South Carolina Half - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Had a great swim. Spotting was on and my stroke was comfortable and strong. Though I could have pushed a little harder, I didn't want to be spent getting out of the water. My only mess-up was as I approached the final turn buoy I forgot that it would be yellow and not green and almost went around it the wrong way, but quickly realized my mistake and took a sharp turn right turn to get on course and go around it correctly.

Nothing, felt good.

A little slow for my liking, but I am not complaining. I had to take a few moments to gather my composure. I am always a little light headed coming out of the water.

No complaints. Practice more. Could have shaved 30 seconds off easily if I were more practiced.

I felt for me this was a good bike. I really expected to bring it in around 3:10 - 3:15, but surprised myself. I don't feel I pushed too hard either. I think for me it was a strong bike. I wish I had drank a little more to setup for the run, but I did what my body was wanting. Didn't want to be sloshy on the run.

Good bike. Probably could have pushed harder, but I was afraid of quad cramps like I had on last week's 62 mile race.

Another ok transition. Could have been faster but I am not complaining.

This is where it all fell apart, and usually the run is my strongest. I had a good first lap, finished under 1 hour. The second lap I started getting some GI issues and had to slow down for it to work itself out. By then I had run out of gas as I could not take anything in. I just kept taking sips of water and cooling myself down. I am very disappointed with the second lap, but I couldn't have squeezed much more out of it, I did my best. I wonder if maybe one or two more gels on the bike would have given me the energy to complete the run with gas in the tank. It is easy to second guess. I believe the stomach problems came from the bites of banana that I took. I had not other choice though, needed to put something into my stomach for energy.

I think more run training would help, but the GI issues was a major player, so not sure what caused this, probably the 1/4 banana.

No warmdown. I was spent. I did walk around quite a bit after I could stand back up. I should have gotten a massage, I feel it in my legs big time today.


Run training and nutrition. Lost a few key long workouts due to vacation right near end of training plan. I need to figure out my nutrition a little better. If I can get nutrition down, I think I would have a good race.


Setup Events does a great job every time. I wonder what will happen to this race seeing the participation numbers going down. I hope they can figure out a way to keep it alive.