Timberman - Half Iron - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

unbelievable waves during the swim. Someone actually grabbed my ankle and yanked, now that's a first. Got smacked in the face a few times and did my share of smacking as well.

nuttin'

no hurry. It's a long day, make sure I get it right.

nothing.

ok, here's where the fun began. Five miles into the ride, I decide the seat is too low. I see the Mavic tent on the side of the road so I pull in and ask the guy to raise the seat. He grabs an allen wrench, scoots it up a bit, and cranks it back down. "Oh sh*t, I stripped it out," he says. No worries, I'll replace it later and off I go. Needless to say, less than a mile later, the post has slid all the way down and I think my knees are gonna start banging my chin.

I pull off the road and now there's a Mavic car right behind me. Cool! The kid gets out and I tell him what the deal is. He can't fix it but I can have a bike off the top of the car. Holy crap, I hope you have something SMALL. I'll give you the smallest one I have he says, as he hands me a 54cm Scott bike. Yeah, that would be small if I was 7 feet tall!

I quickly realize I now have exactly two options: ride this bike or go home. I take the bike........

and torture myself for the next 51 miles. I can barely reach the shifters or the brakes. The pedals are so far in front of me it's as if I'm riding a recumbent. The seat leaves me in agony and it's a good thing I'm done having children. 'Nuff said.

oh, and it rained. For a change.

This bike made my back hurt, my shoulders hurt, knees and quads hurt.

do a more thorough gear check. Kind of skipped the whole thing because of the rain.

took my sweet-a s s time. After that bike ride I really needed to regroup. Not how I planned on the day going. I thought I'd get to the run with fairly fresh legs and this was not the case. I was trashed.

I was freezing the whole time. Started off wet and never warmed up. Great course and great support. The volunteers and residents were awesome. Neighbors were out trying to out do each other and it was just a fun time.

Not fun enough to be out there for over 3 hours to be sure, but I was toast by the start of the second loop. I had cramps in places I Never knew you could get cramps. Like from my knees all the way to my toes, all at once. It would start in my hamstring and at the same time run right thru my achilles and into my foot. Ouch.

arrive in better condition from the bike leg.

fall over and die. argue with spouse as usual. crawl back to car.


too many things to list.


Love EndorFUN races. I would do this again in a heartbeat. Should be easy to beat today's time next year.