first half ironman finish

mcarthur01
on 5/16/10 6:07 am - Cumming, GA

i'm too tired and sick (i may have heat stroke) to write a report today, but i will tomorrow or later tonight if i feel up to it. bottom line, i finished, felt really awesome about the swim and the bike, but the wheels fell off on the run. it was the hottest most miserable experience of my life! no kidding. my legs were fine, my fitness was fine, and my energy/nutritiion was fine, but i was in total survival mode just trying to stay cool. but i'm done and met nearly all my goals for the race. results can be found here, i'm going to lay down :)

Bill Mcarthur

BIB	AGE	STATE/COUNTRY	PROFESSION
2151	39	******* GA USA	Business Executive

SWIM	BIKE	RUN	OVERALL	RANK	DIV.POS.
40:33	2:44:23	2:14:06	5:51:04	719	123

LEG	DISTANCE	PACE	RANK	DIV.POS.
TOTAL SWIM	1.2 mi. (40:33)	2:08/100m	661	110

TOTAL BIKE	56 mi. (2:44:23)	20.44 mph

TOTAL RUN	13.1 mi. (2:14:06)	10:14/mile	719	123

TRANSITION				TIME
T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE				7:12
T2: BIKE-TO-RUN				4:50

Where are we going?? And why am I in this handbasket??

right now. somewhere. somebody is working harder than you.

jon1970
on 5/16/10 7:05 am

Amazing! Great job.

Duane1064
on 5/16/10 7:10 am - Bloomington, IN

RNY on 04/22/09

Way to go Bill. You did a great job! Looking forward to reading the report.

Duane

"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
I run for those who can't or won't. I run because I once was one of those people.

Sue M.
on 5/16/10 8:31 am - Nantucket, MA

RNY on 11/12/08

Great job!
Hope you enjoyed a nice ice bath!

Read my blog, BARIATHLETE I run because I can.

First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash

kerniec
on 5/16/10 8:55 am - Dayton, OH

VSG on 07/22/14

Great job Bill!

275 SW 8/5/08LB 165MW 2009-11, LB complications 2010-14

7-22-14 Revision LB to VSG 212SW/192CW/159GW HT 5'7"

Kathy P.
on 5/16/10 11:23 am - Port Orchard, WA

RNY on 02/09/09

Bill!!! Awesome times! Very inspirational. Take time to recover and relax and then celebrate!!!
Whooo Hoooo!!!!

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle
when the sun comes up you'd better be running.

RNY 2/9/09 Buh bye Gallbladder 8/28/09; 100% EWL (181 lbs.) on 2/19/10;

Cassie W.
on 5/16/10 11:58 am

RNY on 09/14/06

Congratulations Bill! You'd never know the wheels fell off by those stats! You rock!

Cassie

"Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer."

Seht
on 5/16/10 1:00 pm

RNY on 01/22/08

Bill congratulations.
What an awesome accomplishment.
You deserve ther rest and you deserve to be proud of what you have accomplished.

I hope you recover quickly and you start feeling better soon.

Scott