Half Vineman Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

was a very comfortable swim. I had no race jitters and didn't care about other swimmers hitting me. caught on to a good set of feet and followed to the finish. he wasn't the straightest swimmer in the world but I had to work in order to keep on him so figured it would be better than being alone.

Had a good transition.

the course was 2km longer because of some construction they had to go around. hard course with rough roads. one steep climb and one steady climb. I started in the second to last wave of swimmers so had to pass people alllll freaking day. didn't enjoy it as I had to keep my focus more than I normally do. Head up trying not to hit anyone for 2.5hrs is tough, normally I get past all the faster swimmers and into some open road where I can ride my own race, not the case today. A lot of traffic as well which was not cool. Tour buses getting i the way, traffic at stop signs...kinda silly for a race of this size. would have been nice to start at 6:30 with the pros.

Eat more, drink more. I used Carbo pro which was great but it only seemed to make me less hungry rather than give me all the fuel I needed. started to hurt near the end of the ride which is normally not the case in a half iron.

Did not have a good run. Was going solid for the first half but really started to hurt at about 12km and couldn't hold pace. at about 15km I tweaked my calf/knee/hamstring something rather on one of the decents. I'm not used to running hard downhill. Feels like something in behind my knee, upper calf was pulled, had to semi-run it home. was totally dead anyway, did not get enough into my body during the ride. My leg still hurts today...2 weeks later. i have been running a bit, but generally just water running. Went to physio a couple days ago, they did some ultrasound but I'll just have to let it heal before IM canada.

Eat more, drink more on the bike

I do love the course. Just wish they could sort out a better swim venue as I really don't like the wave starts. It could be ok if you started early but starting second to last meant an endless stream of people to catch all day.