shawnvan Posted March 6, 2014 Share So in other words how much will we need to brake? I hate breaking in ironman. I have a friend aiming for a KONA slot. He plans to race 09h50 and is 40 - 45 age cat. Is he likely to get a slot with that time? He probably needs sub- 9:35 to assure a slot based on last year's times, but who knows with new bike course. Nearly all slots in that AG went to Europeans coming to win Kona slots last year.Winning time in that AG last year was 9:18 (Mark Sack). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted March 6, 2014 Share Just found out what a long way to go I still got to go....Legs were seriously moeg tonight after lasts nights IDT 1hr52 and tonights1 hr run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidekick Racer Posted March 7, 2014 Share He probably needs sub- 9:35 to assure a slot based on last year's times, but who knows with new bike course. Nearly all slots in that AG went to Europeans coming to win Kona slots last year.Winning time in that AG last year was 9:18 (Mark Sack). Quite hectic how at half ironman the young AG thrive in the overall AG competition where as at Full Ironman it is all the more "experienced" bodies dominating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted March 7, 2014 Share anyone doing buffelspoort this weekend?Yebo, weather looking ok for Sunday morning, lets hope it holds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone07 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Yebo, weather looking ok for Sunday morning, lets hope it holds... Ya let's hope so! What are your thoughts of doing a half ironman race 4 weeks before imsa? Maybe not race as hard to recover quicker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted March 7, 2014 Share Ya let's hope so! What are your thoughts of doing a half ironman race 4 weeks before imsa? Maybe not race as hard to recover quicker?I am going to go a little faster than I plan to race ironman, but not flat out, still 3 weeks of hard training coming up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone07 Posted March 7, 2014 Share What time do you guys think would be good enough for a kona slot, 30 - 35 age group? Sub 9:30 good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone07 Posted March 7, 2014 Share I am going to go a little faster than I plan to race ironman, but not flat out, still 3 weeks of hard training coming up.. Good plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnvan Posted March 7, 2014 Share Quite hectic how at half ironman the young AG thrive in the overall AG competition where as at Full Ironman it is all the more "experienced" bodies dominating! Not necessarily... first two AGers overall at 70.3 this year were Mark Pellew and Mark Sack, who sprinted out the finish for the 40-44 category... M40-44 is usually the biggest category at IM, mostly because at that age guys have settled families and carreers and enough money to blow on IM and tri kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnvan Posted March 7, 2014 Share What time do you guys think would be good enough for a kona slot, 30 - 35 age group? Sub 9:30 good enough? Probably... unlucky if you go sub 9:30 and don't get a slot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted March 10, 2014 Share Only 2 big weeks left, then tapering starts... lots of nervous excitement going on.. Buffels Ultra went well besides the stomach issues at the end of the run.. PS - my entire toolkit box fell off my bike and I didn't realise it - gonna cots a few pennies to replace everything aarrgghhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGR Posted March 10, 2014 Share Only 2 big weeks left, then tapering starts... lots of nervous excitement going on.. Buffels Ultra went well besides the stomach issues at the end of the run.. PS - my entire toolkit box fell off my bike and I didn't realise it - gonna cots a few pennies to replace everything aarrgghhhThat's sucks, happened to me at a MTB race and was horrible riding knowing you had no tools, spares and yeah the cost adds up quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Zone Posted March 10, 2014 Share only one big week, around 20 hours, left for me, then taking it down a few hours each week until race week. Now just trying to stay healthy, wife and kids all sick with flu or gastro so I am stressing a bit. Actually looking forward to a few hard sessions this week knowing that its all downhill from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted March 10, 2014 Share That's sucks, happened to me at a MTB race and was horrible riding knowing you had no tools, spares and yeah the cost adds up quickly.luckily I didn't know I had lost it till the end of the race... so I didn't worry about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Zone Posted March 10, 2014 Share luckily I didn't know I had lost it till the end of the race... so I didn't worry about it...Have you contacted the race organisers? someone may have handed it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted March 10, 2014 Share Have you contacted the race organisers? someone may have handed it in contacted them doesn't look like they found my bottle, but they did find a bottle cage system for behind the seat it seems, so if anyone is missing theirs, give them a shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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