Ironman Canada - TriathlonFull Ironman

Started on the left side with about 2000 of my competitors. Waited until the main group waded in, and followed behind them. had open water until the buoys. Had a little contact at the 1st buoys, got kicked in the stomach hard at the 2nd buoy. started running into the pack about 1/2 way back, and by the time I got to the last 6 buoys (TYR ones), there was no where to go, , no open water, just folks every were. Lots of contact/groping until getting out of the water. Missed a PR by 90 seconds.

Maybe start closer to the front of the pack.

3 minutes faster than last time at this location. I was much more organized on the set up of my gear bag which really helped. The tent was a zoo with all the folks who came in. Went to the bathroom and then got sun screened. Ran out with the bike.

try to move faster

Bike was really solid until Yellow lake. Don't know what happened. Richter and the 7 hills where easy, didn't even notice them. The out & back seemed to take forever. When I went up Yellow lake my race fell apart. I could barely make the last 400 yards, and when I got to the aid station I wasn't thinking clearly, and stopped, but couldn't get out of my pedals. I could feel sweat coming out of every pore. Aid station worker came running & helped me. he said I didn't look good, and started dump water & ice all over me, and the ice down my jersey. waited about 5 minutes to feel better, drank water then on my way. Saw Sandi just after that. At Twin lakes ran into teammate Ken, who had to repair a tire, and then flew by. Rest of the bike was uneventful, but didn't feel good.

not sure, trying to figure out what happened at Twin lakes

Love the volunteers, the do so much! Change went well wasn't feeling too good but mad the best of it. Wanted to sit a little longer but my friend in the tent told me to get going.

nothing, was fastest T2 at this site.

Run totally blew up. Not even sure what happened. Started running at about a 10:30 pace out of T2, but by the end of Mile 1 I was feeling light headed, and could hear my heartbeats in my ears, along with my voice when I talked. Slowed down to a walk. At the 1st aid station tried cola, but made my stomach (which already hurt) hurt even worse. Tried to run lamp post to lamp post but got really light headed almost couldn't go straight when I ran. When I felt like I could I ran. About Mile 10-11 ran a friend came up from behind to pass me, and she was having a similar issue and so we worked together to get to the turn around. Picked up the special needs back and gave it to my wife I wasn't using it this time. Was able to run some on the mile 17-21 area. I started leg cramps about mile 21 which reduced my running as well.

Figure out what went wrong, shouldn't have had this kind of a run.

Got caught by my teammate Rachel, how cool is that to have someone you know catch you!!! She took care of me in the recovery area, then my wife & I got the bikes & went for a burger & beer!


The mess of the run


Looking forward to coming back to the Challenge Penticton in a few years.