Looking forward to Vineman 70.3

So the main goal for Vineman a week from this sunday will be to qualify for Clearwater 70.3 Worlds. My age group has 4 projected slots to give out to the first 4 finishers in my ag. If people do not have the money to pay, or the interest to race there or have already qualified already, the slot rolls down to the next person and so on. Below are the four guys and their splits who received Clearwater slots after Vineman last year

Mickelson

Ian

M 25-29

USA

4:24:03

0:25:35

2:32:24

1:22:09

Quinn	Greg	M 25-29	USA	4:59:03	32:34:00	2:44:30	1:36:26

Lamar	Brian	M 25-29	USA	4:23:18	22:32	2:33:48	1:22:25
Ree	Nicholas	M 25-29	USA	4:27:44	26:39:00	2:29:07	1:27:40

As you can see 3, 4, 7, & 24th place received slots. There is a good chance i can get a slot even if i have a disaster of a day and finish just under 5hrs (would have to be a horrible horrible feak occurence day). 20 guys passed on their offered spot last year. I will keep that in mind....no matter what happens I am dragging my ass across that line.


TOP 24 in AG last year

1293	Shaun Guest	Concord, CA	26	M	04:14:15.0	1	3
1266	Alan Archard	South San Francisco, CA	26	M	04:17:57.5	2	6
1250	Brian Lamar	Whittier, CA	25	M	04:23:18.6	3	12
1326	Ian Mikelson	Manhattan Beach, CA	28	M	04:24:03.7	4	15
1274	Craig Pansing	Pasadena, CA	26	M	04:26:04.5	5	16
1372	Luke Walton	Poway, CA	29	M	04:27:32.4	6	21
1335	Nicholas Ree	San Francisco, CA	28	M	04:27:44.9	7	22
1297	Brandon Mills	San Diego, CA	27	M	04:30:29.1	8	29
1355	Curtis Olinger	San Francisco, CA	29	M	04:30:37.5	9	30
1286	Nolan Hansen	San Diego, CA	26	M	04:33:27.3	10	37
1260	Jon Wojcik	Wyandotte, MI	25	M	04:36:14.7	11	49
1389	Trevor Glavin	Salinas, CA	29	M	04:36:49.2	12	51
1345	Aaron Jenniges	Vancouver, WA	29	M	04:37:34.2	13	55
1301	Chris Cadotte	Santa Clara, CA	27	M	04:44:35.7	14	89
1387	Stephen Bourque	San Francisco, CA	29	M	04:45:21.9	15	91
2273	Nathan Gushwa	San Francisco, CA	29	M	04:45:58.5	16	96
1352	Cameron Collins	Mission Viejo, CA	29	M	04:46:52.7	17	101
1304	Corey Collins	San Juan Capistrano, CA	27	M	04:48:52.7	18	115
1302	Christopher Nall	Louisville, KY	27	M	04:51:31.1	19	131
1339	Ryan Pearson	Newport Beach, CA	28	M	04:52:59.3	20	145
1256	Jake Martini	San Francisco, CA	25	M	04:56:08.4	21	165
1319	Brian Gruenemay	Davis, CA	28	M	04:57:38.6	22	178
1298	Brandon Guillory	Baton Rouge, LA	27	M	04:58:21.0	23	188
1360	Greg Quinn	Livermore, CA	29	M	04:59:03.7	24	195

Now with all that said, I am feeling ready to kill it! My body feels really strong right now and this is the fastest potential 1/2 IM course that i will have raced on. All my other half IM's have been tough courses (Hulamanx2, Napa Valley Half, Halfmax Nats-Pumpkinman course, Pacific Crest, Grand Columbian). My PR was set at Napa last year with a 4:27, however the swim course there was fast by 6min (i swam a 25min) at least. So lets say my true PR is 4:33.
I strongly believe i am much stronger and faster than what my Half IM race results have shown. But I have to race smart on bike and first half of run and then be ready to hurt on the second half of run to hit what i feel my true potential is. We'll see what happens, but regardless I'm going to make sure I just finish the race and have fun because I want to be in Clearwater in November.