{"id":73446,"date":"2019-08-26T11:06:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=73446"},"modified":"2019-08-26T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:06:25","slug":"local-triathlete-mark-sinnige-has-excellent-showing-in-his-first-ironman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/local-triathlete-mark-sinnige-has-excellent-showing-in-his-first-ironman\/","title":{"rendered":"Local triathlete Mark Sinnige has excellent showing in his first Ironman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo: Friends and family helped Mark Sinnige (third from left) celebrate the completion of his first Ironman (from left) Mark Verbeek, Mary McGill (mother-in-law), Haydee (spouse), Brianna (daughter). Andrew Morrison (cousin), Jenn Ryan, and Jessica Verbeek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Don McCormick<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If there was a \u201cTriathlon Performance of the Week\u201d award it would have to go to Huntsville\u2019s Mark Sinnige for this past week. On August 18, Sinnige completed the Mont-Tremblant Ironman (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike and 42.2 km run)\u2014his first full Ironman\u2014in 10:29:04 for a nin<sup>th<\/sup> place finish out of 251 in his age group (50-54) and 144<sup>th<\/sup> out of 2396 competitors overall.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Everything went according to plan,&#8221; explains Sinnige. &#8220;It was proper preparation and proper nutrition on race day. I had multiple coaches tell me to stick to the race plan and be patient.&#8221;  It was obviously a good plan and well executed. He was fif<sup>th<\/sup> in his age group out of the water, 40<sup>th<\/sup> off the bike and seco<sup>nd<\/sup> on the run. &#8220;Obviously I\u2019d like to improve on the bike,&#8221; says Sinnige.<\/p>\n<p>While he has done eight or nine half Ironmans (1.9 km swim, 90 km bike and 21.1 km run), the full Ironman &#8220;is a whole different event,&#8221; says Sinnige. &#8220;The scale of the event is larger [than the half Ironman]. I was told that you will go through rough patches and you just have to be patient and come out of them. The whole day is spent holding back \u2013 finding the pace you can maintain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He adds that, &#8220;The roughest patch of the day came at about the 35-kilometre mark in the run. They talk about the halfway point in the marathon being at the 35-kilometre mark. Typically you\u2019re okay up to then. It\u2019s after that point that anything can happen so you just don\u2019t know. I was fortunate to still feel good at that point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is a testament to the preparation, the race plan and the race plan execution that Sinnige claims, &#8220;I felt the best post-race that I have ever felt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sinnige pays tribute to his coach Jess Adam of Lifesport and to the support of his family through the seven months of training.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main photo: Friends and family helped Mark Sinnige (third from left) celebrate the completion of his first Ironman (from left) Mark Verbeek, Mary McGill (mother-in-law), Haydee (spouse), Brianna (daughter). 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