Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Predict My Finish Time - WIN A PRIZE!

Firstly, thank you to everyone out there who has been following my training ups and downs. It's true what they say that it's really about the journey and not the destination. I've enjoyed sharing my sweat and efforts with you and hope that you've enjoyed hearing about it all... thank you for all your support and encouragement along the way.

Not too much else to say with just a couple days left. So I wanted to extend a "challenge" back to you: can you predict my finish time? Statistical analysis, pure guesses, whatever your method, take a stab at it and the person who comes the closest wins A PRIZE!

Here's a summarized view of my training for the prior two seasons and this year:

2007: 14:37:51
[13 wks: Swim 36,950 yards. Bike 638 miles. Run 114 miles.]

2008: 13:54:07
[22 wks: Swim 26,280 yards. Bike 1,038 miles. Run 147 miles.]

2009: hh:mm:ss !?
[30 wks: Swim 50,000 yards. Bike 3,316 miles. Run 555 miles.]

You can post your prediction (in hh:mm:ss format) as a comment here (make sure to include your name), or send me a private email, or a message on fb. Please do this by 7pm CST on Friday (tomorrow!). (Yes, Panama City Beach, FL is in the Central Time Zone in the US.) Any predictions I receive by that time, I'll re-post in a list Friday night prior to the race.

8 comments:

  1. Have fun.
    1:45 swimming
    6 hours biking ,18.7 pace
    5:01 running ,11.5 pace
    17 minutes transition
    Total time 13:03

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  2. Since I know how much you love the swim, here is my breakdown:

    Run 1 hour 0 min (Sub 2.5 min miles seems about right)
    Bike 1 hour 0 min(112 mph seems about right)
    Swim 10 hours 59 min 59 sec (.02 mph seems about right)

    Total 12 hours 59 min 59 sec

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  3. Good Luck!
    Swim 1:40
    Biking 6:20
    Running 5:24, 12 pace
    Transition ~17 Mins
    Total: 13:41:00

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  4. I believe in you - 12:40

    Go Nilesh!!!!

    Jeff Donahue

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  5. Thanks everyone! (Vin, that was hilarious!)

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  6. it may be too late BUT

    13:11:22

    Punit

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  7. Thanks Punit, check out latest blog post for my race report...

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