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mysticmuffin Full Member Posts: 2,373 Likes: 5,421	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 20:20:51 GMT -5 via Tapatalk bostonmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 27, 2019 20:20:51 GMT -5 emilyj is through the mat at mile 19.5.
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wawa Elder Posts: 26,365 Likes: 37,185	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 20:38:28 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wawa on Apr 27, 2019 20:38:28 GMT -5 Keep on kicking ass emilyj !!!!
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wawa Elder Posts: 26,365 Likes: 37,185	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 20:39:44 GMT -5 via mobile bostonmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wawa on Apr 27, 2019 20:39:44 GMT -5 @vtcupcake making the hard ass decision is the a the best thing you can do. You're a beast.
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minzy Senior Member Posts: 5,342 Likes: 5,613	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 20:48:42 GMT -5 via mobile shauni27 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by minzy on Apr 27, 2019 20:48:42 GMT -5 Exciting to read through this pretty quickly, though it must be a very long day for you both. The attempt alone is amazing! Thanks for inspiring the whole board.
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mysticmuffin Full Member Posts: 2,373 Likes: 5,421	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 20:57:51 GMT -5 via Tapatalk clseale, melmel48, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 27, 2019 20:57:51 GMT -5 emilyj is through 21.6 miles. It's dark out there now, so I hope she's enjoying the reprieve from the sun.
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nannerl Senior Member Posts: 5,815 Likes: 7,144	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 21:25:50 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nannerl on Apr 27, 2019 21:25:50 GMT -5 Go emilyj! You got this!!
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mysticmuffin Full Member Posts: 2,373 Likes: 5,421	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 21:35:32 GMT -5 via Tapatalk bostonmichelle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 27, 2019 21:35:32 GMT -5 emilyj just past mile 23.7!!!!
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mysticmuffin Full Member Posts: 2,373 Likes: 5,421	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:02:46 GMT -5 via Tapatalk melmel48 and bostonmichelle like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 27, 2019 22:02:46 GMT -5 Here we go!!!! emilyj past the 25.5 mile mat! She's in the home stretch now!
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sadlebred Moderator Posts: 13,985 Likes: 18,144	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:08:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sadlebred on Apr 27, 2019 22:08:52 GMT -5 Oh no @drcupcake
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nannerl Senior Member Posts: 5,815 Likes: 7,144	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:13:23 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nannerl on Apr 27, 2019 22:13:23 GMT -5 Eeeek! So close!
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mysticmuffin Full Member Posts: 2,373 Likes: 5,421	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:15:34 GMT -5 via Tapatalk emilyj, Wines Not Whines, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 27, 2019 22:15:34 GMT -5 That's it! emilyj YOU ARE AN IRONMAN, AGAIN!
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sadlebred Moderator Posts: 13,985 Likes: 18,144	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:16:44 GMT -5 emilyj and joenali like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sadlebred on Apr 27, 2019 22:16:44 GMT -5 You are an IRONMAN again EmilyJ! Congratulations!!!
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nannerl Senior Member Posts: 5,815 Likes: 7,144	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:16:56 GMT -5 via Tapatalk emilyj and joenali like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nannerl on Apr 27, 2019 22:16:56 GMT -5 YAY!!!! CONGRATULATIONS EMILYJ!!
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kams Senior Member Posts: 8,378 Likes: 8,028	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:19:28 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj and joenali like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kams on Apr 27, 2019 22:19:28 GMT -5 Congrats emilyj - it was really fun to track today! What a steady effort - well done! Hope you’re enjoying your party!
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bostonmichelle Senior Member Posts: 9,801 Likes: 17,461	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:28:07 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bostonmichelle on Apr 27, 2019 22:28:07 GMT -5 Congratulations emilyj!!!!
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wawa Elder Posts: 26,365 Likes: 37,185	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 27, 2019 22:40:10 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wawa on Apr 27, 2019 22:40:10 GMT -5 Back from my dumb dinner, huge congrats emilyj You kicked ass out there!!!
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oswin Full Member Posts: 4,343 Likes: 4,020	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 3:37:49 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oswin on Apr 28, 2019 3:37:49 GMT -5 Congratulations emilyj @vtcupcake I'm sorry you got injured.
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lilypad1126 Full Member Posts: 2,747 Likes: 5,771	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 7:25:26 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lilypad1126 on Apr 28, 2019 7:25:26 GMT -5 Congrats emilyj! Way to persevere and finish strong!!
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melmel48 Full Member Posts: 4,079 Likes: 5,564	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 9:09:13 GMT -5 emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by melmel48 on Apr 28, 2019 9:09:13 GMT -5 Congrats, emilyj!!!!
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melmel48 Full Member Posts: 4,079 Likes: 5,564	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 9:10:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by melmel48 on Apr 28, 2019 9:10:11 GMT -5 @drcupcake so sorry to hear about your injury. I'm sure it was a hard decision to make to stop, but taking care of yourself is number 1! You are amazing and I hope you are proud of yourself for all of your hard work.
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hurricanedrunk Full Member Posts: 2,903 Likes: 6,562	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 9:42:54 GMT -5 via mobile emilyj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hurricanedrunk on Apr 28, 2019 9:42:54 GMT -5 Way to go emilyj ! Congratulations Ironman!!
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Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 28, 2019 12:53:25 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Wines Not Whines, mrshandy, and 4 more like this

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Post by emilyj on Apr 28, 2019 12:53:25 GMT -5

Reading through all of this tracking was fantastic. Well done, ladies.

I am an Ironman again, but I am supremely disappointed with my day. It was not the day I trained for. I had swim/bike/run/overall goals and I didn’t hit a single one.

Around mile 30 on the bike something popped weird in my knee. And yes. There was a huge headwind on the ride out (someone today said winds were 20mph) that was basically demoralizing. Mile 80 my back started to spasm up. Both of those came back to bite me HARD on the run. I think I walked most of the first 3 miles? I was in the med tent 3 different times trying to get stretched out. When I could run, my pace was...eh? Ok. But then my back would seize up and I couldn’t breathe, so I’d have to walk.

Mile 3 I swore off full Ironman races for a few years. I was also not convinced I was actually going to be able to finish. When I saw my husband around mile 12, I completely broke down. I knew at that point I would crawl across that damn finish line if that’s what it took. So I basically went to the goal of “survive and don’t get hurt.”

I survived. I’ll get past the disappointment in a bit, but man. That was a rough ass day.

I’m also sunburned to hell and back. My sunscreen did not do its job. :-)

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Post by mysticmuffin on Apr 28, 2019 17:19:15 GMT -5

emilyj I'm so sorry to hear that you were disappointed in your day. The wind out on the bike was brutal and put a punishing on the whole field, from what I saw on the tracking.

Thank you for sharing your day with us. MiniMuffin and I had a great time coming out to cheer you on and we have struck fear into the heart of my husband when he realized I'm going to want to do that some day. ❤️

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Post by moreace01 on Apr 29, 2019 10:07:06 GMT -5

Congratulations emilyj! It sounds like it was a really brutal day. @vtcupcake, I'm so sorry to hear - hope you are feeling ok and it's not too serious.

You are both such extreme badasses and truly inspirational. Congrats on just getting to the start - that's more than most of us even dream of.

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breezy8407 Elder Posts: 12,286 Likes: 8,626	Hey DrCupcake and EmilyJ Apr 29, 2019 10:48:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by breezy8407 on Apr 29, 2019 10:48:19 GMT -5 Congrats emilyj ! Sorry it was such a tough day for you. @vtcupcake Sorry you got hurt. That had to have been a difficult decision. You guys are both amazing!
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