Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Great swim for me. I have been working hard on my swim for the past few months and I think it is paying off. Had a good start. There was some contact at the beginning but nothing too bad. Swam pretty hard for about the first 200m then settled into a nice pace. Grabbed onto Shank's feet and stayed there for the entire swim. Thanks Shanks!

Nothing. That swim pretty much exceeded all my expectations.

Wanted to be smooth in transition and not rush. Took some extra time to make sure I had everything.

Get through things quicker.

Had a plan on the bike. Start out easy for the first 10 miles and then build to a solid pace. Heart rate was high coming out the water and it took a while to come down. Once I hit mile 15 I was at my pace. Felt good but I wasn't pushing. Made sure i got in my calories and stayed on top of my hydration. Had a cloud cover for most of the bike which was nice.

Very happy with the bike. Felt like I stayed within myself and setup for a good run.

Again went trough T2 deliberate. Had to hit the portajohn comeing out of T2.

Nothing really.

I was feeling great coming off the bike. Went through the first lap averaging 8:54. Too fast but no crazy fast for me. Starting the second lap the sun came out it was like running into a wall. The temps and humidity shot up. That turned my second lap into survival mode.

Another thing of note, the aid stations on Broad were a long ways apart. If I had know they would be that far, I would have brought my own bottle.

Pace better my first run lap. I should have been in the 9:15 range.

Grabbed some water and coke. Found the rest of the Dynamo crew and watched everyone else come in.


Inexperience. It was my first 70.3. Number one goal was to get across the line.


This is an amazing course. Great for a first time 70.3. Challenging but fair and nothing ridiculous. I was hoping for anything under 6:00:00 so going 5:40 was a solid day for me.