Ironman St. George - Utah - TriathlonFull Ironman

The start wasn't nearly as chaotic as I thought it would be. There were a few hits to the head and some people that tried to swim up my back but overall I would say that it went rather "swimmingly" hehe.

The other part that I was nercous about was the long 1 mile stretch. I thought that I would get unfocused and lose my concentration but that never happened. I made a conscience effort to focus on my form and it went by in no time.

For a longer swim report go here. http://mrtuesdaypants.blogspot.com/2010/05/race-morning-swim.html

Since this is my only Ironman I don't know what a 2 loop course would be like so I'm not really sure what I would di differently.

T1 tent was a zoo. I think that if it hadn't been so chilly that morning and if I didn't have to try and put arm warmers on wet arms transition would have gone a lot quicker.

hope for a warmer day that doesn't require anything else to put on other than socks.

I trained in Texas where there isn't much good climbing and I was able to prepare adequately for this course. So just becuase you don't have stellar climbign where you are don't pass on this race if you have a chance to do it.

I hated the extra little loop that had to be done at the beginning of the first loop and at the end of the second loop. It was on a true bike path with some steep descents into sharp turns. It seemed a little dangerous and unnecessary since the loop was less than half a mile.

Smooth transition except that I snagged my tri shorts on my seat mounted bottle cages and nearly ate it.

The post race food sucked. Cold pizza and soda.

I had to get my wife to message my legs afterwards because I couldn't find a position that didn't cause some muscle to cramp up.


The difficulty of the course. I would like to do another just to see how it compares.


I have to say this is the best race since it was my first Ironman.