Mountaineer Triathlon - Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I had a hard time seeing the bouys. They were dark red, not sure if that was the problem or if it was just me. I didn't have a very direct swim.

I was nervous about the bike so I told myself not to push the swim.

Better sighting.

I was really slow. I wanted to make sure not to forget anything. I had planned to take my time so I'm ok with the slow T1.

Nothing. Hoping when i get more comfortable with longer races this will get better.

This course crushed me. I was either going up or down. There was very little flat. I wasn't able to eat or drink as much as I should. I was out there for almost 5 hours and maybe had 500 calories. At mile 44 I hit a wall. Not sure if it was lack of nutrition or just too many hills. Came really close to walking up the last hill. Thankfully I didn't.

More hill training. I'm not sure what else I could have done.

I could had a hard time walking after the bike. My legs were done. I made it to my spot and someone had racked their bike where mine should go. It seemed like it took forever for me to move the bike and put mine in. I had to sit down to take off my bike shoes and out on my running shoes.

The run was flat and shady. Running was really hard after the bike. I ran as much as I could and walked the water stations. The stations were about every mile. I ended up walking more than I planned to but I had nothing left. I just wanted to finish and be able to run through the finish line.

Not be so tired from the bike.

Had some Recoverite and an Oreo. Got my stuff and walked to the hotel and took an ice bath. I hated it but my legs felt pretty good the next morning. Then out for pizza and beer.


The bike. I was unprepared for those hills. I'm not really sure how I could have trained for them. We don't have those hills in Baltimore.


Great race! Everyone was wonderful. I'm not sure about the post race activities. Everything was pretty much over by the time I finished.