Half Full Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

This was an olympic distance swim. Everything else was HIM.

Time trial start was a very mellow way to start a triathlon!

My goal was just to get through this without spending too much energy which I did. I have only been swimming regularly for the last 3-4 weeks.

I think this swim was long, though. Not judging by my crappy time, but there were only a small handfull of times below 25 min. There was also an OLYMPIAN doing the swim relay - he had the fastest swim, and he did not even break 20 min.

Long run up hill from the swim finish. Lot's of high 5s to family and friends.


I've already joined a masters team. now i just need to put in the yards 3x a week.

It was very cold out to start a wet 3 hour ride, so i took a little extra time to put on socks, gloves, and get my act together.

First order of business was to settle my HR down. Looked down at my Garmin and it said "BPM 0"..."crap, i forgot to put on my strap". So my plan to ride by HR changed to RPE.

It was cold. Glad i had arm warmers on under my wetsuit and a pair of cheap Walmart gloves I chucked halfway through.

This was a very hilly and challenging ride. Relentless hills. It wasn't all bad, though...lots of long downhills too, which was fun.

At my weight (225lbs) i was flying on the downhills but I don't climb well. Need to drop some lbs.

On one climb a douche roady relay guy rode by and said "I guess your disc isn't helping you on this climb is it?". Tool. It's just a wheelcover anyway :).

I'm happy with the ride. Left it out there. Ate 4 Gus. 2 waters. One Gu drink. And one of the nasty sportsdrinks on course.

Lost my glasses. dang.

Have HRM.
Loose some weight.

T2 is the reason I race. I love it. If the race was only T2 I would have podiumed. Unfortunately, it is not.

Started strong but by mile 3 I was cramping. I walked that off. The middle miles 5-9 were brutal on me. The hills were catching up. Went from an 8:30 pace to a 10min pace with some walking. I ate some GU Jelly thingies and I think they really helped as I took off at about mile 10 and was rolling well again back at 8:30s. Finished strong to "Don't Stop Believin" blaring on the soundsystem. Lots of high 5s in the finish shoot. Really fun.

FREE BEER for racers. and burritos. wow. awesome.


The Rev3 timing results are hard to follow. Relays are included in the overall and their are no individual split rankings. This is the best I can tell as far as my age group.

After the swim I was 20th out of 38.
After the bike I was 13th out of 38.
After the run I was 12th out of 38.

Summary - MOP swim, good bike, avg run. pretty typical.

results: http://iifvaweb1.iifdata.com/halffulltrioct2010/



This is a great race. first of all, it is a great triathlon. tough, but fair. Extremely well run. but that is only a small part. This race is all about supporting the Ulman Cancer Program and young adults with cancer. There are too many reasons why this is special to me to list. There were many many survivors racing in the race. THere were over 100 first time triathlets giving it their best. It was such a positive experience for such and important cause. Kudos to Team Fight, Ulman, all the volunteers, the survivors, the participants, and the crowds. Great day!!!