Revolution3 Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Things were more spread out yesterday but again there was a clump to the left side of the corral so I went to the right and a few rows back. A bit rougher of a start as I got boxed in early and banged into a couple of people as we weaved through the first leg. I was dead on each yellow bouy and the red buoys and I finally got out of the box and grabbed on to some feet and moved along well. I started running into folks from the earlier waves which were a challenge since I didn't want to swim over them but I was on top of them in a hurry. On the way over the lake we were going straight into the sun so there were alot of people weaving around, but i found the yellow buoys each time and made a good line to them. Got run into alot this leg. On the leg back i actually had to duck under the corner of the buoy to stay out of someones way. I started day dreaming on the way back and lost focus for a while but then finally got my head back and pushed the last 150 or so yards. Good relaxed swim

Avoid getting boxed in so badly and stay focused.

Another long run up to transition and had some issues with my left wetsuit leg but not bad. Had to load up my gel flask and pump and spray on sunscreen but still had about the same time as yesterday so not bad T1.

Mount my flat kit and bring my bento box.

Got going well and about 5 miles in dropped to the small ring for one of the early climbs, but once i got to the top I found I could shift back up from the smal ring to the big ring. Let that bother me for a while, but then just dealt with it riding in 8-9-10 gear alot. I figured with the hills on this course staying in the small ring wasn't the worst thing to have happen. Soon thereafter i was on the short steep hill from the olympic and knew that was a good decision. This was an awesome ride, the hills and just one after another for the early stages, then there is a great decent into blackrock lake park area and then soon foloowed by a 5-6 mile multi tiered climb back out of the valley. Then a good down and up out and back segment and then some extra hills until we met up with the Olympic course again. Just before the last hill on the Olympic we turned right and away went around the lake. Did a buch of back and forths with several folks who would dust me on the flatter segment and downhills and i would spin past on the hills. I was geared out a few times and lost some extra spped on occassion but, I did a good job on most of the hills getting in the right gear early and leaving some room to downshift on the long hills as i got tired. I went through my gel flask in three shots and though 2 bottles but likely got behind on my nutrion since i normally do 1 bottle per hour and a gel every 30 min. Think I paid for this later. But the ride was fun and felt like it went fast and under control.

I'm not going back to the bike shop who does over $300 worth of work, and doesn't adjust the front derailur properly so I lost 10 friggin gears. Don't think that is too much to ask for it to make sure your service is worth a darn.

No issues find my rack but had issues running in my bike shoes so that was slow. Sprayed down with sunscreen and though about changing sock but decided not to.

Put tri slide on my feet. The pavement and my running shoes and socks were wet, and had been wet yesterday as well, should be a no brainer that this was a blister likely scenario.

Well this run was rotten. I started off Ok bring a bottle of UltraGen with my and drinking it over the first mile. Felt OK for the mile 2 hill and downhill to mile 3 but by the time Ireached the start of the long 1.5 mile climb on the dirt roads, I was starting to feel the effects of getting behind on the nutrion on the bike. Ended up in that slow steady shuffle up the hill and basically stayed there most of the race. I didn't preview the new course well and each new hill just crushed me mentally especially the mile 7-8 hill (last hill on the Olympic bike course) which I just missed on the elevation profile. Even broke don a walked to the potta potty on the hill before snapping back to my shuffle. The out and back in the neighbor hood seem like it was uphill both ways. I started walking the aid stations from mile 8 on and getting as much water and ice as possible but I would be back to shuffle mode in a few minutes. The last mile was the same as last year and the Olympic and that hill is really tough. At least the Photographer wasn't smack in the middle of the steepest section like last year. Shuffled up it with a short walk break and then got rolling to the finish. Felt good to get done.

Weak mental effort and not get behind on my hydration and nutrion on the bike. Of course two hilly races in two days 28 dyas after a bike wreck and layoff from training for most of the month leading up to this double didn't help either, but I got through it and celebrated turning 40 in a triathlon sytle for sure!!

Water, food, more water, then layed on the ground for the awards cermenoy and cherred for my teammates who kicked some serious butt out there today.


Two hilly races in two days 28 dyas after a bike wreck and layoff from training for most of the month leading up to this double didn't help either, but I got through it and celebrated turning 40 in a triathlon sytle for sure!!


Rev 3 puts on a great overall show. getting up close and personal with the pros, the blazman's parents, my Trakkers teamates, World Champions, and Olympians was very cool. The race is a challenge but was well done. Great experience and had a great time.