Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Swam fine. I am fairly comfortable in the water so this is a nice comforter for me as this was my first 70.3. I started toward the outside as I had no interet in jostling for the straightest route next to the buoy. I also felt it was a disadvantage to set myself up in the mix of the crowd. The one weird thing that I experienced was I started swimming while the water was still shallow enough to run....I could have ran 25 or so more yrds but i started stroking so I felt it was to late (and weird) to change.

pace myself a bit better. I had a plan to start out strong and then settle in to avoid the crowds...this was effective but i did get tired after about 20 min or so. The most difficult part of the swim was the beach run when we landed....I am sure my hr spiked higher than I would have liked. Also, need to time sighting bettter....if u were to sight after the roller u would not be able to see...need to sight right before waves come; practice, practice, practice

As this was my first 70.3 I didn't press the transition much. I was winded from the beach run and the long run to bike, I worked the wetsuit off, put on the helmet and left...worked hard but wasn't overly concerned w time.

eventually put shoes in pedals and become more efficient. Was not concerned w this yet, next race I will be.

First 5 miles outta the bike I felt ok, nothing great but nothing terrible. After 5, I got into a grove and I started feeling strong. It worked out that the top pros were passing along this time and that was a blast to see. They were coming into the wind and u can see how hard they were working- loved it, best seat in the house to see some of the top Tri pros. First 35 miles were wind aided and I felt GREAT....averaged 24mph and felt strong. As bike is my weakest leg, I just thought that this was my day. At mile 35 turned into 19mph wind teeth and it was humbling, kep 90 cadence but averaged 16mph for most of it. This part of the bike leg toasted my legs as I was working as hard as I could and not going anywhere fast. At mile 48, old knee injury showed itself on left knee and I went 75% right knee strength to finish up bike leg. This was demoralizing but I was confident injury would chill out for run. Bike leg was very hard for me...enough that I was not looking forward to the run.

Need to be a stronger cyclist to move up in time. I'm realizing that the bike is key....most time is spent in the saddle and it sets u up for the run....I will get stronger in this event....the bike trainer and I are gonna be busy this off season, hopefully join a group and train w power as well....power would have regulated the wind for me too.

i was toasted from the bike. Relaxed, changed shoes, hit the head and i was off....the day was no longer fun for me.

not sure...I worked as hard as I could have worked. I wish my knee felt a bit better but that didn't come into play until the end of the bike and I was better on the run. Train more I guess....I trained as hard as I could have w the time available...get some more races under the belt .

haha, I covered most of this during my course description...I did enjoy the entire course throughout the run. Very well run, great volunteers- truly a great day.

not sure yet- spend some more time on the bike trainer....push for longer bike rides...I did 2 56 mile bricks w 10k run for training, next time I want to do more 75 plus mile bike rides...swim went will

it started raining and got cold quick...we had 4 children under 5 at the finish so we had to get outta there quick....had 2 slices of yummy, salty Pizza Hut pizza and then walked back to the hotel.


Nothing really... a little knee pain and lack of confidence that I can worse through how i was feeling during the race. I def need to be more confident that just cause i feel a bad during a section of the race it doesn't mean that we cant change that....experince would have helped there.


Absolutely enjoyed the race...organizer did a great job.

Volunteers were amazing!