Ironman 70.3 Florida - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

To the First turn buoy I did really well at stayign out of the close-to-bouy traffic. sighting was good and I hit the first turn close to the buoy but out of traffic. At the half-way point the buoys changed from orange to flourescent yellow and I could not sight them well at all. The last turn in to the beach I was way right of the buoys and had a hard time getting straight to the beach. Even though my time suffered and I had trouble sighting, I felt good on the swim so I'm rating it overall good.

I wanted to swim this course the day before. The athlete packet said the course would be available. However, the rnagers were kicking everyone out of the water.

Long way from swim exit to transition area. Also, they wouldn't let you keep shoes clipped in to bike.

Practice T1 transition with race equipment.

There were a good number of rolling hills in the course. First 30 miles was fun and I felt like I was flying past folks. The last 15 was flat and into the wind and I realized I pushed too hard on the hills and didn't recover on the downhills.

Don't attempt so many passes on the hill and recover more on the downhills.

Couldn't get bike racked. All the bikes on the rack caused the middle to sag and I had a hard time getting mine in.

Rack closer to one end to avoid sag.

It was Africa hot! As soon as I started run my legs started to cramp. Ran/walk the whole course.

More bricks

Stretched and drank lotsa water


Cramps and heat


It was a good race event. Good experience.