Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne - TriathlonFull Ironman

first 1km was a bit of struggle people bumping into me . couldnt see anything without my glasses . just followed everyone else . i think it might have been against the rip . on long swim back found a guy not kicking much and just followed him the hole way felt like i was cruising but just wanted to get through swim at this point when ever someone cut me off i could put a few quick strokes and catch him again . felt pretty good at this point felt real slow but . just before turn my cap came off knocking my goggles of stopped and tried to put cap back on but it just stayed up like a roosters head so just got going again . after turn back towards peir i could feel the water going against me this part felt really hard and cap came off again. was very happy to stand up near the beach i flet pretty good but felt slow i thought maybe 1:40 mark was very supprised to see it was under 1:20 and was very happy at this point

train harder for the swim it was the lg i was most worried about and would skip swim sessions because i hated the pool . do more open water swims only did 3 i think

i was so happy with swim that i just took my time . i chatted away and dried off a bit .put arm warmers on . i had put a old gym shirt in my bike bag just in case because off the crap weather all week and it ended up being the best thing i did all week . i was only going to wear it for first 15km but ended up wearing it the hole bike leg

its not the finish get moving

got on the bike and was doing good.30min in i hear a tap tap sound look down couldnt see anything then 30 seconds later a explosion on back wheel. i pulled over and thought i have spare so just get it fixed and get going but then noticed that the tyre had 1 inch shredded part on the side at the bottom . i tried putting my spare tube in and ride but tyre had a bubble in it that was hitting the brake . so had to wait for 28min for the repair truck to come and thank god they had a tyre for me . so i was off again but know instead of ridding we other people around me i was alone. this was very hard mentality as i still had 165km to go . my legs didnt feel as good now. near the turn around point there is a big down hill and climb out of tunnel which was fun as i dont my steep climbs and actually passed a few people on both laps. after 60km mark i had to stop at every aid station to go to the toilet as i had bad cramps which was just gas but cost me even more time . the 90km to 135km mark was very hard as by now it was just us strugglers heading out a few times i thought about pulling out my legs where tired but switched from around 80rpm upto 90rpm which felt a lot better. turning around for last time i worked out i had enough time to make cut off and my legs where struggling but i was happy .with 15km to go i looked around i couldnt see any bikes in sight but it felt great like i was will smith in I am legend riding on this great road all by my self.my computer said time in sadle was 7:05 but offical time was 8:01

pray for no tyre problems and gut problems

was so happy to make cut off . and felt i could all most walk the rest and make the run cut off . changed into running gear kept arm warmers on

started of feeling great. road was flat but it sloped of to the side so left side was feeling it more. everyone was talking about it . my plan was to keep my heart rate under 160 but it was sitting at only 154 so was feeling good . ran 10.3km in 58:03 and felt great just walking for 50m through aid stations every 2km . around 15km mark it was strating to hurt started walking 100m through aid stations and at the 1km mark as well.19.6km in 2:06 but was starting to feel dizzy and blister on each foot on the balls of my feet. from 21km started walking and never got running again . the blisters where killing they where from the arch of my feet to the toes and took up half the balls of my feet . i was always a fast walker and everyone must have been struggling as only 2 people past me until the 40km mark while walking. i was avg 10min km's so knew i had plenty of time left and was going to finish around 15:30 so mentally i just said stuff running i just want to finish so just kept walking. my brother and his kids found me at the 30km mark and walked with for 3km they struggled to keep up :). last 2km some people started running past me but i didnt care i just wanted to run down the finish by myself so let a few go past and ran last 300m . everyone started banging the fence when i came into sight i was so pumped i had a huge smile on my face . wheni got to finish chute high fived everyone on both sides and ran up the ramp to here trent minett railway signaller from nsw you are a IRONMAN . i was so proud

get thicker running shoes

the best thing i ever did . considering the short and crappy training i did im very happy to have finished. so many volunteers and fans out every where . if this was a fast course by the pro times im glad i didnt do a hard course :). felt not to bad the next day just blisters making it hard to walk and really bad wetsuit hickys under my arms luckly arm warmers stopped them rubbing on running .