I finished Ironman Switzerland!
I finished!
Lots of excitement, and tons of fun.
To sum it up, the first lap of the swim was chaotic, the 2nd lap i was wishing i could just keep swimming ' yea, i loved the swimming!
I crashed my bike on the first of the three laps. A 15% 2 mile downhill with a sharp right turn at the bottom caught me way too fast and - well, I crashed. No major injuries, but enough to make the run very painful.
So I walked about 30 or 40% of the run. It sucked, but it was just hard to keep running with nasty pains shooting up my shin.
Final time - 12:28. And I couldn´t be prouder!
Thanks to everyone that cheered and checked in from afar - you´ll never know how special that feels to me... There are 16 or so of us in our group that raced today - and everyone finished and did outstanding!
Full report soon!
Lots of excitement, and tons of fun.
To sum it up, the first lap of the swim was chaotic, the 2nd lap i was wishing i could just keep swimming ' yea, i loved the swimming!
I crashed my bike on the first of the three laps. A 15% 2 mile downhill with a sharp right turn at the bottom caught me way too fast and - well, I crashed. No major injuries, but enough to make the run very painful.
So I walked about 30 or 40% of the run. It sucked, but it was just hard to keep running with nasty pains shooting up my shin.
Final time - 12:28. And I couldn´t be prouder!
Thanks to everyone that cheered and checked in from afar - you´ll never know how special that feels to me... There are 16 or so of us in our group that raced today - and everyone finished and did outstanding!
Full report soon!
posted by DV at
3:49 PM
30 Comments:
Woo hoo!
Well. Done.
Congratulations.
AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you and OMG - What a time you put up! Sorry about the crash, but glad to see you were able to still function. I am so so so happy for you!!!!!
Congrats again. You did great despite the crash. Very cool to hear about the swim!
awesome! wait to pull out a great race despite some bike misfortune. great job
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Most Excellent!! Congratulations!!!! Ironman.
Wonderful!
Congratulations. But the time I got on Ironmanlive, the coverage was all but over.
Glad to hear that you kept it moving even after the crash.
Great job out there..
Way to go IRONMAN...
w00t!!!!!
YEAH!!!
So very happy for you!! Congratulations on finishing, having an EXCELLENT time even with a crash, and finishing (relatively) safely.
And, think. You were considering NOT going?!?!
:)
You are an IRONMAN! Excellent my friend.
Great job! Congrats!
hey, irondad, irondoctor, ironman!! you did AWESOME, crash and all.
pretty wild, isn't it? wait till it really sinks in and you realize how few people actually do this crazy stuff.
are you getting a tattoo??? :-)
Super job for such an awesome adventure!! Way to go!! Thats a time to be proud of!!
AWESOME Race! You did fantastic. Completion=perfection!
congratulations ironjack!
awesome race!
congrats Ironman!
Congrats! So I am guessing you are feeling pretty good right now about deciding to do IM Switzerland!
Congrats, Ironman!
Sorry to hear about the crash. Glad you were still able to finish.
Looking forward to the full report.
Ejoy the trip
Yahoo! Congrats, TriJack. You get bonus points for surviving a crash and still finishing.
Looking forward to the report.
Wow - look at you who couldn't swim 1000 yards not too long ago... you're a hard worker and a gifted athlete. I'm so proud for you, D :)
Damn! You crashed, walked a bunch of the marathon and still finished in 12:28!??!?
Awesome job! I can't wait to read all about it.
Amazing! Congratulations Ironman!
Great job man. Way to stick with it after the crash.
Oh my gosh - 12:28 and you walked 30 - 40% of the run?!?!? Amazing!!
Ouch - I can only imagine crashing on a 15% grade...I'm glad you are okay.
Take care - I'll be waiting on the full report!!
Big congrats..so are you changing your blog to "IronJack"??
Awesome Job!! looking forward to the full race report.
TriJack,
Awesome time and awesome result. I can't believe u crash and had to walk and still able to go fast.
I can't wait to hear the full report. Any scars from the crash u want to show us? :)
You amaze and inspire. Much congrats!
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