Orangeman Half-Distance Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Decent swim for me at the moment. Would have liked to be under 40 minutes. It was crowded in the beginning as usual but it got congested again as I rounded the second to last buoy.

Need to join a master swim program. I would think this would be my strongest leg with my swim experience but I have been mediocre at best.

T1 went well for me.

Once I get better at other legs I will practice getting into the shoes while they are attached to the bike. I am not there yet and need to spend more time practicing my swim, bike and run before I worry too much about speeding up my transitions.

Obsticle course in the beginning getting to the open road. Slow 1.5 miles got me off my desired pace. Climb

I had a great ride if I didn't have to run after. Wish I didn't have to walk Stonehill but it was just too steep and I knew I needed to save something for the run. Legs were cramping the last 3 miles which proved I went too hard. Should have saved more for the run.

Had to use the porta potty which slowed my transition

I guess I need to learn to pee on the bike. Or maybe not since 1 minute wasted in the porta potty is not with the smell and loss of dignity when I have a 7+ hour finish time.

Just didn't have any gas left. Should have saved more from the bike but I am not sure how I could have done that. It's not like I raced up the hills on the bike. All I can say is my HR was too high for too long on the bike and then I had nothing left for the run.

Next time I will train more on hills, practice my bike run brick with longer run and shorter bike portions. I was so worried for the bike that I over trained on the bike and under trained on the run.

Laid down on blanket for 5 minutes and took in finishing my first HIM and such a hard course. Tried not to beat myself up so much for a crappy run and tried to stay positive that I finished. Also tried not to get too upset at a very hilly 14.2 mile run course.


Need to lose weight and train more consistently in all three disceplines.


It was a good race but too hard for my first HIM. Adding the extra mile was brutal. Overall, I think they did an excellent job given that it was the first race. I will do it again in the future if it is around for a while. Not sure if I will do it next year or the year after. I think I would rather do Vineman than this and I don't think I can swing both next year.