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This Saturday September 22nd is the Redman in Oklahoma City.
I'm a 57 year-old clyde and my tri-bike is "Mimi" my '69 Peugeot. We are looking forward to having fun doing the 1/2 IM in about 6:30. My first tri at this long a distance. The forecast of 93F and windy is a bit grim, but it should be fun nontheless.
See ya,
Tyson
Best of luck! I was looking at redman for next year but my mates convinced me to do an MDOT race instead.
Please come back and give a race report on the support and quality of the race etc.
Guys, (non-gender specific)
First half-Ironman went fine for a 57-year old chunky Choctaw. I was 4/10 in my age group. 108 of 212 men overall in the half.
41 minute swim.
2:56 minute bike
2:39 minute run
8 minutes of transitions
Total time = 6:26
You can see that the run was tough. That's 12:15 minute miles. Ouch! But it was 93F and no wind on the run. I passed lots of guys who were suffering more than I, most of them younger. Before the race, I anticipated 10 minute miles, but the instant I got out of T-2, I could see that it was going to be a battle against leg cramps and the heat. Last mile home may have been slightly faster, but not much. Suffered from heat exhaustion for most of the rest of the day. Didn't really get my appetite back until the next evening. (Partly from what follows in the next paragraph LOL!)
Interstingly, I saw my time at the mat out of the swim was 51:00 flat. I was disappointed with that and during T-1, I decided my event time was shot anyway, so why not go hard on the ride? I had promised "Mimi" (my '69 Peugeot U08) that we could pass some new bikes during the day, so I decided to get into the red zone if need be. We held our own pretty well on the way out. After the bike turnaround, we cooked (relatively speaking for us - a 18.5 mph average). Beginning at about mile 30 where the course tended a bit down hill, I passed about $30,000 worth of tri-bikes in about two-three miles. Mimi was flashing her 38-year old French legs! Hah! Somewhere along the ride, I figured out that because we started the swim in "waves" my true swim time was 9 minutes less!
The most important part of the race report is that THE REDMAN IS A GREAT EVENT. I have run the LA Marathon twice in the '90's and lots of other races and rides, including Hotter 'N Hell 100. This was a superbly supported ride with the enthusiastic volunteers. Well organized and laid out on a good course. About 550 total entrants. If you are in the Oklahoma/Kansas/Texas/Colorado area, this is a race to consider. I received my money's worth and had a great time.
Thanks for the advice I have received from you guys over the past year. This is especially true of the sage advice given to me by T-Mar over two years ago regarding a number of issues regarding running and setting up a road bike with aero bars.
Tyson
Cushing, Oklahoma