{"id":3365,"date":"2023-10-01T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/?page_id=3365"},"modified":"2024-12-12T04:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:47:18","slug":"ironman-world-championship-september-10th-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/?page_id=3365","title":{"rendered":"Ironman World Championship &#8211; Sept. 10th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Second participation to the Ironman World Champs&#8217; after qualifying in Klagenfurt at Ironman Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734108-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I arrived on Thursday to soak in the IM World Champ atmosphere, see the pros, the gear. The venue was awesome and the city was 100% committed to the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ironman World Championship 2023 Parade in Nice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FmWLSMnnWFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>IM World Champion Parade in Nice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had the chance to see Ian Frodeno, the G.O.A.T., multiple world champion, for his last race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2243_Original.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"755\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2243_Original.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2243_Original.jpeg 694w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2243_Original-276x300.jpeg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The day prior to race day, the atmosphere in the city, was electric. So cool to be there! Bike check-in with the pros was exciting, the field was so deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144734533.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Race day ! Early rise, lots of (very painful) security, and then the bad news: no wetsuit. Of course most people had planned for a backup plan with a skinsuit&#8230; which I didn&#8217;t bring. So I was going old school: Speedo ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swim time was 1 hour 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IM-nice-bike.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IM-nice-bike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IM-nice-bike.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IM-nice-bike-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On to the bike: of course, a challenging one with 180 kilometers with 2,500 meters of climbing, with nearly all of it coming in the first 65 kilometers. That\u2019s about double the climbing in Kona. But what was crazy were the descents. Super technical and fast. I saw some bad crashes. Scary. At some point I thought I would go under 6 hours despite the elevation, but ultimately cloked in 6:14:46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RUN time ! Four loops under the blazing sun on &#8220;Promenade des Anglais&#8221;, with an incredible atmosphere, foreigners and locals cheering. THere were some &#8220;shower&#8221; stations setup to cool down&#8230; I started on a 3:40:00 pace, but quickly came down and had to dig deep on loop #3 to stay below 4:00:00. Cecile and the kids were cheering on each lap, twice, but I ended up being to slow to see them for the finishline as they had the last Nice &#8211; Paris flight to catch. Marathon time 3:56:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2024-04-24-144735865.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall time: 11:34:58. I had secretley hoped to go sub-11 at Nice&#8230; but it&#8217;s fine, that was a good one to get in the books with the legendary win of French aathlete Sam Laidlow, first French Ironman World Champion !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/irondad.fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2247_Original-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second participation to the Ironman World Champs&#8217; after qualifying in Klagenfurt at Ironman Austria. 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