River swim had a decent current compared to week before. I did not really notice too much whil swimming, only when crossing river. I stayed wide on purpose as a bunch of guys ended up down below buoy.

Did not attach shoes to pedals here due to this being a half. Decided to add socks here so knew it wouldn't be super speedy.

I started out great. Did not have Garmin with me, but coul dtell I was rolling along at a nice pace for me. Was hoping to crack a 21 mph average for the course, but at mile 30 I started cramping in the glutes and had to back off the pace a bit. This lasted most of the way back to T2 along with a nice headwind the last 20 miles. All in all not bad, but could be better. not sure where cramps came from. not a big cramper, and took in plenty of fluids and electrolytes on bike. Was sick earlier in the week or coul dhave been from cold weather, but not sure.

Not much different here.Biking is my strong suit. more hills would have been better for me, but loved the course (except for 1 mile section that had been milled to be paved...awful)

No quirks here, just worried about cramping at this point. Had already gobbled up all my endurolytes.

Carry pure salt tabs on bike instead of just endurolytes.

Started right out of T2 cramping. Asked at first 2 aid stations for salt but nothing. Finally at station 3 or 4 got some and cramping subsided in about 15 min. Had water bottle with me which is awesome to keep cool. Didn't start to feel any pain til maybe mile 11 or so. Nonetheless it wasn't a bad run for in terms of feel. It would be nice to break the 2 hr barrier on a 70.3 run, but maybe next time.

Run faster.

Walked around a bit. Got some oranges, bananas, and part of a burger. Headed home to make it to picnic for kids.


Had virus in early part of week which may or may not have contributed to cramping.