The Utah Half Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Wow. Well, the white caps made the swim an extreme challenge. I have never come close to swimming in water like that, and that includes my last HIM in Boise where we had a lot of swells and wind, too. This was insane, but I'm glad they at least let us swim 1/2 of the course. (At least I HOPE it was 1/2 the course. Judging by my time, it was...)

At first I was bummed they only allowed one lap, but after I finished, I was extremely happy I didn't have to swim any more in that lake.

Okay T1. Didn't wear a wetsuit, but struggled to get my jersey on.

Wear jersey in water with HR strap on.

Wow. Well, as long as there was a tailwind heading south, this was a good ride. It's a flat course, so I was hoping to do really well, and 18.7 mph is still nothing to sneeze at, given the extreme wind out there. There just isn't much in the way of shelter, so the cross-winds were blowing me all over the place. Coming back (north) I was hammering just to hit 12-14 mph. And then it hailed and rained the last 8 miles or so. Overall it was a painful ride, but I still hit my goal of <3 hours (barely!).


Nothing. Kept some in reserve for the run, something I didn't do last year.

Great T2 for me...

Was doing well until my calf pulled again at about mile 7.5 or so. Had to stretch and walk for a mile or so, then ran again. Felt okay at the end, but it really destroyed my run for the most part. Until then things were going really well. In retrospect, though, I think I was lucky it didn't re-injur earlier in the race.

So, overall an okay run for me. 10 minutes faster than my last 70.3 in Boise in June, so a bit of progress.

Not have my calf pull...

I did this 45 minutes faster than last year, so I have to feel good about that. Still, SO MUCH to improve on...