My Son - Ironman!!!

[mark james]

No turning today!

My son is in the Milwaukee Ironman (his first, 2 years of training).

Swam: 2.4 miles in 1 hr 14 minutes.

Biked: 112 miles in 6 hrs 44 minutes

Now gets to relax and run 26.2 miles

 

[ed4copies]

Congrats to him!!

At least the weather is decent (low 70's, low humidity) for running!

 

[BradG]

that's incredible. he's already won for doing all that training!

 

[mark james]

1/2 way through the marathon... Pace has slowed from 9:00 Minute miles to 11:00 minute miles for the last split... (13 miles to go).

Not like he hasn't been out there for 11 hours (he usually does 8:00 minute miles for shorter events (like a zillion miles).

 

[Jim15]

Congratulations to him. That's more than I can do in a car and boat.

 

[mark james]

9.4 miles to go... Last split is 12:15/minute miles - he's running on fumes!

 

[mark james]

3 miles to go! Must be all downhill as he is at an 8:56/mile pace for the last split.

 

[Dalecamino]

Still.....very impressive:wink:

 

[mark james]

DONE!

Total time: 12 hrs 57 minutes.

Have not talked to him. He will catch a ride back to Chicago as he was not allowed to take Monday off from work (that's OK, he's young ).

Thank you to fellow IAP members for tolerating my thread! It was important to me... :redface:

 

[bobleibo]

Well done! 2 years of training for a 13 hour race.....that's dedication in it's finest form!

 

[mark james]

Just talked to Chris. He's pumped! Done and proud. Thanks to all for tolerating a personal pride moment.

And Bobleibo... I suspect you know the commitment.

 

[bobleibo]

Just talked to Chris. He's pumped! Done and proud. Thanks to all for tolerating a personal pride moment.

And Bobleibo... I suspect you know the commitment.

ohhhhhh, yeahhhhhhhhh~ and I have the aches and bruises that go with it, except I'd be laying on the ground after, not going to work like your son. He is one tough kid.
This is from a few weeks ago. Those mountains in the background is the area where I live. Did I tell you how much I hate climbing? The guy I was riding with that day refers to them as his warm up - I avoid his phone calls a lot.

 

[bobleibo]

That time of his is pretty fast even for an experienced person, let alone his first one. I bet he's going to be flying on clouds for weeks. (check out the girl in the background staring at him, she sure was impressed :biggrin: )

 

[epigolucky]

Awesome! I've only finished the half ironman distance so far. Great job!!!

 

[mark james]

I have not seen any pictures yet. His name is Chris Haslam (actually my Nephew, since age 2, when his parents died in a plane accident - both were going to a Skydiving competition, Chris is our godson).

And he will not lose time resting... He has a Marathon in 4 weeks, then going to the Skydiving Nationals next spring - somewhere in the southwest??? His team from Chicago (a 4 way team) qualified for the Nationals.

Chris was a very dull kid...... :biggrin::tongue:

 

[bobleibo]

Dull is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind...keep us posted on how he does.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Congratulations to a job well done... I admire those of you and all the guys/gals that have the fortitude to do these... I don't swim, so couldn't myself and haven't run more than a few feet since I was about 15 years... and at 74 ain't about to start now.

My daughter did the iron man marathons for a number of years when she was younger... had to stop after she got clipped by a car and knocked off her bike and wound up with a couple of cracked vertebrae... after surgery and a few years, she's back to doing the long bike rides and just this weekend did a long run, but can't do the swimming any more... plus she's over 50 now and needs to slow down just a little.

 

[mark james]

Hi Chuck! So over 50 we need to slow down??? I'm checking all my gauges to make sure I'm slowing down... Yea, too late... I'm very slow! :biggrin:

Best regards, Mark

 

[TellicoTurning]

Hi Chuck! So over 50 we need to slow down??? I'm checking all my gauges to make sure I'm slowing down... Yea, too late... I'm very slow! :biggrin:

Best regards, Mark

I slowed down when I was a lot younger than Chris.... and by now I'm enough over 50 that I'm down to a slow crawl... maybe a snail's pace... just can't get in that much of a hurry.