Beach to Battleship HIM - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

My swim was MUCH faster than normal, but that was due to the current. I didn't feel as though I really knew where I was (course-wise) much of the time. Swim did include a ~200 yard run that hurt your feet a bit, but wasn't too bad.

Swim more, practice sighting more.

Not sure of T1 due to a timing chip issue. It was my first race where everything was in a bag and it took me a second to realize I should just dump it out and go from there.

Need to work on starting with shoes on bike!!

The bike course was a little bit hillier (It wasn't overly hilly, but I thought it was hillier than Eagleman and than I expected "pancake flat")and there was some wind on the second half. I still felt pretty good on the ride. Time includes T1, so I would estimate that I rode closer to 19.5 MPH or maybe a tad slower.

Nothing for the race, but would like to get stronger on the bike!

Only had 1 foot out of shoe when close to dismount line. That was dumb. It was nice to be able to just hand off bike. Had a little trouble locating my rack, but once I got there it was a good transition.

Get both feet out of shoes!!

The run felt great!! I was actually enjoying it! The last mile or so was a killer when I got to that bridge.

I could have probably picked up the pace a tiny bit, but I thought I did a pretty decent job of finishing relatively strong. I can see a huge difference in the pics my dad took at Mile 3 and on the way back at 10...I look TIRED in the Mile 10 pics.

Hung out for a little bit and waited for my dad. Then headed back to the hotel to get a shower and drink a beer.


I thought I did well, but need to get stronger!


I really enjoyed this race and had fun.

(Because they didn't have overall results and I am too lazy to do the math, I just used the overall female data for overall rankings).