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Ironman NYC Race Report: Joel Bell, 9:38, 5th AG, Kona!

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Joel Bell at Ironman® New York City   This was my 3rd IM – Florida 2007 (9:34), IMCdA 2009 (10:05), IMNYC 2012 (9:38).  In Florida I was satisfied with my swim and bike but learned an important lesson on the run.  At CdA I screwed up my bike pacing and…

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Mont Tremblant Race Report: Tim Cronk, 10:33

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Tim Cronk at Ironman® Mont Treblant Background-  2nd full year EN training , 4th IM , 50yrs old in new AG , FTP 230 (not recently confirmed but trained percentages of that number feel its correct), Vdot 50.5 (confirmed early in the year via 5K and 13.1 races but nothing…

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Top Ten Dumb Things You (Probably) Do Before Every Ironman That You Should Avoid

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Not Where You Want To End Up on Race Day   As a veteran Ironman® athlete and traveler, I have been to more than 100 Ironman® events in the last decade. While I have seen my share of crazy stuff, it’s the almost regular occurrence of really dumb moves that…

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Mont Tremblant Race Report: Trevor Garson, 10:28, 46 minute PR!

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Trevor Garson at Ironman® Mont Tremblant My natural tendency is to do these things in near obsessive detail, and it’s frightening to consider that this actually my best attempt to keep it “short” (you don’t even want to see the long version!).  Anyway, without further adieu, my 2012 Mont Tremblant…

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