Scheels High Cliff Triathlon - Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I am pretty slow in the water. My stroke cadence is probably 1/2 of the faster swimmers but when I try and pick it up my heartrate is too high so I try and relax.

Practice swimming.

The wetsuit stripper got ready to yank my suit off and she grabbed my toes instead and totally dragged me across the ground. It was pretty funny and we all had a bit of a laugh. Good transition though overall.

Not too much. I could run but I don't want to burn myself out.

Good ride and I stayed comfortable. I kept my heartrate right on with my plan. I ran out of water between the first and second water stations so I drank my fuel bottle for water which in turn would hurt my run. I had to pee so badly that finally in the last 2 miles I did it but I didn't finish.

Not run out of water. But ya gotta drink!

I stopped to pee and walked transition because when I run directly off the bike my heartrate is too high so this was according to plan. Plus I knew the hill was the first thing we hit so I wanted to take it easy.

Finish peeing on the bike so I don't have to in transition.

The hill and the first lap went perfectly!!! I kept my HR around 155-160 and my pace was right on 8:30/mile. I was having GI issues because I ate too much on the bike. When I hit mile 7 I started cramping in my legs really bad so I had to walk/run the whole lap but I kept pushing and I finished.

Work on my nutrition. This was mostly due to eating waaay too much on the bike but I had to drink and my gel/water was all I had.

walk around.


cramping.


Great race. I will be back. I really wanted to break 5:30 but I still did my best and kept pushing. I never let myself get caught up with other runners/riders so I am happy that I just had fun and ran my own race.