tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post5296462177970356142..comments2024-02-11T00:54:20.373-08:00Comments on A Trail Runner's Blog: Competing at the 2010 Ironman World ChampionshipsScott Dunlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16096284778835123584noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-72722806469771073352010-10-23T22:57:53.213-07:002010-10-23T22:57:53.213-07:00UNCLE SCRATCH!
You are such a stud!
We're all...UNCLE SCRATCH!<br />You are such a stud! <br />We're all so proud of you- especially SSS; he loved the picture of you "In those funny underpants"<br /><br />xoxo TitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-10950031383660649292010-10-19T11:35:25.485-07:002010-10-19T11:35:25.485-07:00This is the best Ironman write-up I have ever seen...This is the best Ironman write-up I have ever seen. Nice job, and thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-81532651335673794922010-10-18T13:40:58.732-07:002010-10-18T13:40:58.732-07:00Congratulations Scott, thats terrific report and g...Congratulations Scott, thats terrific report and great finish at Kona. congrats on other 2 news as well :).<br /><br />goodluck<br />AnilAnil Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650023883820433704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-52104057402540449362010-10-18T05:28:18.776-07:002010-10-18T05:28:18.776-07:00Outstanding Scott! I've been following you fo...Outstanding Scott! I've been following you for a while, fellow trail runner, and am totally energized by your accomplishment. Wow, how do you top that?stillwaterrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185881704535781991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-56665147782553456962010-10-17T11:58:51.057-07:002010-10-17T11:58:51.057-07:00Pretty friggin' awesome. I had no idea from y...Pretty friggin' awesome. I had no idea from your blog that you were in Ironman shape. Fantastically done and eager to read more of your stories and adventures in the future!Matty B.http://www.mattyrunrun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-25794705342895494562010-10-17T08:24:23.765-07:002010-10-17T08:24:23.765-07:00Thanks for the comments, all! Finally back from a ...Thanks for the comments, all! Finally back from a week off. A few replies:<br /><br />Anon - Thanks for the correction on the name spelling. I'm horrible with names! Corrected above.<br /><br />shs/Anon - Appreciate the comments from an Ironman gurus! I will likely do another Ironman, and will certainly continue putting my name in the hat for Kona again. But the training is crazy, so I'll have to ask Christi when I can disappear for another 4 months. Likely 2012 with the baby coming.<br /><br />by7 - You're right that I don't blog much about training. Perhaps I'm too busy training? ;-) Anyway, my training plan for IM Kona started in mid-Aug. Prior to that I had three months of unstructured swimming, biking, and a focused running plan for the Burning River 100m. Then two weeks off after BR100 and a schedule that looked like the following (two work outs are 2-a-days):<br /><br />Mon: 5-mile trail run (easy), 2500 yd swim<br /><br />Tues: 90 min bike, 3500 yd swim<br /><br />Wed: 8-mile run w/6-8x800, 2500 yd swim<br /><br />Thurs: 90 min bike (easy), core routine<br /><br />Fri: 5-mile trail run (easy), 3500-4500 yd swim<br /><br />Sat: 12-30 mile run<br /><br />Sun: 2-5 hr bike (this became bricks in the final 3 weeks)<br /><br />I check my heart rate every morning, and if it's elevated, I take a day or two off (which happened about once every 7-10 days). My training emphasized the swim more than usual since it was my weak spot. <br /><br />As you can see, it takes a lot! My hat is off to the IM regulars. I have no idea how you do it.<br /><br />SDScott Dunlaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096284778835123584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-56201313450116252132010-10-16T21:18:14.742-07:002010-10-16T21:18:14.742-07:00Way to go Scott! So flipping impressed...that you ...Way to go Scott! So flipping impressed...that you posted a picture of yourself in a speedo :-) Seriously, though, way to do us ultra folk proud. I followed you the day of the race and couldn't wait to read the details, they far exceeded expectations!Tony Overbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639919141230897359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-75118961380215225782010-10-16T18:35:11.689-07:002010-10-16T18:35:11.689-07:00Awesome! Great job! Are you planning to do another...Awesome! Great job! Are you planning to do another Ironman next year? Come'on...you know you want to :)<br /><br />12 hours on your first go - let alone at a tough course like Kona - is awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-88519191818713857962010-10-15T19:05:46.717-07:002010-10-15T19:05:46.717-07:00hmmm ... this report and the fact that Tim did it ...hmmm ... this report and the fact that Tim did it has me thinking I might have to just do the lottery thing to see if I get "lucky."