Ironman Louisville - Enhanced Results

I promise that I'm going to get around to typing my race report, just haven't had time yet.

In the mean time, here's some cool stats from Slowtwitch.com

Luke Powell

Bib # 1255

Overall Place: 661

Gender Place: 559 

(yes, I was "chicked" by 102 females...including pros)

Division Place: 112

Total time: 12:08:39

SWIM

Time: 1:12:23

Pace: 1:54 / 100 meters

Overall place: 828

Gender place: 662

Division place: 137

T1

Time: 6:43

Overall place: 979

Gender place: 750

Division place: 140

Total Time After T1: 1:19:06

Overall place: 808

Gender place: 653

Division place: 135 (+2)

BIKE

Time: 6:08:01

Pace: 18.3 mph

Overall place: 851

Gender place: 746

Division place: 142

Total Time after Bike: 7:27:07

Overall place: 812

Gender place: 707

Division place: 138 (-3)

T2

Time: 11:25

Overall place: 1695

Gender place: 1275

Division place: 24

Total Time After T2: 7:38:32

Overall place: 849

Gender place: 731

Division place: 142 (-4)

RUN

Time: 4:30:09

Pace: 10:18 / mile

Overall place: 624

Gender place: 508

Division place: 101 (+41)

The things that stick out the most are my transition times. There's an easy explanation for these...I was stretching and putting on BioFreeze in the changing tents during both T1 and T2. Without the IT band injury, I would have been 4-5 minutes faster in both transitions. I also stopped three times on the run to put on more BioFreeze to numb the pain. So I have no doubt that I could have done a sub 12 hour race if I was completely healthy. I don't want this to come off the wrong way - I'm completely happy with my race and it went better than I expected. I just felt the need to explain why my transition times were so slow.