Mooseman Triathlon Festival - Half Iron Distance - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Found myself a set of feet and stuck with them the whole way. I think I was without feet to draft off of for about two buoys while I was finding the guy again.

Not a darned thing. That was a great swim. I'm completely happy with the way it went.

I'm digging wetsuit strippers. They tell you "lay down there" and grab and yank and you're out and have an inside-out wetsuit to take with you.

Not much. Yeah, 4 minutes but was worth it.

Holy COW! Okay, Holy MOOSE! I'll take "hills that will kill you" for 56, Alex. I told the Devil Hill lady that Max was waiting for her answer to if she would marry him. She said she remembered him and wondered if he was here this time.

I had a blast. I stopped for a potty break on both loops if only to just stand up for a couple minutes. I needed them.

ride about twice as much, even slowly, just ride. First one so I'm not all that upset about it. I enjoyed the bike.

Mav told me to stop the tea party and get running. Well, I got my feet chamois creamed and shoes on and got going.

Nothing. No blisters, no chamois burn, that was okay.

Have I mentioned I SUCK at running? I do. I cramped up so badly that I couldn't run downhill without my quads locking up and uphill was okay for about 100 yards before my calves locked up. Wow, that HURT.



Get more mileage under my feets. That's about the only thing that's going to do some good.

Walked around. Got the free massage thingie and drank a lot of water with some recoverite.


Have I mentioned I can't run worth a damn?


I loved this race. Yeah, even the sufferfest called the run. It was well done. I'm glad to have met some wonderful people and had a great time with dinner with everyone.