IMUK
nicknofinger
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Just a quick post for everyone doing the IMUK this week. Enjoy the day realax and lap it up, one of the best experiences ever.
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nicknofinger
Posts: 284
nicknofinger
Posts: 284
nicknofinger
Posts: 284
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I'm looking forward to it but nervous at the same time.
Just hope the weather holds up as with 2150m of climbing on the bike leg it could be a very long day
IK
Anyway I certainly wish you all the very best of luck and hope that you have a day that will be a day of achievement and a memory that will inspire you for the rest of your lives.
pleasetreatmegentlyandmakeitniceandeasyman
Can't bloody wait. the new steed is not making its debut this one is the for the cat...... Battlecat is sitting in the livingroom pimped up to the maximum.....she's ready to rock and tear some bikes apart!
So whether it takes me 12 hours, 13 hours or even 17 hours. Makes no difference, just as long as I cross that line.
Good luck and have a good one, as you say if it isn't hard where's the achievement.
Battlecat is now nearly a year old... 28th August was her maiden debut and that stinking hotel was rank.... this time I'm staying in the Ramada about 6miles from T1. Should be a more comfortable stay!!!
I was told by friends to lap the whole day up as I'll never forget it and I never will.
The new cervelo rode like a dream. Desended like it had a rocket attached. Bring on next year!!!
Well sat at Manchester airport waiting for a flight to Spain to recover. I hope all your iron experiences were as memorable as mine;))))
Is there gonna be any TV coverage?
Pat...
I will eventually post a race report just not now as I'm catching up at work hehe.
What I will say for all critiscim IMUK gets most of it undeserved. The organisational aspect of it was simply tip top. The marhsalls were amazing, the rotary club who were on the aid stations were brilliant and most of all - the people of Bolton who came out to support us. People were giving wine gums, wet flannels, water - all of their own backs. Some of them sat cheering us on all day. The crowd at the bottom of Sheephouse lane was brilliant. Ace day.
It always helps when you get interviewed by Channel 4 directly before the swim - Rob Walker grabbed me before the swim and interviewed me - it was a good feeling but I prob made a tit of myself but who cares!! Not even sure if it will make it into the programme or not.
The course was good and what a mind f@ck the run was. To run into Bolton to get so close to the finish chute but only to be sent back to Horwich. Ouch.
I managed it in 15hrs 11mins at 55s. some may look on it as slow but I don't cause to me a finish is a finish in what can only be described as the toughest race I have ever done.
I have a funnyish you tube video of me crossing the line.... to say I was delighted may be understatement.
Seriously a huge Congratulations to you all. The Highland Warrior is scary enough for me just now
Spot on!
It got better I left my pump and sunglasses in transition, I'll right a list next time.
I started Tri last year after years of smoking and drinking too much and completed several sprints a couple of duathlons and the little Woody last year - This year was a duathlon, Wimbleball 70.3 and IMUK.
Wimbleball has been and gone with a finish of about 6.12
And after a month of injury worries and niggles i have just completed IMUK in 12 hours 21 - for me a fantastic result. 1:06 for the swim, 6:39 for the bike and 4:19 for the run. Ohh and 13 months to the day since I gave up smoking too.
This was the first time I had ridden over 100 miles and the first time I had run over 13 miles in one session - to all those out there with dreams of IM finishes ... it is possible and it is doable ... and to those Treefrogarian types... walking the dog is training if you put the effort in ....
All the best to those that competed - what a fantastic effort you all put in - I stayed at the finish until gone 10pm to watch and cheer on most of the athletes in and cheer them on and the sheer enthusiasm and effort was great to see.
2010 was the year for me, Wimbeball in June, completed, and IM UK in August, completed. Made it around in 15:38:59, which was less than 3 minutes more than I told my wife. When I left in the morning, I told her to be at the finish line by 9:30 to see me come down the chute, and I got there at 9:39.
It wasn't fast, it wasn't pretty, but I've got the medal, T-shirt, and a sore ankle from the Tat yesterday.
Training could have gone better, but being made redundant during the Peak phase certainly takes the focus off of training, and onto job hunting instead. But, I made it, and that was the goal for my first attempt. I am an IronMan, and my daughter thinks I'm a hero. Result!
Congratulations