3. 24th IRONMAN Race Day.
Woke up at 4AM, ate Trader Joe's Japanese fried rice and miso soup for breakfast, and went to transition area at 5:15. Once went back to the hotel to put on the pump and went to the swim start at 6:30. Same as the last year, there was a long waiting line for swim start. Louisville's swim start is not mass start. It's individual time-trial start which dive into Ohio River one by one. So the race becomes naturally time-trial race. After 35 minutes from age group start at 7AM, it was my turn. Dive into light-brown color river. The water temperature was perfect for swimming by speed suit. No wave, no current, and comfortable water temperature; I guess it's the easiest swim course of IRONMAN, except light-brown water... The course has J turn. After the turn, we felt some current from right to left, but it was no problem. We need to climb the stairs at swim finish. The time was not so bad for me. Swim 3.8km, 1:15:02.
4時起床、トレーダージョーズの炒飯と味噌汁を取って5：15トランジションへ。一旦ポンプを置きにホテルに戻り6：30スタートエリアへ。昨年同様スイムスタートは長蛇の列。ルイビルは一斉スタートではなく、一人ずつオハイオ川に飛び込むTTスタート。なので自ずとTTレースになる。7時のAGスタートから35分後、やっと出番。薄茶色の川に飛び込む。水温はスイムスキンで泳ぐには最適。波無し、流れ無し、最適水温と、薄茶色の水を除けばIMでもっとも泳ぎやすいコースだと思う。
Jターンのコースを折り返してからは若干右→左へ流れを感じるが問題ないレベル。スイムフィニッシュは仮設階段を上る。自分的にはさほど悪いタイムではなかった。3.8ｋｍ1：15：02
At T1, I spent many time to wear CEP's compression socks and UV arm cover. They're hard to wear for wet body. I'll change the socks to normal socks and calf guard at IM Maryland. T1, swim to bike, 0:12:35.
T1ではCEPのコンプレッションソックスとUVアームカバーを着けるのに時間がかかった。濡れた体で着るのは難しい。メリーランドでは普通のソックスとカーフガードに変えよう。T1、スイム→バイク0:12:35
The bike course is partially 2 loops. It's almost flat but some tough hills includes it. I tried to keep my pace about 30km/h, following my plans. 1st loop was not so bad, but it was getting hot and humid on the way of 1st loop, so I felt dehydration by degree. Also my tire had air leaking from the screw of valve extender, so I had to have some short stops in order to refill air by cartridge. As a result, my bike rap was delayed about 40minutes from my expected time. 180.2km 6:43:24
バイクコースは部分的に2周回。ほぼ平坦だが幾つかきつい坂がある。当初の予定通り30km/hを維持。1周目はさほど問題なかったが、途中から蒸し暑くなってきたので、徐々に脱水を感じてきた。更にタイヤのバルブエクステンダーからエア漏れも生じた為、途中何度か降りてCO2カートリッジで充填。結果当初の予想より40分近く遅れた。
Woke up at 4AM, ate Trader Joe's Japanese fried rice and miso soup for breakfast, and went to transition area at 5:15. Once went back to the hotel to put on the pump and went to the swim start at 6:30. Same as the last year, there was a long waiting line for swim start. Louisville's swim start is not mass start. It's individual time-trial start which dive into Ohio River one by one. So the race becomes naturally time-trial race. After 35 minutes from age group start at 7AM, it was my turn. Dive into light-brown color river. The water temperature was perfect for swimming by speed suit. No wave, no current, and comfortable water temperature; I guess it's the easiest swim course of IRONMAN, except light-brown water... The course has J turn. After the turn, we felt some current from right to left, but it was no problem. We need to climb the stairs at swim finish. The time was not so bad for me. Swim 3.8km, 1:15:02.
4時起床、トレーダージョーズの炒飯と味噌汁を取って5：15トランジションへ。一旦ポンプを置きにホテルに戻り6：30スタートエリアへ。昨年同様スイムスタートは長蛇の列。ルイビルは一斉スタートではなく、一人ずつオハイオ川に飛び込むTTスタート。なので自ずとTTレースになる。7時のAGスタートから35分後、やっと出番。薄茶色の川に飛び込む。水温はスイムスキンで泳ぐには最適。波無し、流れ無し、最適水温と、薄茶色の水を除けばIMでもっとも泳ぎやすいコースだと思う。
Jターンのコースを折り返してからは若干右→左へ流れを感じるが問題ないレベル。スイムフィニッシュは仮設階段を上る。自分的にはさほど悪いタイムではなかった。3.8ｋｍ1：15：02
At T1, I spent many time to wear CEP's compression socks and UV arm cover. They're hard to wear for wet body. I'll change the socks to normal socks and calf guard at IM Maryland. T1, swim to bike, 0:12:35.
T1ではCEPのコンプレッションソックスとUVアームカバーを着けるのに時間がかかった。濡れた体で着るのは難しい。メリーランドでは普通のソックスとカーフガードに変えよう。T1、スイム→バイク0:12:35
The bike course is partially 2 loops. It's almost flat but some tough hills includes it. I tried to keep my pace about 30km/h, following my plans. 1st loop was not so bad, but it was getting hot and humid on the way of 1st loop, so I felt dehydration by degree. Also my tire had air leaking from the screw of valve extender, so I had to have some short stops in order to refill air by cartridge. As a result, my bike rap was delayed about 40minutes from my expected time. 180.2km 6:43:24
バイクコースは部分的に2周回。ほぼ平坦だが幾つかきつい坂がある。当初の予定通り30km/hを維持。1周目はさほど問題なかったが、途中から蒸し暑くなってきたので、徐々に脱水を感じてきた。更にタイヤのバルブエクステンダーからエア漏れも生じた為、途中何度か降りてCO2カートリッジで充填。結果当初の予想より40分近く遅れた。