Short Version For those of you who skip to the end of the book, here’s your shortcut to save you from scrolling all the way down the page. I went 9:37 good enough for 3rd AG, 25th OA and earn my sixth trip to the World Championships. Pre-Race This was an interesting year for me…
read moreHeading into Kona I knew my fitness wasn’t where it was at compared to just a few months ago. I wanted to have a solid race but I knew it wasn’t going to be a PR. I felt good about my run and swim but the bike would be the question mark. This season has…
read moreHeading into Kona I knew my fitness wasn’t where it was at compared to just a few months ago. I wanted to have a solid race but I knew it wasn’t going to be a PR. I felt good about my run and swim but the bike would be the question mark. This season has…
read moreBackground and Training 3rd year of EN , 7th IM Â w/ 6 finishes and 1 DNF. Â KQ’ed @ Texas in May. Â Racing M-50-54AG , 120-122lbs , FTP 230 , Vdot 51. Â Was having a fantastic season until I broke my clavicle in a bike crash 12 weeks before KONA and 4 weeks before Mont Tremblant…
read moreWelcome to the big time! This is the Ironman® we’ve all been waiting for, prepping for all year long, getting our minds and bodies in top performance shape. The Ironman® World Championship in Kailua-Kona is the Grandaddy of them all, and with good reason: This is where Ironman® started. What more can you say about…
read moreJay Lakamp Texas Race Report: May 18, 2013 Race Day Stats: Total Time / AG Place / Overall Place: 16:28:39 / 47th / 1939 Swim Time / AG / OA: 1:36:26 / 36 / 1695 T1 Time / AG / OA: 9:16 / Bike Time / AG / OA: 6:58:50 / 41 / 1685…
read moreJay Lakamp Texas Race Report: May 18, 2013 Race Day Stats: Total Time / AG Place / Overall Place: 16:28:39 / 47th / 1939 Swim Time / AG / OA: 1:36:26 / 36 / 1695 T1 Time / AG / OA: 9:16 / Bike Time / AG / OA: 6:58:50 / 41 / 1685…
read moreShort Version Kona Qualified with a 10:22:09 , 2nd in the M 50-54 AG , 84th OA. 11min PR total and 19min bike PR. Swim 1:13:53 , 26thAG http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314625800 T1 3:07 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314625802 Bike 5:01:51 fastest AG bike split http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314755337 T2 3:17 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314625811 Run 4:00:01 2nd fastest AG run split http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314625815 Video Version (Jump to 4:30…
read moreI recently won the men’s 35-39 age group, placing 28th overall, at Texas with finishing time of 9:27. This was a 25-minute personal best and a breakthrough performance for me, and I want to share how I did it. Not because everyone can go sub-9:30 in an Ironman, but because how I set the stage…
read moreLake Placid is officially done, and I can say that I am officially “back” from my accident of last year. The details are below, but the executive summary is as follows. A 9:56:38 finishing time, for my first effort below 10 hours. A 1:07:48 non-wetsuit swim, a 5:18:36 bike and a 3:22:43 run…all of this combined to give me a 5 minute PR for the course, 5th in the 35-39 Age Group and my fourth trip to Kona. Life is officially good.
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