70.3 California - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

It's been a while since I've done a cold / salt water swim. I used a wet suit cap which was a bad Idea. It ended up sawing the back of my neck. The pace was good. I have to figure out why I won't do bi lat breathing in open water. I'm going to make it a point to do bi lat breathing at some other races in May.

No wet suite cap and force myself to do bi lat breathing.

I think if I do the Bi lat breathing I will get into a much more natural pace. For whatever reason when I was breathing on my left side the hole time I kept telling myself slow down. The Bi lat breathing makes me not have to worry about my pacing for whatever reason.

I need to practice getting on the bike and getting into my bike shoes on the move.

At first I thought I had gone way to hard on the bike now that I’ve had time to look at the data I think I did push it a little bit. But I was have such a good time I didn’t care.

Maybe go a little bit slower.

The transition point was a little different being we road our bike over some technical bumps making it not a smart thing to ride without your feet in the shoes in my opinion.

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My overall pace was ok. But I think because I went just a little too hard on the bike I went a little slower than I could have gone on the run. It also did not help I had to stop twice to go to the bathroom the last 3 miles. At first I really was going at a 8:30 pace but realized I had to slow down. My overall goal for IMCDA is 9:00 to 9:30 pace. I think if I take into account I was at sea level I should have been able to run a 8:40 pace. Which is a indicator I probably have gone to hard on the bike.

My highlight was watching this 67 old dude pass me on my second loop and he was on his first. I know it gave him a boost to keep passing us young guys. Which made me smile. I only hope to still be doing this at his age.

I think I babied my pace a little too much at the beginning. I might have been able to push through the last few miles because regardless I felt great at the end of the race.

Policed my gear up and walked out to find the wife and family being they missed me at the finish line.


Not a good week of proper pre-race week activities and going a little fast on the bike.


It was a good race but WTC is not providing the basic information a race should offer for what we pay. No official hill profile with overall elevation gain. No info on the total # of participants to include how many were in my age group and they did not provide me info on my bike finish place overall or age group place on the bike.

The other thing is my time for the race was 5:36:10 and I even stopped my watch 1 or 2 min after crossing the finish line. They have me finishing in 5:52:33. That's a discrepancy of 16 Minutes???? I always expect a little discrepancy but not 16 minutes.

The best thing I confirmed is to space my Gu’s out at least 1:15.