Ironman 70.3 Boulder - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I started off in the middle of the pack. I decided I'd let myself get banged around and just keep calm. It worked fine and I never really felt like my stroke was disrupted. The water wasn't very clear so following feet wasn't possible. To draft I had to keep siting the person in front to make sure they were there. I manage to draft for about the first 1/3 but then they pulled away. I was *just* not fast enough to stay with them. Shame because I probably only needed a little more swim fitness to have a dramatically better result because I could have stayed with them.

I think I needed more long training sessions. I think my longest swim was 2000 yards leading up to this race.

It seemed like it was taking forever and I had a little trouble putting on my race belt. It seemed like a big, confusing transition.

However, T1 was actually faster than I thought.

Nothing I can think of really.

(1st loop) I tried to keep it easy through the first set of rollers. When I got to the fast section I managed to get up to just under 43 mph but I wasn't hammering. The last section was a little harder than I expected but I managed to keep my pace going pretty well.
(2nd loop) I kept trying to be conservative through the first set of rollers. By the end I began to feel a bit of fatigue set in. The fast section was still fast but not quite as fast. During the last section I knew I was more tired than I should have been.
I don't think I consumed enough nutrition but I managed to drink water and spray water on myself at each aid station.

More bike fitness. I should have felt much better at the end of this bike.

I misjudged how far away the park was and I took my shoes off way to soon. (Maybe this should be in the bike section) Otherwise everything seemed pretty smooth.

I need to get faster at taking off the shoes on the bike.

I felt pretty hot as soon as I started running. My legs felt stiff right away. Somewhere around mile 2 I hit the lap button on my garmin and it started freaking out. Beeping and cycling through the fields...I think the heat got to it too! At each aid station I drank water, poured ice water on myself, put cold sponges in my shirt, put ice down my shorts... I would feel pretty good for about 1/2 mile and then feel terrible again and fight walk/run till the next station. I couldn't seem to catch my breath. I don't know if it was the elevation or me just thinking about the elevation.

I think this run was a result of my lack of bike fitness.

I stretched a little and then sat in the water to cool down.


More consistant training.


They ran out of pizza! Really? It sounds kind of trivial but after a terrible race the last thing I needed was to see the people before me leave with the last slices of pizza. My family waited for me and after 30 minutes still no pizza because they couldn't get through the traffic. I left hungry...

Traffic leaving could have been much better organized as well.It took forever getting to the main roads.