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| Karl C |
IRONMAN UK 19th AUGUSTGOOD LUCK GRAHAM
TRACK HIM LIVE THROUGHOUT SUNDAY MORNING http://www.ironmanlive.com/events/ironman/uk?show=tracker&y=2007 |
| Karl C |
HE'S DONE THE SWIM :
NAME Graham Booty BIB NUMBER 712 AGE 35 PROFESSION IT STATE/COUNTRY South Benfleet Essex United Kingdom SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL POSITION 57:30 --:-- --:-- --:-- -- RACE LEG DISTANCE PACE POSITION TOTAL SWIM 2.4 mi. (57:30) POSN 101st TOTAL BIKE 112 mi. (--:--) -- mph -- FIRST RUN SEGMENT 13.1 mi. (--:--) --/mile RUN FINISH 13.1 mi. (--:--) --/mile TOTAL RUN 26.2 mi. (--:--) --/mile -- TRANSITION TIME T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE 8:01 T2: BIKE-TO-RUN --:-- PENALTY TIME TOTAL PENALTIES --:-- |
| Jez |
Russell Kober is also racing this in the elite, bib no 18 he was 14 th out of the water. Go Graham ,go Russell!! |
| Steffan |
Quality swim time there, now just pedal, pedal, pedal!
Russell is 7th at the mo on the bikes, fingers x'd our boys don't get punctures. 
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| Stevie |
Now just run, run, run.
Going great guys, amazing stuff 
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| Sharon G |
Awesome effort Graham and Russell- Only a marathon to run now 
Keep up the good work
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| Karl C |
Graham is now on the marathon -
SWIM .. BIKE .. ......... RUN 57:30 .. 6:26:10 RACE LEG DISTANCE PACE POSITION TOTAL SWIM 2.4 mi. (57:30) 1:30/100m 101 TOTAL BIKE 112 mi. (6:26:10) 17.40 mph pos 366 TRANSITION TIME T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE 8:01 T2: BIKE-TO-RUN 4:11 |
| Lee O |
Keep Going Graham...At least No Mike To Blow Up Your Tyres... |
| Lee O |
13.1m in 1.56.13...Go Graham |
| Anna Spanner |
I reckon he's def gonna do it in under 12 hours! he's gonna be so happy!!
come on boots! |
| Lee O |
Cant wait for Tues Beer Session down Hoy! |
| Lee O |
Russell Comes 10th..3.00.35 Marathon after all That...Wow |
| Steffan |
Go G man, eye of the tiger!
Well done to Russell too.
Men of Iron. |
| Lee O |
He's Finished....Pos-219....Marathon-3.39.26..
Well Done Graham See You Tues Mate |
| Karl C |
SWIM..... BIKE ......... RUN......... OVERALL .......POSITION
57:30..... 6:26:10..... 3:39:26 .....11:15:18 ........219 Well done - brilliant ! |
| Anna Spanner |
he's alive, feels like sh*t but v happy!
well done!! |
| Steffan |
That is some going. One thing to finish, another to do it in that time.
Absolutely made up for you mate, Iron man.
You know who to give a shout if you want to get hold of a good tattooist! |
| mArKw |
Well done Graham and Russell
Fantastic efforts from both of you in each of the disciplines.
Mark |
| mikey |
Superb effort Graham
Excellent time, over one of the hardest IM courses out there. Welcome to the club Mikey |
| Graham |
Thanks for the support guys & girls. Sore but happy today. After a week of wholemeal pasta just gorged on fried stuff & cake. Fantastic.
As for the race, swim was great, great fun and pleased with the time. Alas it was followed by a terrible transition. Cramped up my right hamstring getting my wetsuit off. Thought I'd pulled it initially. Spent a couple of minutes massaging it out, but it hurt for the rest of the day. Not serious and in no way affected the rest of the race. Then went for a Forest Gump, unloaded...no loo roll. Bugger!! There were some soggy bits of cardboard roll lying in puddles of god knows what in the portaloo, so I had to gingerly tear them up and use them, very unpleasant and I'm sure you're all the happier for me sharing that with you. Cycle was as tough as I expected, maybe worse. High winds didn't help. At least I didn't get a puncture, although I saw loads of people not so fortunate. Lee from East Essex Tri got three, all in the first lap. He had to spend 10 mins begging up a spare tube after he'd used up all his. Poor sod. Anyway I was very happy to see the back of the bike stage and pleased I'd gone under 6.5 hours. Bring on the run. I pulled on my trusty running shoes, feeling confident and kicked off. Absolutely nothing happened. Hmmm. Now I'd done a fair bit of training on the bike, a good few hours every week but broken up into odds and sods, an hour before work, half hour home then turbo sessions in the evenings. Only two rides over 100 miles and really only one proper brick day, plus the half Iron man and I suddenly realised that my hopes for a decent run did in fact completely hinge on the bike and I hadn't done anywhere near enough long sessions. In my previous tri experiences I've usually been so far down the field after my relatively weak bike that on the run I just chase person after person down, no-one gets past me, my confidence soars and I run prety well. It wasn't going according to plan today. Things came together in fits and spurts, when a young girl raced past me my ego took a bit of a bruising and I tried holding on to her for a while but she eventually left me for dead. I even found myself walking for 50 yards or so, I was thinking I could probably walk the remaining 5 or 6 miles and still scrape in under 12 hours, but I managed to banish that idea. I was hoping for a 3:30 run and thought my time was much closer to 4, so when Stef told me my splits later in the day I was pleasantly suprised with just under 3:40. If I ever do another I now know what I need to work on. The sodding bike. And that's a very big if. That's it. I may be tempted to bore everyone with a more detailed story for the club magazine. But not now. Roll on tomorrow. Lager lager lager. |
| Ernie |
Certainly not boring Graham !
Great effort , fantastic result enjoy the lager. ps Some people try to visualise the finishing Line in these extreme events; would I be wrong in assuming that you visualise a nice cold pint instead ? |
| Stu |
Well done Graham - very impressive.
Jac, Stu & Daisy |
| mikemoreton |
Excellent stuff Graham. Mightily impressed.
What time in the Hoy? Will you be at the club first? I dont mean for the run though. |
| Graham |
Well the club is on the way to the pub for me so probably. Reckon 7:30 to 7:45. Cheers, G. |
| erasedcitizen |
Well done Graham!! You smashed 12 hours! Hope you're enjoying the pub, silly question really.....!! |
| spokey42 |
Great result, Graham. You have been/are/always will be my hero and this was surely a Herculean effort. Welcome also to the world of 3hr 30min plus marathon running - hurts, doesn't it! Now you know what we lesser mortals have to go through. It's all too easy trotting around in sub-3hrs, the pain doesn't kick in until half-an-hour later! See you on the track - gosh! you're so versatile. Godfrey |
| mArKw |
There are a few excellent race reports on the TriTalk forum. Very inspiring. Still doesn't make me want to do one though.
Even if you aren't into tri's, they are worth reading just to show how much family/friend/club support means when things get tough. Enjoy....... Towel's http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34953 Slacko's http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34990 Mrs Slacko's http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34973 |
| mikemoreton |
Do they mention Raffle tickets to raise funds for the Juniors?
OOPs Wrong place? |