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Ironman Pace Charts!
I
have been a race spectator countless times and know
how difficult it can be to catch a glimpse of an athlete
I'm trying to watch. Ironman races are especially difficult
given the number of people, the distance covered, and
the duration involved.
Now
in their 5th year, my QSHEETS! will aid your "support
crew" immensely. You simply enter a few parameters and
the program generates two maps, bike and run courses,
with estimated times of (your) arrival. At last your
support crew will know where to go and when to expect
you. Plus with the estimated times, they can tell if
you're ahead of or behind pace -- keeping them involved
in your journey to the finish line! I would suggest
printing out several versions: best case, worst case,
etc.
(Read testimonials.)
These
QSHEETS are valuable to the athlete, as well. In my
past Ironmans I printed out the time column (pictured
below), laminated it, and used it to check my pacing
during the race (example below). It was very cool to
see when I was a few minutes ahead of or behind my goal
time at various places on the bike. Most importantly
it served as a sort of "Energy Management System" for
me: it usually saved me from being overzealous in the
early part of the bike and reminded me when and what
to eat.
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Details:
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program will generate two maps, a BIKE map (shown
below) and a RUN map. All that is required are 7
parameters that you input, based on your expected
speed and pace. The maps can then be handed out
to friends & family so that they may better
track you. |
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Note
that your expected pass-by times are automatically
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addition the program will generate a list of times (shown
below) that you can print out. I recommend printing,
shrinking, then laminating this column and carrying
with you. Here is a real example of how I used this
as a 'cheat sheet' during IM Wisconsin. I laminated
and kept the following in the thigh of my cycling shorts.
It lists the points where to eat bars and when to take
protein. These reminders helped me tremendously because
usually when I'm in the heat of the action, I forget
otherwise. I used color and highlighting to make it
easy to see. On the back, I wrote a few bullet-point
reminders and inspirational messages to help my psyche.
Here's an unmarked version for
you to see (different parameters):
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