the victory and Hoffman's runner-up finish paid $4,000.

While female champion Julie Dibens, 35, was pleased with her victory (4:25:14) and the $6,000, she was disappointed before the race even started because she couldn't watch the United States and England play to a 1-1 tie in the World Cup. Dibens is originally from England, but moved to Boulder, Colo., about a year and a half ago.

"One-one. That's not bad. I'll take that," she said. "I really wanted to watch it."

Instead, she dominated the competition in her first appearance in the Boise event. Montana's Linsey Corbin finished second, more than 4 minutes behind Dibens in 4:29:22.

"There's no easy 70.3 now, so to win, it's awesome," said Dibens, who competed last Sunday in Connecticut. "It was a hard day out there - a lot of us raced last weekend - so coming off that I don't think anybody really knew how they were going to feel. I think we had a headwind about 75 percent of the time, so it was tough."

Meridian's Dan Stephens, 46, led Idaho finishers in 23rd (22nd male, 4:29:03), while Boise's Kristin Smith paced Idaho women in 68th (11th female, 4:59:23).

"That surprises me," said Stephens of leading the Gem State across the line. "That's pretty cool."

Smith will attempt to qualify for October's Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, when she competes in the Coeur d'Alene Ironman in two weeks. Smith hoped to avoid pushing herself too hard Saturday.

"I tried to train right into this and I was thinking that if the conditions were mild, I could take it easy. But it killed me," Smith said.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/13/1229109/nice-to-defend.html#ixzz0qmDrxS97
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Not sure about you, Moosie, but I think I lost power 5-6 miles into the bike. :rolleyes: How you feeling today? I don't think I've ever been so sore after a race.
 
I have to admit, I didn't train in the swimming like I should have and Still killed it. That seems to be the one thing I can do "Naturally". Next year I'll train. Problem is, Even with training in swimming better..... 6 mins saving on a 7 hour race isn't that much. I lost 30 mins min on my crappy bike riding. 14.12 MPH ? and my 8 min T1 time ? Geesh....

I'm not that sore today. When I got home I put my legs in a Cold bath. I think that helped with the lactate buildup. Or so I heard. Maybe it's mental.

Before next year I'll train more in the bike though. I do agree with the world champion that every frigging turn we turned into the wind. Except on 10 mile turn around when we turned and it was to our back for 5 miles or so.

I ran out of water and hit every water station there was on the bike. I was truely ill prepared. Going from a Sprint to a 1/2 I.M. was a big jump but I'm glad I did it.

At the end, When I danced accross the finsh line, the volenteer there asked "You wou;ldn't be Moosie by chance, would ya" ? ?

He recognised my finish line dance from the Robie creek forums and had been following me on the Robie forums I guess. That was pretty neat !!

I'm excited for Wv hunter to come do it with us next year :D
 
Congrats to all the 'mini' Ironmen!!! You guys have sparked my interest again. I need to get back into 'tri-ing'. Great races and hella big accomplishments, my hat's off to you.
 
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