<br /><br />Nice job my brother from another mother.GZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623054918799881730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-23575898890412171012010-10-15T17:55:51.044-07:002010-10-15T17:55:51.044-07:00Scott,
Congratulations on your Ironman and fulfill...Scott,<br />Congratulations on your Ironman and fulfilling a life long dream. After meeting you at the Flagline 50k I was looking forward to seeing how your Ironman experience went. Thanks for a great race report and since the Ironman was my forte and I'll have to let you know how I feel after my first 100 miler. Cheers!<br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-64616532342351058652010-10-15T16:43:25.075-07:002010-10-15T16:43:25.075-07:00Looks amazing! Love your photos as usual!Looks amazing! Love your photos as usual!Scott McMurtreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879663957608177567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-25630131542553026542010-10-15T12:13:44.749-07:002010-10-15T12:13:44.749-07:00great writing, congrats on your achievement. havi...great writing, congrats on your achievement. having finished 14 Ironman's (most under 10:30) and countless 50Ks & 50 milers and 1 x 100 miler (sub 23)... 100 milers is heaps, I repeat HEAPS harder then any Ironman I have done... oh, and screw those folks who might look down on lottery, you were at the same starting line, and probably beat many of them.<br />ps. I have no IM tats... I don't need to brag, let alone advertise for that over-charging corporation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-39979317664112716022010-10-15T11:35:38.531-07:002010-10-15T11:35:38.531-07:00Hey Scott,
Well I have been coming here every day...Hey Scott,<br /><br />Well I have been coming here every day since Saturday to get your update. GREAT JOB. You are an inspiration. Hopefully we catch up soon on a run around here. Here's hoping we both get in Miwok. Maybe we can even car pool (third times the charm ;).<br /><br />Charles ZuckermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-68176642886620154772010-10-15T08:31:58.115-07:002010-10-15T08:31:58.115-07:00Great report and my congrats on being an ironman,y...Great report and my congrats on being an ironman,your company being sold, and on having another kid on the way!<br />Sounds that besides a bum foot you didn't have any major issues. The ultrarunner in you is probably used to dealing with the other issues.<br />Btw, the 3rd place finisher is Marino Vanhoenacker from Belgium, not Mario Von Honacker. As a fellow belgian, it's painful to see our names massacred in print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-36802688550969555552010-10-15T08:21:59.344-07:002010-10-15T08:21:59.344-07:00Scott,
I've been following your blog for some...Scott, <br />I've been following your blog for sometime now, we even enjoyed a race last year...yeah you kicked my ass. Congrats on being an iron-man. I'm super jealous.Dirty Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169454230647488558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-29895300597188691282010-10-15T08:08:27.725-07:002010-10-15T08:08:27.725-07:00Congratulations Scott!!!! One item off the bucket...Congratulations Scott!!!! One item off the bucket list, but this one belongs in a golden bucket. I'm signed up for the Coeur d'Leane Ironman, and you are my inspiration.KPThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535046184007036224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-13959175341159225882010-10-15T07:10:58.498-07:002010-10-15T07:10:58.498-07:00Congratulations on all three counts! Funny, I jus...Congratulations on all three counts! Funny, I just found out my wife's pregnant with our second child too! And she's due at the end of March!John Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557997208342746899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-25368768557318394542010-10-15T05:25:27.204-07:002010-10-15T05:25:27.204-07:00Wonderful report -- a great read. I love reports l...Wonderful report -- a great read. I love reports like this that balance the personal experience with the practical/informative info so well. I thought about you and the other Ironman athletes a lot Saturday a.m. as I completed my first real ultra (DCFT50) and gained strength from imagining you guys in Kona. Great pictures of Craig (Crowie) Alexander. If you're interested, I did a Q&A on him on my blog after a crazy coincidence of sitting next to him on a 13-hr flight. What a good guy. Great picture of you and Tim T too. take care & congrats.Sarah Lavender Smithhttp://sarahlavendersmith.