Its go time....Ironman 70.3 Nola.

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Oct 21, 2018
5:16:06am

whiteninja All-American

Its go time....Ironman 70.3 Nola.

Sitting here waiting for the start in my car at 7:00ish. Water temp is 77 so not wetsuit legal 😪 wind is pushing at 15mph. I'm hoping with the swim being in an in closed area of the lake that chop will be minimal.

First time ironman distance...here we go.

Sorry to ramble just shaking off nerves

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whiteninja

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Its go time....Ironman 70.3 Nola.

whiteninja

10/21/18 5:16am

Wow good luck

Grit for Brains

10/21/18 5:18am

Wow. That’s a dream of mine. Have fun out there!

10/21/18 5:27am

Good luck. Kill it.

YardTime

10/21/18 5:29am

Good luck! You've got this!

federer

10/21/18 5:34am

You got this!

10/21/18 5:40am

Good luck!

mango

10/21/18 5:52am

Awesome! Let us know how it goes. I’m doing Ironman Florida in 2 weeks.

slappy

10/21/18 6:11am

Good luck, I know a couple ppl doing that one as well.

whiteninja

10/21/18 3:02pm

Good luck! Sorry about the wetsuit.

Paco

10/21/18 6:11am

Good luck with the gators

10/21/18 7:04am

Try to scratch their belly

10/21/18 7:11am

Also it’s nearly impossible to get them to open their mouths once they lock down, but pretty easy to

SuperTank

10/21/18 7:27am

Nice! Good luck! What # are you? Arizona or New Orleans?

Borg

10/21/18 7:49am

Nola......so New Orleans

YardTime

10/21/18 10:50am

Sorry just looking at this...I was 358

whiteninja

10/21/18 3:03pm

Have those essential oils ready for when you’re done

10/21/18 7:53am

Bacon oil is my favorite essential.

10/21/18 8:58am

Once you are out of the water you feel great

Archaea

10/21/18 8:02am

You nailed it...bike was tough but doable. Run was miserable

whiteninja

10/21/18 6:51pm

I like the 70.3s; never enjoyed the 140.6s because never had enough time to

Archaea

10/22/18 6:17am

The one 70.3 I did I was undertrained for.

Paco

10/22/18 6:27am

You can do what I did, train for the 70.3 and have major problems during the run

Archaea

10/22/18 11:36am

You got this. Report back when finished.

10/21/18 8:56am

Let us know how it goes! This is something I've dreamt of doing for a long

Heavily MeDeekated

10/21/18 8:57am

Just go out and do it. Start with a super sprint tri & make your way up as you

Chasicle

10/21/18 9:37am

Good luck.

10/21/18 8:58am

Give us an update! Good luck, no easy task.

TheLoneCougar

10/21/18 9:38am

Short swim? Times for the swim are sub 10-minutes.

Chasicle

10/21/18 9:40am

It's a 1.2 mile swim.

YardTime

10/21/18 10:52am

Doh! Due to heavy winds the swim was shortened to 600 meters.

YardTime

10/21/18 10:54am

Wow

Archaea

10/21/18 10:56am

It was crazy choppy.

whiteninja

10/21/18 3:03pm

Any undercurrents to go with It? And how'd you do?

YardTime

10/21/18 3:42pm

RE: Any undercurrents to go with It? And how'd you do?

whiteninja

10/21/18 6:50pm

Finished in just over 6 hrs...

whiteninja

10/21/18 3:00pm

Congrats! You'll be hooked in no time if you aren't already.

Chasicle

10/21/18 3:25pm

Too late for 2019 but for 2020 come do Oceanside 70.3 with a bunch of us.

YardTime

10/21/18 3:45pm

That's awesome! I did my first 5K this year after losing about 50 lbs. May

tander123

10/21/18 3:54pm

That's awesome...congrats. I know many people who can't even do a 5k

whiteninja

10/21/18 4:35pm

Down 72 lbs so far and about 28 to go.

tander123

10/21/18 4:37pm

Trust me...what you are doing will be more difficult then any run you ever do.

whiteninja

10/21/18 9:21pm

Awesome! It's estimated that every 10 pounds lost is about 20 seconds faster per

Spine

10/22/18 9:43am

Congrats! Way to power through the adversity. These races are so much fun

slappy

10/21/18 8:27pm

RE: Congrats! Way to power through the adversity. These races are so much fun

whiteninja

10/21/18 9:22pm

So awesome. I had a good buddy almost die from doing an Ironman in Nice, France

TheLoneCougar

10/22/18 9:44am

Holy smokes...that's crazy

whiteninja

10/22/18 10:49am

Apparently swallowed a lot of ocean water on the swim. Around mile 20 of the run

TheLoneCougar

10/22/18 12:22pm

24hrs later and the pain is max but man the runners high is there.

whiteninja

10/22/18 6:53am

Awesome whiteninja, pain is all going to get better from here! Fatigue will

Spine

10/22/18 9:44am

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