Harvest Moon Long Course Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

overall swim was nice...had one big lung full of water but I coughed it out and moved on.

This was where the day fell apart. I took two water bottles and plenty of nutrition but I missed the first aid station getting a Gatorade so by the time I got to the second I was out of fluid. I got a Gatorade at the second but shortly after, there was a bump going over a bridge and that was ejected from my holder. I should've stopped to get it but I was stupid. I also dropped my first electrolyte pill and didn't take the second so I was going south quickly after the halfway point. I got my second electrolyte pill and some water at the last aid station but I missed the Gatorade again. I tried to use the pills I had saved up for the run but the zip-lock had gotten water in it during the swim so they were basically mush. I tried to suck what I could out of the zip lock but I'm afraid I didn't get much.

So basically I did the entire ride on two bottles of Gatorade and one bottle of water with 1.5 electrolyte tabs instead of 5 of fluid and 3 tabs. Bad news for the cramping legs.

nutrition, nutrition, nutrition.

This is where the lack of nutrition caught up to me. I cramped up within .5 miles of starting off and really never got past it. Stopping and massaging at every aid station and drinking Gatorade I muddled through but it was nasty...as the time attests.

walking around trying to uncramp


lessons learned ...take the third bottle just in case you miss the first aid station and have extra electrolyte tabs. Maybe eat more on the bike but I think I ate a lot so maybe that was fine.