Here is Buttercup's new decal on her top tube. She must have liked it - she did a good job out there on the bike course.
The five gear bags waiting to be packed: Prerace/postrace, Swim/bike transition, Bike special needs, Bike/run transition, Run special needs.
This is what nearly the entire bike course looked like, punctuated by a few ramshackle trailers and lots of "false flats" (gradual long uphill grades). Plus the first fifty miles of energy-sapping headwinds, followed by twenty miles of rough washboard rural two-lane back road without shoulders.
This is the one big bridge which we crossed on the bike course at about Mile 12 and Mile 100. It's bigger and more demanding than it looks - it's high enough for sailboat masts to pass underneath.
The five gear bags waiting to be packed: Prerace/postrace, Swim/bike transition, Bike special needs, Bike/run transition, Run special needs.
This is what nearly the entire bike course looked like, punctuated by a few ramshackle trailers and lots of "false flats" (gradual long uphill grades). Plus the first fifty miles of energy-sapping headwinds, followed by twenty miles of rough washboard rural two-lane back road without shoulders.
This is the one big bridge which we crossed on the bike course at about Mile 12 and Mile 100. It's bigger and more demanding than it looks - it's high enough for sailboat masts to pass underneath.
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GO NANCY GO!
Go Nancy!!
Thinking about you Nancy! Go GO GO!
Thinking about you Nancy! Go GO GO!
Still thinking of you ---swimming right about now---- Think Dory................. Go Nancy GO!!
Here's to an amazing race day. Every time you feel the wind know it's all of us cheering you on.
Just checked at 1:00pm EST... I could that you are out of the water and somewhere on the bike. Go Nancy!!!!!
Nancy's predictions:
http://nancytoby. blogspot. com/2006/ 10/those- imfl-time- predictions. html
She's doing GREAT!!!!
Nancy...where are you???? It is 5:27 EST and Ironmanlive doesn;t have you finishing the bike race...keep pedaling.... I'm looking for you.... hope you didn;t have a flat tire... Go Nancy!
Go, go, go Nancy! You're running now! Way to go! We're all rooting for you!
Right, Dori! At 7 PM Eastern, she's running -- there's a time for T2 and the bike ride, a hair under 15 mph average, which is great for such a long distance. That gives barely enough time (6 hours) to finish the marathon by local midnight, maybe not enough time for a medal. (She told me medals stop begin awarded for finishers after midnight).
She's done straight marathons in a little over 6 hours, but it's no disgrace to expect a slower time after swimming and biking for the entire daylight hours of a day.
Anyway, she's a winner already from my and her children's point of view -- she's finished the more dangerous legs without hurting herself. Go! Go! Go!
I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT NANCY! if anyone can, you can!
Keep going Nancy! You've gone at least halfway so far in the marathon. You've got so much HEART!
I thought she had 17 hours? After the half-mara there's still well over 3 and a half hours to go - or are my sums wrong? we are glued to the live feed over here. Run Nancy, run!!
Nancy! Nancy! Nancy! Nancy!
I've been glued to the live feed, willing you in. 5 minutes to go.
YOU'RE IRON TO US, NANCY!
please Steve post as soon as you hear from her!
Nancy, I hope they let you stay on the course and finish! Just before they cut the feed they said there was another woman still out there. I hope it's you and that you come in safely!
It sounds like it was a brutal day in terms of temps and wind. But you're tough, and you're definitely Iron in my book!
I got a phone call from Nancy at about 9:30 PM Eastern last night. She said she had finished one loop of the marathon course (half the distance) and she could tell she was out of contention for a medal, plus she was feeling pretty worn out. she decided to DNF after half the marathon.
Apparently, while she was able to finish both the previous legs in reasonable times, both were hard: there was a substantial surf hindering the swim, and a strong head wind the first half of the bike ride. (Of course you don't need a background in Fluid Dynamics, which I have, to recognize that those facts are directly related by cause and effect!) Anyway as a result the swim and bike ride took more out of her than she'd hoped, leading to the run feeling like a much tougher exercise than she hoped.
Sorry I didn't post immediately -- I was just brushing my teeth and more oriented to getting to sleep while the babies were quiet! Anyway, I expect her to sleep late so I figured I'd update all of you. It was a brave and creditable effort.
She would have had to run about a 6 hour marathon to collect a medal, and that's about what she's done at her best events, starting fresh. I wondered if she would try to push herself to do that and I was greatly relieved when I found out she hadn't. Remember, being mother to the twins is her highest duty.
Steve Toby: thank you for the report.
Nancy Toby: congratulations. You pushed to your limits and made smart decisions - we all aspire to that.
Thanks for posting Steve. She is a hero to me for my Ironman training. I look forward to reading her posts about the race. Great Job Nancy!
So glad to hear all was well and you were in control of the situation. And congratulations on a great Ironman effort!
Something about the gear bags all laid out gives me chills. What an exciting thing to have those laid out in front of you!
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