F.I.R.M.MAN Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

not nervous at all about the race or the swim. seeded ok, not banged around at all. bit of a melee around the 1st and last buoys tho. I think the current was pretty good so bet that helped. just swam along. happy with swim, glad to be doing it!

nothing, pro swim training and hours at the pool might cut a few minutes off but I dont have time or money for that. just swim the best I can on a particular day.

ok t-1. bit of issues with getting suit off heels. bit of extra time packing in goodies for the ride. (granola bars, pop tarts, goo, various drink.
jogged thru from beach, fairly efficient for me on T1

nothing, all good

had fun on the bike, worked the gears to survive and do ok for me. fun to back and forth with other riders. tried to eat a little but felt full and didnt want to eat. couple bites each of pop tarts and granola bars with drinks. couple ounces of goo. was hoping the lask of nutrition wasnt going to haunt me later on the run. didnt seem to.

bikes before have ranged from 3 hrs to 3:30 ish. all good.

couple of 75 milers and runs off the bike.

no t2 times noted. think it comes off the run. had to hit the porta joh for a bit after bike. lost a few minutes there but unavoidable.

felt ok off the bike, not fast but got into the old marathon pacing run pace of around 10m/m or bit less. promised the old bod to give me 6.5 m on a good pace and see what we had after that. not hot out so keeping cool was doable. think the first 10k or so was around an hour.

The 2nd half wasnt ugly but surely not a run fest. ran more than walked, only walked a total of 2 miles. walked at first to down a lunch of pop tarts! walked mostly thru the water stops. one of the last stops has some cups of coke.wow that was great! that was enough at 10 miles to get me thru the end. ran the final 3. last 1/3 mile is on beach, ran on hard sand.
overall pleased with run effort. years past have been both longer and shorter.

run more long and short off the bike. no 'bike legs' issues jsut get more used to ne endurance.

walk around a bit, get to quiet area and savor watermelon and cold coke that jo had superbly packed and kept cold. ahhhh....just the right post race chillout. beach chairs in a sandy, beach grass lined little nook.

super thanks to isis cheerleading!


not bad for deciding on wednesday afternoon to do the race. went with training in the tank already. not recomending doing a 1/2 iron or marathon (as I did last year) on a whim! worked out ok this time.


good race overall. roads leave something to be desired but that is out of RD's control. not a stellar race like patroit...no band, etc. however there were hula chicks!