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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

GOOD LUCK GRAHAM

TRACK HIM LIVE THROUGHOUT SUNDAY MORNING

http://www.ironmanlive.com/events/ironman/uk?show=tracker&y=2007

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

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 · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 175 Location: Eastwood

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 · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 538 Location: Basildon

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.

cheers

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 402 Location: Benfleet

Now just run, run, run.

Going great guys, amazing stuff compress

Sharon G · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 19

Awesome effort Graham and Russell- Only a marathon to run now bounce

Keep up the good work compress

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

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 · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

Keep Going Graham...At least No Mike To Blow Up Your Tyres...
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Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

13.1m in 1.56.13...Go Graham
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Anna Spanner · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 57 Location: Benfleet

I reckon he's def gonna do it in under 12 hours! he's gonna be so happy!!

come on boots!

Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

Cant wait for Tues Beer Session down Hoy!
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Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

Russell Comes 10th..3.00.35 Marathon after all That...Wow
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Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 538 Location: Basildon

Go G man, eye of the tiger!

Well done to Russell too. cheers

Men of Iron.

Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

He's Finished....Pos-219....Marathon-3.39.26..

Well Done Graham

See You Tues Mate
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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

SWIM..... BIKE ......... RUN......... OVERALL .......POSITION
57:30..... 6:26:10..... 3:39:26 .....11:15:18 ........219

Well done - brilliant !

Anna Spanner · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 57 Location: Benfleet

he's alive, feels like sh*t but v happy!

well done!!

Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 538 Location: Basildon

That is some going. One thing to finish, another to do it in that time.
Absolutely made up for you mate, Iron man.

cheers

You know who to give a shout if you want to get hold of a good tattooist!

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 242 Location: Benfleet

Well done Graham and Russell

Fantastic efforts from both of you in each of the disciplines.

cheers

Mark
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mikey · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:20 am Post subject:

Superb effort Graham

Excellent time, over one of the hardest IM courses out there.

Welcome to the club

Mikey

Graham · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 228

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 · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Hockley GORC

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 · Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 24

Well done Graham - very impressive.

Jac, Stu & Daisy

mikemoreton · Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 507 Location: Hockley, GORC.

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 · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 228

Well the club is on the way to the pub for me so probably. Reckon 7:30 to 7:45. Cheers, G.

erasedcitizen · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Benfleet

Well done Graham!! You smashed 12 hours! Hope you're enjoying the pub, silly question really.....!!

spokey42 · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 38

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 · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 242 Location: Benfleet

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
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mikemoreton · Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 507 Location: Hockley, GORC.

Do they mention Raffle tickets to raise funds for the Juniors?

OOPs

Wrong place?