Iron Star Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

150 people started in my wave so it was pretty crowed thru the first turn. Lake was low so I hit sand a few times while swimming. Freaked me out the first time as I thought it was a person.

Got hit in the face then some guys foot got me square in the should, he was doing breast stroke...grrr.

Anti fog goggles, I had problems following the course at times cause I couldn't see.

Look at the swim course prior to race so I would know how far out the turn is. :)

T1 went pretty smooth.

Besides more a little faster, nothing.

Legs were sore to start with, that doesn't make for a good ride. But I suffered thru and am happy with my time. Rough road slowed me down a lot! Not happy about that. Water hand ups went well. Finished lots of water but only 1 full bottle of Endurox, ate 3/4 of Cliff Bar.

I need to practice on the flats, I always slow down on those. Need to figure out if my bike set up is right as legs were sore a lot (pinched are came back, right hip on occassion and right knee was hurting).

Had problems running into T2. Went pretty smooth.

It was a hard run, mentally hard as well as hot. I thought for sure I would DNF on the run, but I talked myself thru it...amazing. I went from one extreme to the other on the run. I'm not going to finish, yes I'm going to finish, no I'm not going to finish, I'm going to finish but I'm walking the last half..you know you will be pissed at yourself if you walk the last half..just run damit. Fine but if I finish with running I get ice cream tonight, no you don't get ice cream you don't need it...just run. FINE, I'll run. Okay the faster I run the faster I'll finish. I took long walks thru all water stops.

I stopped at mile 1 to use the port-o, the two runners right infront of me when in so I had to wait. When I got to mile 3 I looked at my watch, 25:--, yikes went out a little too fast (I didn't stop my water during the bathroom break).

Do more brick workouts, longer runs after a long bike. I broke 2 hours so I'm happy with that.

Some stretching and lots of walking back and forth cheering on others from my group.


Heat, some wind on the run and just not hard enough training.


A Half IM PR so I'm happy with that. My legs felt really heavy during the race and after.

It was a well organized race. Will probably consider doing it again next year. It was good to do a small race, although the swim start would have been better if the wave was a little smaller.

I saw JeepFleeb several times on the run and after the race so I introduced myself. Also meet DanTX (atleast I think that was his name.) Never saw Dennis out ther but then again I didn't know what he was wearing so I didn't know what to look for.