Raceday, the report 4:30 clock, 5:00 clock exit to the pier, Bodymarking, inflate tires, swimming suit (thanks Marco for the loan), it's Last photos the family and into the water!
As simple as the story writes the start of a race day, which takes place in Hawaii as in almost any other IRONMAN. Here is special, the mood of each individual with the knowledge that not to be beat for almost all participants of this event is. What is happening in our sport for over the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii?
So ist es auch besonders, wenn man sich langsam an die Startlinie heranschwimmt, die jetzt nur noch vereinzelt auftretenden Fische ins Auge fasst und einen Blick nach der einen oder anderen Unterwasserkamera riskiert. Wer jetzt noch keine Gänsehaut hatte wurde spätenstens beim Beginn der gesungenen Hymne von Hawaii schwach.
Die Stimmung wechselte von einer Sekunde zur anderen mit dem Startschuss. Hier weiß jeder, der schon einmal in Kailua-Kona gestartet ist, dass das, was folgt, den absoluten Ausnahmezustand wiedergibt. Ist man sonst gewohnt, sich nach kurzer Zeit freizuschwimmen, hängt man hier bis zum Schwimmausstieg im "Pack" und bekriegt sich gegenseitig bei der Wahl der besten Schwimmlinie. Und gut schwimmen können hier die meisten!
Ich hatte ím Gegensatz zu den vergangenen Jahren humane Mitstreiter um mich, d.h. das Gerangel hielt sich in Grenzen und ich konnte weitgehend meine Linie unter Ausnutzung meiner Möglichkeiten schwimmen. Oft suchte und fand ich "schnelle Füße" von einem vor mir schwimmenden Teilnehmer, um Kraft zu sparen.
Schon in der letzten Woche verlief mein Schwimmtraining verheißungsvoll. So war ich richtig happy, als ich nach ca. 1:07 Std. aus dem Wasser kam, glatte 3 Minuten schneller als meine Bestzeit auf dieser Strecke. Ich touchierte zuletzt noch the feet of Danny, who swam at the exit in front of me, but I could not make themselves understood to have her good wishes to give up the path.
Bike record bag, swimming suit off and put on T-Shirt, the wheel running, helmet on, glasses on and barefoot - the cycling shoes I always fix the wheel - with the hands start moving the wheel.
It all happened very fast, but wg. the Umzieherei, especially in the longsleeve compression shirt, the change in me takes a little longer. This delay, I am happy to accept it, I'd been burned often enough in such a scorching sun, dass ich Tage danach noch mit den Auswirkungen zu kämpfen hatte.
Sofort die erste Iso Flasche austrinken, Gel einwerfen, Tempo kontrollieren!
Das sind die wichtigsten Dinge nach jedem T1 Wechsel aufs Rad, nicht nur hier in Hawaii. Basierend auf den Erfahrungen der vergangenen beiden Starts konntrollierte ich den Raddruck intensiv und dosierte nur vorsichtig die Kraft. Laut Marschplan abgeleitet aus meinen Trainingsaufzeichnungen sollten 220 Watt von Anfang bis Ende durchgetreten werden, 10 bzw. 20 Watt mehr im Schnitt als in den vergangenen Jahren auf gleicher Strecke.
Erwartungsgemäß überholten mich anfangs reichlich Triathleten, was mich aber nicht beunruhigte, hat mein ERGOMO Wattleistungsmesser doch immer zuverlässig die Daten geliefert. Bis nach Kawaihae konnte ich die Kraft im erwarteten Bereich gut dosierern, danach folgt ein längeres Stück bergauf und mit Gegenwind nach Hawi. Von hier standen 230-240W auf dem Plan, wissend, dass das Stück zurück durch Gefälle und Rückenwind geprägt sein würde und die getretene Leistung daher geringer ausfällt. So war es dann auch: Starke Windböen fielen erst von der Seite, dann von vorne über uns her und es gab einige gefährliche Situationen, in which cyclists were threatening to plunge and at least three seriously crashed on the descent, as we learned later.
The descent was as expected, extremely sensitive. My theory from the old sailor days following, in which the incident pointed to the sail (wheel) acting wind speed increases and thus causes fewer side drift, I made myself as small issue in full aero position on the bike and raced with Höstgeschwindigkeit down the mountain and mass of riders over, the fighting in the upper arm posture visibly nervous with the side winds. My wind shift was significantly lower than that of the supporters and my bike was like a board, so I made up many places.
Back on the Queen K 'Highway arrived, I had enough grain to maintain the planned pace. And as expected, I was the one who could pass to the other. My ERGOMO was finally 221 W average power (225W NP) and I knew that I do not rip quilting adventure and should have saved up enough energy for running. As I was during the bike ride again and again with new intervals and HF, TF, Watt and Average Watts values \u200b\u200bthe stopped working, had occurred to me only in the transition zone, the bike course had ended with a bomb time for me.
jumping barefoot from the wheel, recording the run-bags and into the changing tent, socks and running shoes, Fuel Fold Belt with the prepared Gel-/Salzflaschen and hit the run course!
The run proved to be a little difficult at the beginning. Although I was traveling quickly, but I was not such a great feeling. So I had until after a stop at KM 8 Dixi wait until the legs felt quite well. Get round it felt until I had the slope of the Palani Road behind me and I opened myself in the lava desert to the Energy Lab. Half way I turned to this Very first time my best tactic, "Go in the catering areas to carefully ice-water and food intake and immediate restart after completion of the necessary". As the pace for the distance between the stations I chose 4:45 min / km, which should aim at a 3:30 hour marathon.
During the marathon I kept coming to mind, the "total system Dirk" to check and found time and again that everything was alright. Although the soles of the feet to KM 35 felt already plenty painful, but such occurrences are preparing not really worried at the prospect of the approaching end of competition.
Just before turning into the Palani Road encountered a German-language triathlete, that the end probably just over 10 hours would be, and for me at that time on this route is not considered possible value. Although my lap times could have been used to bring the knowledge, but my calculation skills were, I already knew of me, progressively with increasing duration of the race. The "home run" on the Alii Drive proved to be difficult again because I was out of sheer euphoria probably increased the pace of the last 1,000 m too much. Less than 300 meters from the finish line reported to the calves and failed to alert the United Cramps almost their service. I again took out some speed and concentrated on good and upright to cross the finish line.
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... 75 meters ... |
The joy was great!
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... done! |
Summary
I have achieved all the objectives for Hawaii 2010, also the one I had not made up my mind. In advance I would have a place among the top 500 can not imagine. All sections, starting with swimming, cycling and running each beat my most optimistic expectations. I can only explain with an absolutely perfect day, a happy and successful training and Taperphase with the optimal pacing and nutrition plan. Hopefully works in the future, a similar race in which I think in retrospect no improvement could.
And so I look forward to a future with more races and similarly beautiful feelings of happiness.