Cardinal Harbour Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Here's the thing. I thought this was a great swim, until I looked at my watch. Honestly I was taking it at Ironman pace to practice and see how I would feel...well I didn't think I took it that freakin slow, 45 min!!!! are you kidding me! Then I saw that everyone elses was really slow too. Oh the current...yeah it got me. Oh and the fact that it was 1.6 miles not 1.2 miles. Oh well just some time to make up and I'm glad for the Ironman the current is with us not against us.

okay no big deal. I put on a long sleeve form fitting shirt while wet...i'd say this was pretty good.

Not much still just a training day.

I wanted to take this at my ironman pace. This race was about preparing for Ironman and I did that well. I figure I will go around this pace maybe a bit slower but felt comfortable the whole time and really enjoyed the scenery. Except I was in Louisville and saw a ton of horse pastures but not one horse.

If I were to be really racing and not just training I'd hammer this bike course...I enjoy the climbing.

When I first saw this I thought wow that slow? But then I remembered I had to run with my bike bare foot for over 150 yards to get to my rack. So not that bad.

Loved the 3 loops. Hated the hills and the heat! On the first loop I caught jason who had put atleast 4min on me in the swim (good job jason) and ran with him for the next 4-5 miles. He could tell I felt great so encouraged me to leave him and I did to make sure I broke 5:30 on the race. I ran the 2nd and 3rd loops at around a 7:30ish pace and passed a ton of people. When I got back the transistion area I thought I'm done but this seemed short and fast then they tell me I have on out and back before the finish that is flat but open to everything and no aid station. SUCK! it was really hot, I mean deadly hot and I was pissed to have to do a out and back but oh well. Still pretty happy with my run.

Honestly if your doing this race it should only be to prepare for Ironman Louisville. Otherwise it is a waste of money. There is a severe lack of aid stations, transistion wasn't even mowed, race started late, lots of confusion, and they ran out of water at some aid stations on the run. That makes me feel for the the slower people because I was top 25% and didn't get some water, what about the other 75%? Only do this if your doing the Ironman in Louisiville and are using it as training. DO NOT MAKE THIS YOUR FIRST HALF IRON!!!!