Morden Triathlon - Half Ironman Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

They announced no wetsuits 20 minutes prior to race start. I had a swimsuit in the truck, so changed out of my race outfit into the swimsuit. I felt that I swam fine, however my time was not good. I was hoping for closer to 40 minutes and given that I only noticed one swim split below 30 minutes, I'm thinking that the bouys were possibly out a bit??

T1 time is included in bike split. I went slow. This was not my "A" race and therefore was not interested in killing myself for an extra minute.

Nothing.

Started ok, then slowly went uphill and against the wind for about an hour before the turn around. That was tough! Then the big valley - awesome goin down but painful going up! Roads were a rough ride. I always forget what a hard ride this course is. Was glad the last 10 miles were down hill, as I was spent and wouldn't have had the energy for anything else!

More outdoor rides. This was actually only my second outdoor ride this year.

Time is included with Bike split. I walked off the bike into transition, slathered on sunscreen and decided to leave my t-shirt on as I had no desire to get a sunburn today! Put on my stuff, then realized I forgot my garmin on my bike just before leaving transition so ran back to get it. Hit up the porta potty before heading on course.

Nothing. This was slow, but I needed to make sure I had everything I needed and wanted to make sure I was coated in sunscreen.

This was a hot hilly run and was somewhat painful for me. Lap 1 was 65 min and lap 2 was 73 min.

Maybe more hill training.

Ate tons of watermelon and gingersnaps!!


Being on my period, blah!


The race was well organized and volunteers and officials were great. The course itself is very challenging. I was a little disspointed in the food selection on the run (no gels? no oranges? no pretzels?) and was surprised (and very dissappointed!!) that they did NOT give out medals! Fortunately because I placed first in my age group, I still got a prize ($25 Running Room gift card and a pair of running socks) so felt better about that. I'm glad I decided to do this race this year as it was a good lesson for what I need to work on for Wisconsin.