Musselman Half-Iron Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Reasonable swim time for me. I sighted well until we turned back into the sun then I had trouble picking up the bouys and went on a small tangent off course. Early on got cut off once by two others merging in front of me and also took an elbow to the left eye which dislodged my goggles and had to stop to fix them.

Try to relax more a concentrate on technique. A few times I felt like I was too tense and fighting the water.

I had some trouble getting my zipper on the wetsuit started but after that no big problems. Average transition time but I ranked higher on my transitions than on the swim, bike or run.

Move faster and practice getting out of the wetsuit.

Bike is still a weak segment for me but I went a little faster than I expected and still felt ok at the end. No crashes or flat tires (woo-hoo). The course was swept the day before the race so very little rocks to deal with.

I didn't give myself enough time to get both feet out the shoes before the dismount line so I only had one out and had to do the uneven waddle / jog with my bike to the rack. Otherwise average transition.

Get both feet out of the shoes before the dismount.

I had hoped to go faster than this on the run but I didn't have it in me. Had to walk on some of the bigger hills. Felt better on the second half of the course with the downhills and probably finished with as good of a pace as I started. Ran through the finish chute with my five year old son (not sure which of us had the most fun there).

Longer runs on my bricks and get my weight down.

Sit in the shade and regale the family with stories from the day. Post race food was great, lots of fruit and good drinks and the ice cream was very nice on a hot day. Finisher medal is recycled shimano sprocket.


Ice cream, fried chicken, bloomin' onions and banana pudding


Great race. Well organized. Easy for the family to find me on the course and things for the kids to do in the park while they waited on me (such as the sprayground). We combined this race with a tour of New York (Catskills, Lake George, Erie Canal, Rochester/Lake Ontario, Niagara, Geneva). A wonderful trip and race that I would recommend to all.