Sunday, October 14, 2007

ironman hawaii

Well, this as been one of the worst day i ever had in a race. Nothing went right, everything went wrong.... very painfull experience.

The situation is very simple, i got sick friday night and had a few trip to the bathroom, i didn't had much in me.... I felt pretty decent on satruday morning and just hoped for the best. It was obvious from the start that i had nothing in me, i could not swim, i had the worst swim of my carrear and miss the front group. I dont think it s normal for me to get out of the water with people like stadler and company. From there, i rode extremly hard in the first 25 miles to bridge back but had nothing in my legs...

i stoped at mile 40 and sitted on the side of the road for 5 minutes to re group and make up my mind as to what will be next. I decided to keep riding and at least finish the ride and learm more about the course. Unfortuntly, my body was already pretty weak from friday night and i just get myself a nice Heat stroke. The last 6h after the race have been pretty painfull and i go from been cold to been hot and sweating. My body is all over the place and i can see i got a bog or something. I finaly got something solid in me at 11pm.... a bagel with jam.

anyway, my equipement was fine, ironman canada proximity wasnt a problem and the condition were perfect as it was relatively cool and not very windy. I was also very fit. It was just not the real me on the course today. I should have pull out in the first hour of the race.....

i will be back next year for more, hawaii is a very hard race and i want to do well here!

off to bed.............. extremly sunburn and dehydrated.

4 comments:

Eric Blais said...

Je pense pas que l'on va se rappellé de cette course mais plus de superbe saison.

Lache pas on va te resuivre l'année prochaine.

Scott Curry said...

Congrats on your effort in your preparation and racing. You've come a long way - you've got to be proud of yourself overall. I have no doubt that next time you race, you'll be smashing a new PB.

khai said...

I was wondering why your swim sucked... ;-p

Hey bro, sometimes shit like that just happens. You weren't unprepared, physically or mentally, you just had a bad bit of luck. There were a lot of great athletes out there yesterday who suffered at the hands of Fortune, so you can count yourself among distinguished company.

Rest up, get better, and then build for Florida - just like the plan.

Al said...

Bummer on the bad luck. I was following via Ironman Live. You can't beat the experience of the whole race week to prepare for when you go for that podium. Have fun with the off-season...