Delaware Diamondman Triathlon - Half Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

The swim was good overall,I kinda kust took my time at the start and didnt really start swimming for about 30 seconds later to let some of the crowd clear out. my deltoids were getting very tired, due to the wetsuit. It was the first time I had ever used a full sleeved wetsuit, and I think I didnt pull it up high enough to give my shoulder more flexability. It hurt my time a bit becasue midway through I had to slow down bc I wanted to make sure my arms didnt gas out. The 1/4 mile run from the end of the swim to the bike was also included in our swim time....I clocked 37:07 at he end of the swim which is agreat ime for me

Practice with my wetsuit, actually start swimming when the gun goes off rather than sitting back and waiting for things to clear. Also need to work on my sighting, at times I felt I couldnt see the buoys, thugh might of been due to the glare.

I need to speed up this proces, I have been practicing my transitions to be under 3 minutes, but not with a wetsuit which added some time. Need to get out of transiotn in 2:30 or less come Ironman

have some urgency

Course was flat and windy at times, but it was just like wher a trained, it felt like a training ride. I need to be more aggressive on passing and have to push the pace a little more. I also need to work on changeing gears and pushing harder on descends.

Well I ran out of gatorade perform prior to my race and thought I had enough for the race. Turns out the mix I had made tasted like water, so I didnt really get enough electrolyes which I felt later on the run. I think I need to also eat some more calories on the bike, I had chomps, perform (really just water) and an EFS shot. I should probably add a cliff bar and another efs shot

Need to pick up the pace, I just stood around for a minute looking at whose bikes where back and see how many people I need to catch to get top 1/3 in my age group

hurry the heck up

I had some issues with blisters formiing in mile 5, due to the socks I was weraing and I didnt use any glide on my feet. I started feeling my hamstrings on mile 12 but nothing to stop me from running. One of my goals was to run the whole time and not wal the aid stations, which I did. I could of went a bit faster but at times there was so much mud that it was better to slow down and be careful when passing these area than risk sliding or falling. In the last 1/3 of the run, I began pacing with a Philly tri member....he paced a little than I did. at the turn around heading in the final 3 miles I picked up the pace until the last quarter mile where I picked up my pace though it seemed alot farther than I though to the finish line, at pne point I was like man where the heck is the finsh....

Wear different socks, I should of wore my balegra socks I wore at chesapeake man. Put glide on my feet in trans 2. Pick up the pace in mile 4, I was running am 11:50 at one point for no apparnet reason....

stretched a little, ate some food,


blisters, wetsuit,


Great race. though very dissapointed that the bike was 4 miles short. Now I can really accept this time as my HIM time because in reality it wasnt an HIM.....so dissapointing but I guess its a good confidence booster and has given my areas I need to work on before IM Arizona