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August 4, 2007
Cloud Nine
Absolutely thrilled with my race today! I had two goals going in. (1) qualify for the World 1/2 Ironman Championships in Clearwater, Florida in November (accomplished by placing in the top 4 in my age group) and (2) breaking 5 hours. I truly wasn't sure what to expect though. First of all, it was my first 1/2 IM and just like your first marathon you really aren't exactly sure what to aim for. Plus, the longer the race, the higher the likelihood of things going wrong! Also, the temps were forecasted into the high 80s and while that wouldn't affect my placing in my age group (everyone has to deal with the heat), it surely would affect my time.
The good news is, I went 4:50:09 AND I won my age group, sealing my spot in Clearwater. I was absolutely thrilled. Definite full race report to follow with all the ups and downs of the day (my battle with nausea continues including throwing up 4 times at the finish that earned me a trip to the medical tent and my very own IV!). But I just wanted to thank everyone for their good luck wishes and support! Trust me when I say when you do a 5 hour race you have a lot of time to yourself to think and I thought about everything, including how lucky I am to have so many people support and encourage me!
For now I'm going to nurse my aching legs, all my sore spots, oh...and sleep for about 12 hours! :)
Posted by beth at August 4, 2007 7:13 PM
Comments
allowing for some california vintage lingo: Way Rad Beth!
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at August 5, 2007 11:04 AM
yeah beth!!! that rocks. what an outstanding time for your first half IM. i cannot wait to read the full report!!!!
Posted by: barb at August 5, 2007 1:44 PM
ahhhh!!! that deserves a great big WOOOHOOOO!
Posted by: Audrey at August 5, 2007 2:44 PM
Congratulations!! I am so happy for you and I can't wait to hear more about it! There may be more things that can go wrong in such a long race, but I also suspected that you would do well because there's more places in a long race where all that hard training can pay off. (You can't fake your way through a race that long.) Yay!!!
Posted by: Alison at August 5, 2007 4:05 PM
WOOOOO WHOOOOO.... AWESOME.... try to rest and re-coop now....
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at August 6, 2007 8:08 AM