Chronicles of a fish: the days of surf and turf

Oryx · 25-01-2014 09:35AM

Enjoy!

And my prediction still stands!

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 25-01-2014 10:41AM

Give it socks. Enjoy and learn from the experience.

Dory Dory · 25-01-2014 10:55AM

Setting up transition now. I think I have way too many gels attached to bike. ???? Any way....here I go..... :eek:

Oryx · 25-01-2014 10:59AM

Dory Dory wrote: »

Setting up transition now. I think I have way too many gels attached to bike. ???? Any way....here I go..... :eek:

Better to look at them than for them.

Oryx · 25-01-2014 03:08PM

Is tracking working for anyone?

pgibbo · 25-01-2014 03:09PM

Best of luck Dory. Give it socks

Oryx · 25-01-2014 04:00PM

40.46 swim for our girl, 40th placing.

Kurt Godel · 25-01-2014 05:14PM

Oryx wrote: »

40.46 swim for our girl, 40th placing.

Unusually slow times from everyone for a 1.9km- it must be long/current/far from trans.

Kurt Godel · 25-01-2014 06:09PM

3:18:17 for the bike.

But 4:19 for T1... oh for a transition webcam of Dory taking off her wetsuit;)

Oryx · 25-01-2014 06:12PM

Kurt Godel wrote: »

3:18:17 for the bike.

But 4:19 for T1... oh for a transition webcam of Dory taking off her wetsuit;)

They had fanny peelers so she must have stopped for tea

catweazle · 25-01-2014 06:36PM

Must have been a very tough swim with swim prime being over 30 minutes, he must have been an uber fish to boot as he had a big lead. She lost 10 minutes on what she would normally expect at a minimum. Hope she paced the bike well as she will need her running legs to get sub 6 now

Oryx · 25-01-2014 07:25PM

She'll do sub six. Been running well lately.

Dory Dory · 25-01-2014 07:46PM

Done. Flat Fecking tire mile 5....nearly did me in....took an age to change. Moving bike time was 3:01:xx per bike computer....I suspect it took 15 to 20 mins to change???? Briefly thought I was done for the day but thank god for nice people.

Oryx · 25-01-2014 07:53PM

Finish time?

Dory Dory · 25-01-2014 09:24PM

Time 6:01:( but apparently swim was 1.6 miles and then there was the 15 plus min flat change. But...got 2nd in my age!

red face dave · 25-01-2014 09:28PM

Well done Dory

Oryx · 25-01-2014 09:33PM

So without the issues you would have smashed sub 6. Good going.

But I am really annoyed with their website. No tracking and no results!

griffin100 · 25-01-2014 10:06PM

Ok, I estimated 35ish swim, 3.10-15 bike, 1.45run, 10 mins transition = 3.30-40. I never planned for a long swim or a puncture!!

RacoonQueen · 25-01-2014 10:29PM

Well done champ

Kurt Godel · 25-01-2014 10:56PM

Well done today, pity about the puncture, but you have a nice big sub 5:30 target for your next race. What was the swim like?

Dory Dory · 25-01-2014 11:10PM

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Well done today, pity about the puncture, but you have a nice big sub 5:30 target for your next race. What was the swim like?

Swim was very choppy. Nearly got seasick....and hard to see buoys. We had to exit at the end of a long pier up a flight of steps. And yes Oryx, I took full advantage of the hunk doing the fanny peeling.

catweazle · 25-01-2014 11:20PM

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Well done today, pity about the puncture, but you have a nice big sub 5:30 target for your next race. What was the swim like?

Don't be so easy on her Kurt, I would expect her to go sub 5.15 in Eagleman!

griffin100 · 26-01-2014 12:09AM

Dory Dory wrote: »

And yes Oryx, I took full advantage of the hunk doing the fanny peeling.

I think I've seen that film!!

pgmcpq · 26-01-2014 12:55AM

Job done ! Lessons learned?

Take away last weeks hm, today's puncture & long swim - gotta give you a hint of things to come. And an ag placing to boot ! As some one once said : Woo hoo !

Btw, how far off 1st in ag were you ?

Ps. What the heck is fanny peeling ...???

Dory Dory · 26-01-2014 01:22AM

pgmcpq wrote: »

Job done ! Lessons learned?

Take away last weeks hm, today's puncture & long swim - gotta give you a hint of things to come. And an ag placing to boot ! As some one once said : Woo hoo !

Btw, how far off 1st in ag were you ?

Ps. What the heck is fanny peeling ...???

Yes, LOTS of lessons learned.

Good experience for me in that respect....in lots of respects, really.

5:35:50 was the gal's time who came in first in my age. Even without puncture, I would not have caught her. Interesting, though....I beat her on the swim and run, but she beat me on bike and in both transitions. A quick and dirty bit of math, and perhaps without the puncture and if I don't stop to make tea on my transitions, just maybe I could have taken her. Wow, my transitions suck.

Edit: She still would have beaten me by about 5 minutes. Oh well. But my transitions really do suck!!!

Fanny peeling...also known as wetsuit stripping. Strapping young men ask you to lay down while they yank your wetsuit off of you in one go. Brilliant!! And sort of fun.

Woo hoo!!!!!!!

Trig1 · 26-01-2014 02:20AM

Congrats Dory on your first Half ironman distance race and its still a great result no matter what way you look at it!!!
what i wouldn't give to get 2nd in my AG in any race!!

Solobally8 · 26-01-2014 09:51AM

+1 to all the congrats. How cool is that to have your first half done and dusted. Super time! Well done Dory!

RacoonQueen · 26-01-2014 11:51AM

Dory Dory wrote: »

Fanny peeling...also known as wetsuit stripping. Strapping young men ask you to lay down while they yank your wetsuit off of you in one go. Brilliant!! And sort of fun.

Wow. If I had a dirty mind there would be so many things I could do with that....

Dory Dory · 26-01-2014 12:13PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Wow. Because I have a dirty mind there are so many things I can do with that....

Fixed that for you.

shotgunmcos · 26-01-2014 01:22PM

Well done Dory, cracking result!

Chronicles of a fish: the days of surf and turf

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