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-34498724131201922802010-10-15T01:58:38.279-07:002010-10-15T01:58:38.279-07:00even if I am not a trail runner or ultrarunner of ...even if I am not a trail runner or ultrarunner of any sort (the world ends after 26.2 miles afar), I am addicted to your blog...<br /><br />Now is time to really make my warmest compliments:<br />A) first of all for the coming birth<br />B) second for being a Ironman, even if getting the entry to Kona via the lottery obviously will be regarded as a theft by any "serious" IM addicted<br />C) for the IPhone applications... even if I use a BlackBerry...<br /><br />BUT..you never blogged on how much and how you train... so I am expecting more from you about it !!by7https://www.blogger.com/profile/02575145053431055482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-21421206717834040052010-10-14T23:05:28.748-07:002010-10-14T23:05:28.748-07:00To IRONSCOTT: three congrat's tp you....no, f...To IRONSCOTT: three congrat's tp you....no, four--congrats on another great report (you're supposed to be on vacation now!). I still hope to chat with you sometime. And I still think that your inherent gifted ability/physiology/mental focus puts you in the sub-10 hr potential for the Ironman (or at least sub 10:15 in the high heat index of Kona). Your important family obligations make the commitment to that more difficult, as it should be, but, if you ever want to try, my ears are open to help, no strings attached! Plus, if we move back to CA, my husband would make a great cycling buddy. Have a safe trip home---Kona rubbed off here in the Bay Area--a few record 90 plus degree days this week. Thank goodness it is supposed to cool by Sat when I will be hobbling off of the PCTR Diablo event. Every time I hurt (and I will, due to OA) I'll just think of what you just went through :). BTW, I am defnitely going to try a sprint tri, and, thanks (I think) to you I found myself looking at the St. George 70.3 IM....hummm...we'll have to see where this fork in the road goes...... Thanks for the inspiration, Anntrailturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752094947482643420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-59940381084518736672010-10-14T18:47:11.019-07:002010-10-14T18:47:11.019-07:00just started reading your blog withinthe last year...just started reading your blog withinthe last year, fun, informative and inspirational. congratulations and thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-85967229891773793712010-10-14T18:29:58.972-07:002010-10-14T18:29:58.972-07:00Congratulations on a terrific race. And, as alway...Congratulations on a terrific race. And, as always, you are a bit modest in the success of your efforts.<br /><br />I always enjoy reading your stuff - keep up the great work.Spokane Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322733412232169837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-36213618484178077422010-10-14T17:45:41.985-07:002010-10-14T17:45:41.985-07:00Congrats, "Ironman" Scott, and further c...Congrats, "Ironman" Scott, and further congratulations on you growing family!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-73253800679737256292010-10-14T16:38:08.141-07:002010-10-14T16:38:08.141-07:00great report! congratulations! I loved the Uncle S...great report! congratulations! I loved the Uncle Scratch part. :)HollyVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964063616510934265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860166.post-20456128113929913862010-10-14T16:29:59.772-07:002010-10-14T16:29:59.772-07:00Congrats! Not only did you finish, it looks like y...Congrats! Not only did you finish, it looks like you had a great time doing it. And of course even bigger congrats on your family and work achievements!Jason D.http://runningto40.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com