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

Wasnt a horrible swim for me. Was pulling to the left a bit so really had to pay attention to get going the right way. Pretty uneventful really.
Lake was pretty decent this year.

Im just a crappy swimmer and I dont swim that straight :(

This went fine. I was in no real rush. Been there done that.
Oh... the wetsuit strippers were nice!

nada

This was OK... I really had a plan to stick to about 180 watts which is about 80%. Really wanted to go easy on the bike so I could have a decent run once.
Launched a bottle which I didnt realize luckily the next aid station wwasnt too far away.
Was a bit windy but not horrible. Course was hillier then I remember....
Ended up at like 172 watts and ave hr was only 152. My ave bike hr at my last IM was 153 soooo...thinking I SHOULD have had a better run. Oh well should have maybe just hammered the bike:)
Had 1 bottle of infinit 1 bottle of gatorade (from the course to make up for my launched bottle) a little water (which I also picked up :)) and a waffle honey stinger..yum. prob close to 600 cal. Which is pretty good


I dont know... did what I had planned so...

just a transition. Went fine. Legs felt pretty good.

Got my legs back about 3 miles in. The first hill was a bitch...seemed way longer then I remember! Made my first mile a 9:02. Was pretty consistent at about 8:20 for most of the loop. Tried to stay zone 2 in hopes of not falling apart and picking it up the 2cnd half. I really felt good the 1st half too. Was kind of lonely out there too.
2cnd lap much more people out there...which was nice... Ikinda like to talk...distracts me. ALthough I wasnt finding to many people at my pace pr too many peoiple not suffering enough to talk back oh well!
Was harder teh 2cnd loop and hr was up a bit. gOt to mile 10 and kind of fell apart.. Pace slowed to 8:40s but I just told myself the big downhill was coming so hang in there. Well the down hill really wasnt that much fun:)
Was glad to be done.
3 gels 2 endurolytes water


Maybe more cal? I did one every 3.5 miles.
I dont know why I cant run off the bike. I should be running at least a 1:45.
Studied my PT bike profile for a while trying to figure it out. Dont know...maybe should have ran harder the 1st loop? Maybe I just suck at running:)

sat down and died for a minuite:)
Then Tracy scooped me up and we had beer...ok she had beer I had choc milk:)
Was happy to podium and pr.


ummm...you tell me.


Iknow I sound negative but I was happy with this. I just am my worst or maybe best critic:)
I know I have more ability then this!!

I did like the change of course this year...run was backwards...much better.