Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

A great swim for me despite the wetsuit and current.

Not much

Long run from water to transition area. Used wetsuit puller but she was a little weak on the effort. Raining pretty hard. Put on shoes and helmet and should have left glasses behind. Drank some Perpetum and had one bottle with me.

A good ride. Felt comfortable at the end.

Not much. Maybe had 2 more gels in the last hour.

Took my time drying my feet and putting on socks and shoes. Trying to avoid blisters. Used blister shield powder in socks and shoes.

Pulled my left calf muscle at mile 4 and that just killed my speed. Went to a Galloway method of running 3 minutes and walking 1 min. after that to manage the pain and damage. Still raced it in for the last half mile.

Also developed a hot spot on left ball of foot.

Stick with the plan and not overtrain 2 weeks out from race.

Walked around expo. Put ice on calf muscle. Sat down and had 2 slices of pizza and a beer. Saw a few friends and limped onto bus back to t area to collect gear.


Uneven training to plan for past 3 weeks due to travel. Leg calf pain.


The volunteers were fantastic especially in the rain. I was disappointed at the quality of the race planning and administration for an Ironman 70.3 event!!! For example; poor check in registration process (1 hour in line before USAT verification), poor day bag retrieval, parking and traffic was uncoordinated. I will do this event again if they get their act together