HITS National Championship: Palm Springs - Full Iron Course - TriathlonFull Ironman

Water tempt is not accurate. IT seems to be very cold out there it was in the 50s after swimmers are coming out cold and numb even with wetsuits. My brother in law did well ,but its a 4 loop tear drop shape and have to come out of the water and back again 3X lost some time coming out of the water.

My brother in law wore sleevless wetsuit in a cold swim , he would have been more comfortable with a full sleeve wetsuit.

i should have been ready with my bike out of the rack. I should have just let me brother strap the timing chip. I only noticed from the pictures my tool bag almost came off.

be ready with my bike next time and check my tool bag.

The bike course is flat with 3 loops.The bike segment would have been fine if not for the strong winds that stopped me at less than 10 mph for atleast 4 miles and directions are poor i got lost for 4 miles. The water stations would have been fine every 20miles but gave me accidentally heed instead of water and its my only bottle tastes like edible gasoline.

My headunit ran out of batteries on the 97th mile. I was biking blind on the last 15 miles.On the lat few miles i am having a hard time maintaining aero since my tummy is aching . If i am running after this i want to be off the saddle and on the road.

follow the directions by heart and dont turn on my bike head unit until its race time to save batteries. I have to study my nutrition well i peed 3 times along the course.

I just would like to have a feel of how it is on IM racing. I still feel i can run which is good and i would have run if it were'nt for the cold.

I wish if i am doing the full on my own this is my ideal T2 time.

nothing

The run course was getting dark and colder in 50s when my brother ran. IT was a lonely run with only less than 50 people spread all over the course and dark. My brother could not tell if its an aid station or a bystander.Lighting was very poor,If a runner dropped along the course he would not have been found unless by another runner .The first 13 miles was ok finishing only a little bit over two hours, the last 13 is the problem where fatigue kicked in too early for my brother . My brother in law ran with him the last 13 miles if it were'nt for my Brother in law my brother would have walked the rest of the way.

My brother told me he should have ate a hefty breakfast and just cereal and power bar at lunch, nutrition took its toll. My brother is not used to IM marathons commonly finishing without sunlight.

We are all rested eventually and head out and ate pasta at a restaurant over all it is very fun for us and its our first time for a triathlon relay. Me and my brother are planning for the next one. We had fun!!!!


swim-nothing
bike-more practice on the saddle.
run-nutrition planning


I just would like to say accuracy on the water tempt would have been helpful, more lighting on the running course,SAG van would have been nice along the course. If you ask me if i would do the course again, yes i will even on my own.