American Triple T - Race #4: Half Iron - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Cold water, but I got more used to it. Ranked 130 / 309. Good swim for me.

Nothing really

Got better at the flying mount as the weekend progressed. Ranked 85 / 309

Nothing really

Ranked 85 / 309. I was not feeling good at all on this first lap. 2 person teams were flying by me and I just didn't feel like I had any energy. At the 1/2 I screamed for Lisa to grab me a Coke. I had a Coke and a Power Bar and felt like a new man. 2nd loop was much better. I felt like I could push and I started passing people again.

This was a tough course. 3rd day of racing and menatally wasn't up for the bike start. But I got over that at 1/2 way.

Got much better at this.

Keep practicing

I was able to run this whole race. The water tasted horrible so I stuck to the Heed on the course, which was what I needed anyway. Tough, tough course, 95% on a trail.

Nothing

Food, massage


This was a mental toughness weekend. I wanted to finish all 4 races strong, but knowing that Sunday's 1/2 Iron would be tough.


I finished 60 / 309 for the 1/2 Iron race, which I am really happy with. I finished # 165 / 309 + which was good for me. #36 out of 72 for my age group Male 24 - 39. Tough weekend, I had a really good 1/2 marathon run, but overall was bittersweet since Lisa had to pull out due to her foot injury.