2024 IMLP by the Numbers
IRONMAN Lake Placid 2024: 30 athletes affiliated with RTA started the race. 13 were RTA coached athletes. -All of our coached athletes made it to the start line -Unfortunately Team RTA had 5 add’l affiliated athletes who we were NOT coached by us and did NOT start the race -12 of the 13 Finished. -5 were first time Ironman finishers (all of our first timers finished!) -7 were multiple IM finishers (4 earned PR’s!) The 1 athlete that didn't finish, made it to mile 13 of the run before enduring a fractured pelvis and getting pulled. Of the 12 that finished, 8 EXCEEDED their on paper, *pre race written time goal. -4 min faster -6 min faster -8 min faster -9 min faster -40 min faster -46 min faster -1:10 min faster -1:17 min faster *We establish a pre race predicted TARGET finish time including TARGET times for ALL splits …including transition, for all of our coached athletes. With those splits we establish an execution strategy including pacing & nutrition. The 3 athletes that were slower than their goal time: -1 was within 15 min -1 was within 25 minutes. -The third athlete endured a medical on the run. In a situation where he would normally have been pulled off the course, one of his RTA teammates who was also racing, helped flag down EMS and get him cleared . He proceeded to walk and finish his mission—still finishing only 1:05 minutes past his goal time. Of the 8 athletes that exceeded their target, 4 of the 8 FINISHED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THEIR ON PAPER WRITTEN TIME GOAL. Those are some pretty precise race predictions. 10 minutes...of a possible 17 hour day. CONGRATS again to EVERYONE who raced!!!
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