Finish Times

It's not that you live your life by the numbers but
how you live your life between the numbers

James Kelly

Ah, the Internet. So much information and so easily accessible too. You can even watch your favourite Ironman live, on the computer, all day long, if you have a fast enough connection. I have actually sat and watched the finish line for hours so that I could cheer a friend or friends across the finish line in some far off place.
Still we have to do a little jonesing. Even though the facts of the day are there for anyone who wishes to search them out. Right down to the extra time you took in transition to drink one more Gatorade.
I can tell you that I am a very right sided person. The details of my race day fade very rapidly. Oh sure, I can tell you my best ever time at a number of different distances. For a few days following a big event I can even tell you that specific finish time, thought barely. But for me to tell you exactly what my finish times where at any given event over the last twenty years? Ya, right.
So why do people quote finish and split times with such authority some times as much as twenty minuets out on either side of the quote? Usually, though I am sure unintentionally, the faster of the two.
Hey, your times you time. The only way your gonna get a way with that story is if we've had too many beer and tequila shots on this years fishing trip