4 Kingman triathletes made the trip to Tempe this weekend to take on the flat and fast SOMA half Ironman course. Kim Slocum, Jean Cole, Matt Rehm and JR DiCarlo were all able to cover the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride (which had 15 u truns on it), and the sizzling 13.1 mile run with great success.
For Jean and Matt this was there first half Ironman. Jean was able to finish the distance in just over 6 hours (6:15). She looked very relaxed when she crossed the finsh line, and she shattered her transition times from her last race cutting them in half with 4 min transition. Matt had an amazing performance as he finshed in just under 6 hours (5:45). The heat caused him to have some cramps at the end of the run. His swim and bike were amazing as I was impressed with his performance especially since he was not able to walk on Wednesday this week with back issues. JR DiCarlo completed his second half Ironman this year, beating his previous time with a 5:24. JR came off the bike behind Matt and quickly worked to pass runners as he was now moving up in the field. Kim finshed the bike between Matt and JR. I was able to run over the bridge and see the runners 5 times on the 2 loop course and I could start to see the heat taking its toll on them. When you start to see people walk through aid stations and cover themselves with water you know that it is starting to heat up. Kim finshed with a personal best of 5:14, the heat started to take its toll on her on her last lap as her pace slowed.
Check out the results here: http://www.cepmtnbike.com/results_misc.cfm?year=2008&raceNum=165
Kingman had a great day as 2 triathletes were introduced to the half Ironman distance, and 2 new personal bests were set!!
Here are some pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/Springyut/SOMA2008#
For Jean and Matt this was there first half Ironman. Jean was able to finish the distance in just over 6 hours (6:15). She looked very relaxed when she crossed the finsh line, and she shattered her transition times from her last race cutting them in half with 4 min transition. Matt had an amazing performance as he finshed in just under 6 hours (5:45). The heat caused him to have some cramps at the end of the run. His swim and bike were amazing as I was impressed with his performance especially since he was not able to walk on Wednesday this week with back issues. JR DiCarlo completed his second half Ironman this year, beating his previous time with a 5:24. JR came off the bike behind Matt and quickly worked to pass runners as he was now moving up in the field. Kim finshed the bike between Matt and JR. I was able to run over the bridge and see the runners 5 times on the 2 loop course and I could start to see the heat taking its toll on them. When you start to see people walk through aid stations and cover themselves with water you know that it is starting to heat up. Kim finshed with a personal best of 5:14, the heat started to take its toll on her on her last lap as her pace slowed.
Check out the results here: http://www.cepmtnbike.com/results_misc.cfm?year=2008&raceNum=165
Kingman had a great day as 2 triathletes were introduced to the half Ironman distance, and 2 new personal bests were set!!
Here are some pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/Springyut/SOMA2008#
Everyone kicked butt!!! You guys rock!
As part of my training for IM AZ coming up in a month I did not race. I choose to get in a long run on the IM course and run 2.5 loops which is close to 21 miles. Felt great and it went by fast being able to watch the race unfold as I was running around the course.
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