#4 - Ironman Wisconsin Course Breakdown
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2016
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The IRONMAN Wisconsin Course, from mass start, to hilly bike, to the crazy crowd support on the run. Both Mike and Robbie raced Wisconsin this year and they talk about why it's one of their favorite races along with:
- The unparalleled crowd support
- How to handle the Mass Swim Start
- Little talked about challenges of the IMWI Swim
- Strategies for handling the Bike
- What people underestimate on the Bike Course
- The Best and Worst of the Run Course
- Why the IMWI Finish may be the best
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the crushing iron podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | I am the age group of Mike. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm here with Coach Robbie. |
| 0:12.5 | Hey. |
| 0:13.2 | What's up, buddy? |
| 0:14.3 | What's up, man? |
| 0:15.6 | Let's, uh, I wanted, today we're going to get into we both just did Wisconsin Ironman Wisconsin |
| 0:22.3 | and it's fresh in our minds and we're going to do a course breakdown on some of |
| 0:28.1 | the things we thought we did right did wrong some things we wish we would have done |
| 0:32.7 | differently and just kind of analyze the course in general. So if you're thinking about doing it, |
| 0:38.6 | maybe this will give you a good background for it. |
| 0:41.4 | So, all right, man. |
| 0:43.8 | This is my second time doing Wisconsin, |
| 0:46.4 | and there's something magical to me about race morning |
| 0:49.7 | and that swim up in the transition up in the helix |
| 0:54.0 | and then just the energy down by the transition up in the helix |
| 0:54.2 | and then just the energy down by the water |
| 0:56.4 | with all the crowd there. |
| 0:58.9 | Yeah, it was, I mean, obviously I was there |
| 1:01.2 | to witness your first attempt, |
| 1:04.1 | and that's actually the first, the first Iron Man, |
| 1:06.5 | I spectated first and then did second. |
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