Ironman 70.3 Boise - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Felt pretty good about this swim. My swims lately have been terrible, but I felt like this one went pretty good. Water was very cold upon jumping in, but really only felt it on feet and hands. Wetsuit did its job. Kept my hands out of the water before starting too. Once we started, I warmed up right away. Enjoyable swim in the reservoir. Did a pretty good job navigating, much better than recently. Did follow one guy off course, but then decided to do my own navigating.

Still need to swim more. If I'm going to improve times, then this is area for improvement.

I love wetsuit peelers! I had big cramp in left hamstring, maybe from the cold water, but just had to lay down and they peeled it right off! Took my time in T1 to prep for the ride, and let cramp go away.

Went too hard on this bike. Did what everyone says not to do and chased a time. Wanted to do better than time for last HIM. But, that was a different course, different day. Should have just followed my heart rate plan and let the time be what it would be. But, I have no patience! Ended up hammering the bike, especially the second half.

Be more patient. I left it all out there on the bike course. Unfortunately, as we all know, this is TRI-athlon, three legs. Thus, there was nothing left for the run.

Saw my family as I came into T2. Always makes me feel better.

Remember to take my Garmin with me on the run!

The charge that I had incurred on the bike was brought due on the run. I compounded that with starting out too hard on the run as well. I forgot my Garmin coming out of T2, so ended up running about 8:30 miles for first 3 miles. Should have been doing 9+. So, about mile 4, it all fell apart for me. The rest of the run was really just surviving, enjoying talking to new people and looking at the greenbelt/river. Ended up walking the aid stations and some other parts. Not a great run for me. Its a two loop course, and at the end of each loop, there is a path to the finish, and an arrow to second loop. Turning to the second loop was hard, just wanted to go straight to the finish line.

Not go as hard on the bike.

Collapsed into a chair at the finish line. Ended up having some broth in medical. I was really spent.


Need more time on the bike in training. Need more days and to make my long days longer. This is second time at the 70.3 distance, so I still remind myself that for me, finishing is still an accomplishment. Yes, I would like to go 5:30 at some point, but being out there and finishing this race is still a great thing for me.


First WTC event. Very impressed. Everything was very well organized. The finish area was amazing. Big crowd out there to bring the athletes home. Boise is a fantastic city. Stayed downtown and everything was walking distance and very easy to get around. Looking forward to some improved fitness and decision making for next year.