Ironman tracking

bryangiggsy

That time of the year again. 4 European IM races in 4 weeks.

Starting today with

Ironman Regensburg
Ironman France
Ironman Austria
Ironman Germany

To track athelete by country in the new IM website..dont go into track an athlete as option not there. go into live coverage of race..then select open overlay window to track athlete by country. alan ryan ripping it up in Germany at present. popcorn time.

bryangiggsy

Getting unofficial word that Joe lynch has ripped the course up in Regensburg and finished in the top 25...doing 9 hrs 17 mins..canr see him on the tracker though...alan ryan gets his kona slot also at 9hrs 24

bryangiggsy

Joe confirmed as doing Berlin XL Ironman in 9 17

bryangiggsy

Alan ryans race report from Germany

http://www.triathlonireland.com/index.php?id=107&nid=833

After reading it i get the impression he is either

A. Naturally talented!!!!
B Or telling some little fibs about the amt of training he has done

Am i way off?

Seems like a nice guy all the same.

tunney

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Alan ryans race report from Germany

http://www.triathlonireland.com/index.php?id=107&nid=833

After reading it i get the impression he is either

A. Naturally talented!!!!
B Or telling some little fibs about the amt of training he has done

Am i way off?

Seems like a nice guy all the same.

he has been at it years and training solidly for years. don't underestimate the cumulative effect of training properly for donkeys

Oryx

Alan comes across as a very understated guy, who doesnt preach about the training he does.

bryangiggsy

Lance is winning IM Nice. Having lead out of the swim he is powering away on the bike through the Nice hills at a very high cadence. Oh no wait....he hasn't actually started the race....shame

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

So next up is Austria and we have 3 boardsies lining up. Best of luck to each of them.
Oryx - 0280
RedB - 1779
Handangeo - 1559

Ceepo

Adding myself to the list

bib no 1483

this is a first for me, i will try not to keep everyone up to late

Hope to meet up with the rest of the boardies out there

All the best to everyone

pgibbo

Best of luck this weekend folks

bryangiggsy

pgibbo wrote: »

Best of luck this weekend folks

+1 Best of luck. Hope u guys nail it.

Macanri

+1 All the very best to you guys. Have a good one.

dx22

Good luck looking forward to the race reports!

BTH

Non wetsuit swim in Austria confirmed this morning. That'll change things. Must be savage warm.

Oryx

I can report it is 37 degrees predicted for race and feels that warm now. Times out the window just a matter of survival out there.

Izoard

Oryx wrote: »

I can report it is 37 degrees predicted for race and feels that warm now. Times out the window just a matter of survival out there.

I can see the epic race report formulating already!

Oryx

Saw a tshirt that said 'Death before DNF. That will be my mantra. Lets hope it does not prove apt.

Briando

Good luck out there guys!

Dory Dory

Best of luck to all of you!!!!

big mce

Best of luck

RacoonQueen

Oryx out of the uisce in 1:55 and an awesome first 25k on the bike. What heat eh?

Izoard

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Oryx out of the uisce in 1:55 and an awesome first 25k on the bike. What heat eh?

RedB in 2:13 and handangeo in 1.48 - no sign of Red on the bike as yet, hope all is well there...

RacoonQueen

and 1:28 for Ceepo who's going strong in the early stages of the bike.

shotgunmcos

All Boardsies out on the bike and making progress. Swim times slow across the board but fair play RedB, 2:13... you made the cut off dude, now enjoy the rest of the day in the sun Ceepo going well

catweazle

Scary the difference the non wetsuit swim makes - there's a few out there that are well down on what I would have thought they would have done the swim in :eek:

shotgunmcos

catweazle wrote: »

Scary the difference the non wetsuit swim makes - there's a few out there that are well down on what I would have thought they would have done the swim in :eek:

+1 from what I can see of the large LTC crew over there 10-20 mins slower. I noticed the Pros took 50mins which is 4-5 mins off their norm too..

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Go team Boards. The non wetsuit swim is a real eye opener how it can damage your split time. At least its behind them now and they can enjoy the bike and run.

shotgunmcos

Kevin Thornton is an uber swimmer and he did 57.. goes to show. He is first in off the bike too with a 5:08, conservative? It looked like they were swimming against a flow coming into the swim finish?

Katie Cooke having a super race too

shotgunmcos

Boards Gang

Red B just over half way on the bike, 91km in 5:57 total

Handangeo having a solid bike, at 125km in 5:49 total

Ceepo at 145km in 5:46 total, if he has run legs after this, could be interesting

Oryx our resident hoochie is at 91km, approx 17 minutes ahead of RedB! Go Girl!!

Izoard

Great to see Red out on the bike- was getting a little nervous there...

Fantastic stuff!

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Looking at some of the pros bike splits they look a little slower than i would have expected, perhaps bike is back to 180km. I think it was 175 last year? Graves seems to be dying a death on the run.