Race Report

2014 Lake Placid Race Report Series: Laura Becker

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Laura Becker, Ironman Lake Placid Finisher!   July 27th will be a day I will never forget.  I trained hard and stayed focused for a year to get to that day.  I wanted to enjoy the day, feel strong, and keep smiling.  That I did. A year ago I came up to Ironman Lake Placid…

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2014 Lake Placid Race Report Series: Doug Johnson, 10:42, 55' PR!

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Ironman Lake Placid was my 3rd Ironman and 1st wearing the EN colors.  I had my best build to date for an Ironman by staying motivated and relatively injury free.  The only modification I had to make was a significant reduction in swim volume the last few weeks due to a sore shoulder from falling off my bike.  When I…

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2014 Coeur d'Alene Race Report: Jessie Stevens nabs two massive PRs!

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I’m not super active on the forums but I appreciate all the you all and EN have done for my triathlete skills. My goal is to get to Kona and I think I took a big step in that direction this year. Thanks for everything!! “To accomplish something extraordinary, one must have an extraordinary dream.…

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2014 Couer d'Alene Race Report & Podcast: Al Truscott, EN's Resident Storyteller with a tale from CDA

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“Wow – look at the lake. What if the race had been today?” We’d just come out of Calypso’s Coffee, early on post-race Monday after my 10th Ironman® in Coeur ‘Alene, and Cheryl was reveling in the clear skies and warm gentle breeze blowing across the water. “Yeah, no chop or whitecaps all right. But…

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2014 Coeur d’Alene Race Report: David Leventhal completes his first Ironman at 12:32.xx!

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Stats Race Time: 12:32:45 40 year old male First IM – I’ve completed two half Ironman® races (Austin in 10/2013 in 5:19:xx & Oceanside in 3/2014 in 5:50:xx) FTP – 238 VDOT – 47.2 (Disclaimer – this VDOT is overstated; though I’m not sure by how much. Since my last 5k test I’ve had to…

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2014 Couer d'Alene Race Report: Jason Brandt goes sub 11hrs in his 2nd Ironman!

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IMCdA Race Report – Jason Brandt June 29, 2014 2nd Ironman® (1st was 2013 Arizona in 10:26) Race Day Stats Total Time 10:46:28 22th of 359 (M40-44) 136 of 2466 140.6 miles Swim 1:07:40 / 55 / 296 2.4 miles T1 3:23 Bike 5:41:25 / 25 / 152 112 miles T2 1:54 Run 3:52:06 /…

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2014 Coeur d’Alene Race Report & Podcast: Peter Noyes rocks his first Ironman with 11:11:xx!

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Peter Noyes’ 2014 Coeur d’Alene Race Report Total: 11:11:37 Swim: 1:23 Bike: 6:05 Run: 3:32 Overall rank of 213 and division rank of 36 (M30-34) Long Version: I had a great first Ironman. My overall goal was to have a good run which I did. I really wanted to be around 3:30 so 3:32 is…

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Post Couer d'Alene Transition: Moving On with the Rest of Your Season

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2014 Ironman® Coeur d’Alene will be noted for wind, wind, and more wind! Please go here to read Coach Rich’s Post-Race Report Now that Ironman® Coeur d’Alene is in the books, it’s time to start focusing on the rest of your season. And if you’re like most age groupers, the completion of your Ironman® has left…

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Coach's Race Weekend Report: Couer d'Alene 2014

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2014 was the 12th running of the event and my 10th race weekend in Ironman® Coeur d’Alene, after having raced Coeur d’Alene 3x and done my coaching thing for seven additional trips to Idaho. This has always been a special event for me and I’d like to share the weekend with you, our readers: Thursday…

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USAT Long Course Nationals Race Report: Bruce Thompson, 16' PR, 3rd AG, ITU Worlds!

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Bruce Thompson at Ironman® Wisconsin Short Version I finished in 4:59:45, my first sub-5 hour HIM, 3rd in 60-64 AG, 178/713 OA, 167/491 Male.  This was a 16 minute PR.  I qualified for the USA team for the ITU Long Course Worlds in Sweden in June 2015.  I’m going!!  I had a solid swim (about…

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