Ironman Arizona 2018 Race Report - Part 2 The Numbers

This is part 2 of a 3 part race report for Ironman Arizona. Part 1 is the usual word description and thoughts (click here for the link). This one is all about the NUMBERS: times, splits, heart rates, etc. The 3^rdpart is my AFTERTHOUGHTS and PERSPECTIVE; more a stream of consciousness. As with all of this, feel free not to read all, or any, of this!

12:37:06 (12^thof 105 in age group ; 767^thof 3,275 overall)

SWIM (2.4 miles/4,225 yd)

1:05:03 (4^thin age group)

TRANSITION 1

12:07

BIKE (112 miles)

5:45:01 (6^thin age group – 7^thfastest bike split)

While each split of the 3 loops was pretty consistent, the effort wasn’t. 

Cadence– average 85, max 103 = 29,325 pedal strokes

Heart Rate– average 116, max 129

½ loop #1- 1:07:48 split time

½ loop #2- :49:29 split; 1:55:17 full loop split

½ loop #3- 1:04:23 split

½ loop #4- 52:22 split; 1:56:45 full loop split

½ loop #5- 1:00:51 split

½ loop #6- 56:08 split; 1:56:59 full loop split

5 mile; Heart rate average; Heart rate max

5- 16:12; HR ave 117; HR max 126

10- 17:26; 113; 118

15- 18:04; 112; 118

20- 19:33; 115; 119

25- 11:06; 113; 119

30- 12:47; 113; 122

35- 14:00; 118; 126

40- 15:23; 118; 122

45- 16:55; 120; 127

50- 16:53; 124; 129

55- 18:40; 124; 129

60- 12:33; 121; 127

65- 13:19; 118; 124

70- 13:58; 119; 124

75- 14:43; 117; 122

80- 15:44; 116; 121

85- 15:40; 116; 122

90- 16:13; 113; 118

95- 16:59; 114; 120

100- 13:56; 113; 119

105- 14:16; 112; 117

110- 15:03; 112; 119

112- xx:xx;115; 119

TRANSITION 2

6:24

RUN (26.2 miles)

5:28:31 (12^thin age group – 25^thfastest run split)

This slow run/walk for me was obviously not about aerobic capacity but about muscular endurance, foot pain, and mental game

Pace– average 12:26/mi

Cadence– average 77 (including walking) = ~25,295 steps

Heart Rate– average 116, max 129

1^st ½ marathon 2:32:29

2^nd ½ marathon 2:56:02

Mile; Heart rate average; Heart rate max

1- 10:40; HR ave 115; HR max 125

2- 10:31; 119; 124

3- 10:40; 120; 125

4- 10:37; 121; 126

5- 10:39; 121; 130

6- 12:32; 117; 123 

7- 10:39; 120; 125

8- 11:16; 119; 124

9- 11:44; 116; 121 (includes Papago Park “hill”)

10- 12:22; 114; 121(includes last part of Papago Park “hill”)

11- 11:58; 115; 121

12- 13:13; 112; 120

13- 11:56; 114; 122

14- 13:37; 112; 124

15- 13:14; 110; 118

16- 13:38; 112; 120

17- 14:07; 111; 119

18- 12:31; 115; 123

19- 15:27; 105; 117 

20- 12:38; 111; 115

21- 14:09; 109; 115

22- 13:29; 111; 115 (includes Papago Park “hill”)

23- 15:12; 106; 116 (includes last part of Papago Park “hill”)

24- 11:56; 110; 119

25- 12:52; 113; 117

26- 12:16; 113; 118

26.2- x:xx; 119; 130