Chad Bennett » Oceanside Ironman http://www.chadbennett.com E-Business, Real Estate, Triathlons, Family and more Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:45:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ironman 70.3 California finally over! http://www.chadbennett.com/2008/03/30/ironman-703-california/ http://www.chadbennett.com/2008/03/30/ironman-703-california/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:05:42 +0000 chadbennett http://www.chadbennett.com/2008/04/02/ironman-703-california-finally-over/ Well almost 11 months after signing up for the Ironman 70.3 in Oceanside California I finally got to race day. And what a day it was! By far the hardest thing I have ever done yet one of the most fulfilling.

It started with a 1.2 mile swim in sub 60 degree water, moved to a 56 mile grueling rode bike through the mountains in Camp Pendleton and finished with a hilly 13.1 mile run along the beach and the Pacific Ocean. In the end I finished in 7 hours 2 minutes and 44 seconds… much longer than my 6 hour optimistic goal but I didn’t really know what to expect. Even though I was an hour off, 7:02:44 is just fine for me… now I have something to beat the next time.

My cousin Tyler (from Tammy’s side) tore it up and finished in 7:34:37. Rock on Tyler! I can’t wait to do another one with you.

Race Pace Run: 70.3 Miles Triathlon . Time: 7:02:44 – Cal: 5009 – HR avg: 156 – HR max: 198 – Rate: 10

Stay tuned for full coverage of the day…

Ironman 70.3 California

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