Gulf Coast Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Swim was just as tough as 2008. I watched video of both races and both were very similar. Rough conditions made sighting a bit more difficult. I swam this race well.. for me. My time is not great, but I am happy with it all things considered. My swim training pretty much started a month ago.

Train more. Other than that, nothing.

A little long in T1. Probably because I wanted to be 100 percent sure I had sunblock everywhere it was possibly needed. The sun was intense.

Just move a bit quicker.

Again with the whole proper training for the bike.. I have some good training in, but not enough course appropriate training in. GC demands flat training where you are in a fixed gear for a long period of time with sustained pedaling. The silver comet offers that, but I've done mostly hill work to build strength. That may pay off later, but not at this race. I went out hard and felt good. Coming back into the headwind, I kinda weakened / fatigued more than I would have expected.

Train on the Comet. I need to look at last years GC report and see what I put here. Heh.

More sunblock.. badly needed sunblock.

Nothing

Freaking hot.. I ran what I could run. Heat like that is a severe limiter for me. I never walked.. except maybe grabing a cup from a volunteer for a split second. I packed the ice in my top and shorts and kept my core cool.. as possible anyway. I didn't dump over the head this time. I did use the sponges on the back of my head and neck when available. Had a great time out there though. Talked with a lot of strangers, and scooped up some people on the way in and made sure they finished with me.

Nothing. I did what I could and I was happy with that.

Party at the Atlanta Triathlon Club tent. Beer, food.. very nice.


heat, then training, then just overall stress levels being a bit high as of late with the whole job thing.


Always a first class event. Really you cannot ask for more from a race.