Jimi "Tri Jimi" Young journey to the Ironman World Championships!
On August 29, 2010, Infinit coaching affiliate Jimi Young of Laingsburg Michigan beats the heat and qualifies for the Ironman World Championship in Kona Hawaii.
I have been using Infinit since 2007 as my training and racing fuel. In 2009, I started to experiment with custom blending as well as running on a concentrated formula. The secret for me has been to train at race intensity in different types of weather conditions to see how my body would react. As we all know, Ironman events are generally not held on days when the weather is perfect. It is funny how that happens.
The 2010 Ironman Louisville was no exception to the above rule. We had a sunny, humid, 96 degree day that did not disappoint. With this being my fourth race in Louisville, I was familiar with the conditions and decided to come up with my own custom formula for this year's event. With a stroke of luck, we had near record temps for Michigan and I was able to train with it for about two weeks before the race and it seemed to work well during training.
Prior to the swim I drank a bottle of stock Infinit run mix. During the swim, I drank a lot of the Ohio River.
For the bike I used two concentrated bottles of mix. One bottle went in the seat tube cage and one went in bike special needs. This was all I had in special needs so I was able to grab it without losing much speed. I went with water only in the downtube cage and just kept drinking water and replacing it at every aid station. I am not a huge aerobar bottle fan. Other than a half of a banana and a special treat, I ate no solid foods. Each concentrated bottle was designed to last for half of the bike.
The key to a successful marathon this year and the part that solidified a Kona slot was taking in a good balance of fluids during the run. I mixed a concentrated solution into some gel flasks and carried them with me to mix with water and ice at aid stations. While most people had a tough time just trying to run out there in the heat, I was concentrating on earning my first trip to Hawaii.
I finished with a PR of 10:06 and earned a fourth place finish in my age group. I enjoy working with Infinit and am stoked to have them be a part of accomplishing my dream. This is a work in progress and I still have some things to dial in to break the 10 hour mark. I am certain that I wouldn't have been able to earm my spot to Kona without Infinit.
Cheers,
Jimi
"Train and race because you love it"
"I'm there with you every step of the way"
www.trijimi.com
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8/7/10 Race Report: High Cascades 100:
This report is coming a little late not because I had a bad time at this race, it was quite the contrary. The High Cascade 100 the 6th stop on the NUE Series turned out to be one of the best races of the season.
The hardest part about this race was the 5:30AM start time, as that is really early and cold. Despite that, it was looking to be a beautiful day with mild temps, so things were looking good. The start of the race was about a mile climb up the highway to Bachelor Mountain, and then it was on to a jeep road climb to the base of the mountain. As we climbed the field started to thin out leaving a lead group of 4, Jeff Schalk, Chris Sheppard, Cary Smith, and myself. This brought us to the base of Bachelor and into the single track I jumped in behind Chris, since he is the local guy. We started to get into a groove and the trail was fun and flowy.
Sheppard was sending it and it was going well, but then disaster struck with a flat tire, I tried to hit it with co2 for a quick fix but 20 feet down the trail it was flat again. The next step was to throw a tube in and now I only had one co2 left, so the tube ended up being a little low and I had to take it easy through the upcoming technical sections. I also had to get through about 15 people and the trail was really tight so passing fell into the hands of the person I was passing so it took a lot of time, luckily everyone was really cool about letting me by so I started to make up some ground. I had got by almost everyone so I could really start chasing the leaders again when I got another flat, front tire this time! I was pretty bummed I didn't have another tube so I wasn't sure what to do, but I knew there was an aid station coming up at some point so I slow rolled the smooth sections and walked the rock gardens, then up ahead like an oasis in the desert was the aid station. I came in and they hooked it up they had a tube and a floor pump so I filed my back tire and fixed my front and was off on the chase again.
Luckily the next section of trail had some passing room so I was able to work through the pack again. I really hammered the rest of the first loop and came into the transition in fourth. Heading out on the second loop I was really in a hurry to get going and forgot my GU flask, luckily I realized this before I got to far and circled back to get it, hey I figured what's another minute or two when your already down. The second loop was the best of the race great single-track fun fast descents and a mega climb up to some incredible high alpine riding. As I was coming into the last mile of the loop I saw someone ahead and pushed hard to catch him and it was Jeff who was not doing well, with a flat of his own. He had come off of a win at the Wilderness 101 the weekend before, but this weekend he was not having a good race. We entered the final 13 miles of single track together then he let me by and I took of, he didn't even try to stay with me as his day was over. I hammered the final miles just in case and finished up in 3rd a result I was not expecting given all the problems throughout the day. Overall great race and really well put on if you like riding single track come to the high cascade 100 it's a good one.
US National Champion Josh Tostado, Team INFINIT
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INFINIT Pro Interview - Dede GreisbauerLast weekend I sat down with 2x Ironman Champion Dede Greisbauer during a hard weekend of training in Lake Placid New York. Dede was the top US Female at last years Ironman World Championships in Kona Hawaii. She has been a long time INFINIT user and a sponsored INFINIT athlete for 2010.
Talking about 100% liquid nutrition...
Dede talks about converting to INFINIT...
How Dede mixes for the bike...
How Dede mixes for the run...
Thanks to Dede for the time. She is an awesome athlete and a better person. Good luck to her in her preperation for the 2010 Ironman World Championships in Kona!
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7/19/10 Race Report: Breckenridge 100
Time again for my hometown race the Breckenridge 100. Arguably the hardest 100 mile race in the NUE series if not the country. The 4am wakeup call was very early, by the start of the race at 6am the sun was starting to show on the climb to come.
The pace was hard from the start and I began trading pulls with Jeff Schalk, Joey Thompson and one other rider who was in tow. By the time we hit the first single track after 50 minutes of climbing Jeff had about 10 seconds on me and Joey was behind by about the same. After cresting the ridge of the Ten Mile range we started the long decent down to Copper Mountain. Then around the corner Jeff was off his bike I asked if he was OK and he said he had a flat so I continued on alone.
I came in off the first lap with a good lead on now second place rider Joey Thompson and started in on lap two I was feeling really good at this point and was really pushing, about half way through the lap on an old mining flume I got a huge nail through my tire, with a gaping hole in my tire I had to stop a throw a tube in loosing about 3 or 4 minutes. I figured Jeff would catch me now that we had both had flats but what I didn't realize was he had 2 flats and had lost about 20 minutes and it was Joey that was in chase.
At the end of the Colorado Trail section of the course I got a good view behind me and could see a rider about 2 minutes behind, it turned out to be Joey but I new I had to push hard into the third lap because of the time I had lost. By the middle of lap three I had about 6 minutes on Joey and was pushing hard just in case something happened. I came in with a time of 8:23 and the win making it 6 in a row, I really can't believe I have won this race 6 times I feel really lucky and blessed to have stayed healthy for this long and I will keep at it for as long as I can!
US National Champion Josh Tostado, Team INFINIT
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