Ironman Calgary 70.3 - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Swim was uneventful. Bumped around a bit, but was satisfied with the time. Got out of the water grabbed my T1 bag, and ran and found a rock. Funny- I sit down, recognize the guy next to me, chat with him, then 2 other guys I know come out as well. 4 of us sitting on the rocks chatting putting on the gear. Wow was it wet in T1

Not much. I don't push too hard on the swim

Wetsuit strippers, then find a rock. Transition was soaked. We grabbed our T1 bags, threw our bike junk on, then had to run into bike area to get the bike and then a long run to mount line.


under the circumstances, can't really change much. It's a funky transition

Bike was good. Fast out of the Ghost Lake area, then the slow rough part of Grand Valley Rd. I was feeling like of yucky at the end of Grand Valley, but knew my teams aid station was going to be around the corner. Got there, tried to grab some water, dropped it, then successfully teamed up with another teammate to get some H2O. Really enjoyed the whoops and hollers from everyone shouting my name. Definitely got me back into the mood of riding a bike in the rain. Of course by then, yes the rain started again and was pelting that little bit of exposed skin on my shoulders. Feet were getting soaked and cold, but on we went. Climbed out of Cochrane and heard my name again.Was nice to hear. Got chicked on the road by Springbank airport, she was wearing a nice little white half-shirt. You go girl! Coming down Lower Springbank road I was ready to be done. Wind,rain,cold,wet you name it. But then I heard my name again and it was another teamamte and her hubby.So couldn’t stop now. Came around the casino, and saw some guy a few hundred metres in front of me and realized it was a buddy who had passed me way back on Grand Valley. So about 300m from the dismount I came roaring by him to get off the bike first. Wow Trevor competitive much? I’m sure all the spectators around were wondering why I dismounted to fast.
Side-note: So many tubular flats out there. I bet I saw 10, and I was in the first wave.

let off the gas a bit, and maybe the run would have been better. Maybe tummy wouldn't have exploded?

Got into T2, and decided to put on dry socks. I needed the kid to hold me up or I would have tipped for sure. My feet were numb.


keep the wet socks on?

Ran out of T2, and could tell things were not ‘right’. Buddy and I started off running together, but I had to let him go as I was getting a stitch. I never seemed to be able to shake it either. So I ran a bit, walked a bit. Not sure if the Infinit on the bike was too much for me, but my tummy was not agreeing with calories either. So then I made a really smart decision(read:not) to try some pepsi. Felt good going down, but it almost came back up as quick. Enough said, run wasn’t great. Still had lots of support out there. Saw a bunch of random people calling my name, and I was trying to place how I knew them when I realized my name was on my bib. That is when I knew things weren’t going great. I just felt so crappy out there.

After all was said, came up Weaselhead, heard all the team cheers again, and thought I could still break 6hrs. Damnit why make me go another 4k when I get to the top. Let me finish already. Demoralizing to have to run past everyone and then go again for another 30 minutes.
Teammate picked me up a few hundred from the line and made me run with her to finish off strong in just under 6hr 3minutes. I was pretty beat up at the end. Felt like garbage. But I just didn’t feel that good. Tummy/head did not feel good at the end of the race.


nutrition maybe?

walked around and stretched a bit.


very well organized race. It's a 70.3 so well done of course.
Loads of volunteers. But shwag is very lacking. Won't be back next year, as Ironman is calling.