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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>SpartyGirl</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69233/rr-im-steelhead-70-3#post_1929195"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Holy geez! Nice job Scott! Congrats meeting your sub 1:40 goal AND awesome to be top 20 out there. SWEET!</p>
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Thanks Sparty. You should come back here and do this one again one of these days. The lake was real nice and pretty warm too, I couldn't believe it. I really like hanging out on the beach afterwards, that was fun.<br><br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>LookiLoo</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69233/rr-im-steelhead-70-3#post_1929289"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Wow, that's fast!!!! Congrats on a great race!! </p>
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<p>Glad to hear you all were able to swim this year

Perhaps I'll be back up there one day to tackle it again, this time with the swim!</p>
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Thanks Looki, unfortunately LM is a little unpredictable, but the last two years they've had the swim. When they have the swim its nice. Plus they fixed the bike course to be spot on. ( a little over 56.3, but they advertise it as 56.3). The transistion has changed too from 08, its much much nicer. <br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>pcsronbo</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69233/rr-im-steelhead-70-3#post_1929221"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Holy Sh!T did you actually NOT have any nutrition and hyrdration issues? DUDE that's awesome!</p>
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<p>I'm so bummed I couldn't come out this year, sounds like it went great. The results speak for themselves. It looks like you evenly paced it, which means perhaps you're also getting wiser about your racing. If you can translate that too full IM, you're going to hit your goals.</p>
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<p>I think you can easily shave 2-3min from your swim, without any massive effort. 4min isn't crazy.</p>
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<p>The bike - dude, that's going to depend on the course and the day. You ALREADY could nail that on a perfect day. Steelhead is hillier than Racine, which might actually work to your advantage in trying for a Clearwater spot. I don't know what gives with the wind and Steelhead. Of the (4) times I've been out there (2) have had harsh headwinds and it sounds like this year would also have. It really sucks because that is such a LONG stretch, with hills, that just gives you no releif. But a smart power trained guy could totally even out that effort and still be able to run like the wind. I think that could just be you...</p>
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<p>The run, totally doable IF you can keep from getting injured. That's been the real bear.. maybe if you work on that distance over the winter, at those speeds, you can do the build slow enough to allow you to adapt without snapping? A winter project perhaps? Hmmmm....</p>
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<p>Yeah, I think you can drop 10min EASY by next season... and 20 isn't out of reach</p>
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<p>Great job!</p>
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<p>p.s. next year I won't be at Steelhead but maybe 2012!</p>
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Thanks Ron, great comments. Ok no on the nutrition issues. Same stuff I did in the IM, just reduced the amount. I did switch from an Aero bottle to an XLAB torpedo bottle mount in front. The problem with the straw on the aero bottle is you are sucking in a lot of air before you get to the liquid. This gave some people like, bad bloating feelings while in aero. I actually had this in CdA and had to stop after half way to try and get some relief. I don't consider that a nutrition issue though. Going to the Xlab torpedo, no problem. </p>
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<p>Thanks for the encouragement on the times, the big difference in this race is I knew what I was going to do, I thought I'd be around 4:45, I just had lots of confidence. I need to transfer that to the IM. I get the confidence from good training, so as long as that keeps going, I'll be good. I'm pretty sure I'll be here in 2011, sorry you wont, we may even rent a place for a week down by the lake.</p>
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<p>pics: <a href="http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=60054&BIB=1837&LNSEARCH=1" target="_blank">http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=60054&BIB=1837&LNSEARCH=1</a></p>