1st Olympic done!

Pretty happy with myself.
I was hoping for anywhere close to 3 hours.
Did it in 2:57
My run was where I hoped it would be. Maybe a hair faster, but not much. I figured on at some point taking a nice brisk walking break. It hasn't been uncommon for me to do that as I've pushed run distances up and over 6 miles. Only time was when I stopped to actually drink something at two of the aid stations, as opposed to the usual spilling of water towards my mouth out of a Dixie cup.

My bike was a little faster than I hoped. Hard to know when the course is so different than what I train on.
Swim went swimmingly.

Overall, I'm certainly learning more about how to knit this all together like what I need to eat for breakfast...and since I've decided that 2+ hours is enough for a guy like me to start needing to think about 'nutrition', I followed the nutrition gameplan (nothing more than a banana and a quarter of a Salted Nut Roll) that I'd researched and tested in various stages. Followed my pace gameplan (except maybe went a bit faster on the bike than I planned....but not knowing the course and not having a bike computer/etc...it's all guesswork for me). It all seemed to work. Nothing like feeling stronger for the last half of the run than the first half.

And a big thanks to LeftBrain for hooking me up with some help.

Things I'd do different:
1. wear sunscreen on the drive up the day before (I will burn if I stand in front of the fridge too long with the door open) Fortunately, I wasn't fried or even in any discomfort, but it caused me some extra time in transition as I took a little more care with sunscreen to avoid getting fried.
2. Take sweatpants. Holy moly it was cold yesterday morning, waiting for the race to start.

Edited by jhaack39 2014-09-15 9:08 AM