He hates dopers as well if my memory serves
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That is good to know. Looking at the people in the top 10 in my AG from last week, nothing looks suspicious, most have been to Kona. In fact my own result is probably the most suspicious based on past results, however, my Strava account is open to anyone to view, and shows my IMVR results are consistent to my recent performances
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I know that I am anally retentive, however, I have gone through this weekends results. I am in 5th place, however 2 of the guys ahead of me had deeply suspicious runs and bike rides. Luckily neither were using an approved Turbo, so are not in the championship. Puts me in 3rd place yesterday, and by my reconing 2nd overall in my AG after 2 races
My Friend Ramon Costa is still at it beating the prosā¦ shame his Turbo is not approved
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One of the guys ahead of you is showing as having completed both divisions for VR10 and VR11 which I didnt realise was an option, if that means performing like that 2nd place AG in the olympic and 3rd in the sprint in the same weekendā¦?
Guys a joker. I donāt get the psychology why some people do this. Itās a totally hollow victory, everyone knows its falseā¦ or did some Romainian with a Half Marathon PB of 1h46 on Strava almost beat a 3 time Ironman AG world champion, and also do a Sprint just for fun
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Well done Matt, just seen the official results, 3rd place and 48 points 
My hat is also doffed to Harold Goodman, who came plumb last in the Mens fieldā¦and first in the AG M80+ 
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Get on! 
80 odd and still racing ā¦!
What a ledge
I am taking this a little more seriously now. Doing a proper taper this week. A decent result this weekend could guarantee me a top 3 spot
An amazing achievement at 81, His last 70.3 was 5 years ago where he was 1st in 75-79 AG. Hoping that I will still be in good enough shape to race at 80
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They say it like its a good thing 
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If youāre a roadie it probably is, if youāre doing a ānon-draftingā IM event probably not so much 
Maybe they can turn the drafting off for the virtual IM races???
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Well, Im actually secretly hoping they bring it in and maintain the no drafting rule!
Automate the DQs, sit back and watch
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More positively, this weekends VR is Kona 70.3 
. Im expecting a fairly smooth ride compared to last weeks nightmareā¦
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Would be rather intriguing to ride the main bit of the Kona course on the Queen K and then up to Hawi.
How easy is Rouvy to setup? Free trial available?
I think so, but its definitely free on Apple TV.
No more complicated than Zwift. Iirc register a few biometrics, height, weight, ftp, bluetooth connection to your PM or trainer and off you go.
I have downloaded the Kona Route. Its not going to be fast, 720m elevation with a finish point 140m higher than the start.
I will be riding around 8:30pm UK time tonight, good chance to get to the top of the leader board early on
Iām not looking forward to the 5k run, I hate short runs, its going to be painful
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Hmm thats a bit tight isnt it?
12hr window from beginning the first run to finishing the second run, each leg has to be run in order; run, bike, run. Are you having a kip and getting up very early for the run, or running towards midnight?
Ive left the course downloading on Apple TV this morning, hopefully done by now. I just saw the course preview on FB and agree theres no chance this is a fast one.
Calf is much better but still healing, so Im undecided on my approach - Do I learn more from spacing them out, or putting them together? Ive been back through my training this year, On the bike Ive put in two similar efforts averaging at 202W and 203W. One of which was 227W intervals which eventually killed me, so I think a sensible measure of progress could be a 210-220W effort. My new FTP is 264 so an 0.81-0.83 IF.
My two identical 1h50 indoor and outdoor half marathons had an avg HR of 160, and a 1h56 half also at HR160 a day after the Boulder 70.3 bike leg for IMVR1.
Wellā¦I guess I have a pretty good idea of my individual legs already so a combined effort will be the most informative.
If Im already on track for a sub 2:30 olympic then my next goal is a 70.3 PB so I want to see close to 2h45 on the bike and close to 2h for the run. I just hope the leg holds up 
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Run 8:30pm to 8:40pm CET
Bike 9:30pm to 12am
sleep (Like thatās going to happen)
Alarm at 5:30am
run 6:30am to 8am
30 mins to spare
I am properly nervous, this feels rather like a proper competition. I have even tapered
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Weāll be rooting for youā¦āYou got thisā 
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I dont know why Im feeling nervous But I got the course going and rode the first 11km as an āopenerā.
It is indeed hilly but not the rollercoaster Port MacQuarie was imho. As Matt suggested I think Ill act as the Ergometer and vary my cadence to reduce the shifting.
Even if the whole course is like this at 25min/11km perhaps I dont need to push as hard as I thought, on average.
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First leg done 5k in 19:34
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