The Utah Half - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

The swim was long. We started in age groups and I was in the front of my age group. I didn't get comfortable until about 500m into the first lap. My sighting was good until the last turn to go into the dock. I picked the wrong tree to sight but i still came in 3rd in my AG and around 10th overall.

Warm up a little more. Stretch my calves. Go a little harder at the end. Pick sight points before race starts.

T1 went great except for my suit got snagged on my timing chip. +5 seconds

run a little faster from water exit to T1

Several things went wrong on my bike. 1) Speed/cadence wasn't working even though i checked it right before we started. I stopped a few miles in and tried to fix it. It worked for a minute then stopped working but it kept hitting the sensor so i heard that for the whole 56 miles. I took a wrong turn and went off course two miles. My average on the first half was around 23-24mph but on the way back my left knee started to hurt and my right calf was still sore from the swim cramp. My average speed on the way back was around 20. I ate one gel about 15 miles in then a cliff bar about 40 miles that took me about 30 min. to eat. Drank 3 aero bottles and 1/3 of my gatorade. I missed a water handoff and had to stop to pick it up. On the way into T2 I got my shoes off and rode on top really good. Right before i was about to jump off the bike I hit my front brake and wrecked. Scraped up both my knees, left elbow and left big toe pretty bad. I popped up right away and continued into transition.

Use a different speed/cadence monitor. This is the 2nd race it has happened. Slow down more at the water station. Go slower into transition.

I was a little shaken up from my crash outside T2 so I took a minute to compose myself. I probably took an extra 30 seconds more to compose myself.

Don't wreck outside T2.

I started out at an 8:10 pace for the first 2 miles. They had aid stations about every 2 miles with everything needed (Coke, water, HED,Gatorade,water hose). I walked every aid station then ran right after. The run was mostly enjoyable and nice to have the aid stations as my next checkpoint and goal to get to. My legs felt really heavy at mile 5. The coke helped the most I think. I probably could have pushed a little harder on the run and kept it around an 8:45 pace.

Push through a little harder. Walk every other aid station.

Massage. Water, Gatorade, pineapple


Legs felt heavy on the end of the bike and a little on the run. Need to ride much more and ride harder.


The race started really late. They didn't have the water buoys set up until 7:30. The RD gave a funny and entertaining speech. They let anybody in the Transition area which I hated. The transition area was in a good spot and seemed to be big enough. The Porta Potties were a little too far from the transition area and there were only 2 of them, but they did have the public bathrooms open so that was nice. They also didn't have a water station at the transition area. Parking was good. Not sure they had a lot of stuff for the family and kids to do while the race was going on. The swim exit should have had better marking to sight like some big balloons. The run aid stations were fantastic and all the volunteers were great. Maybe a few more on the bike would have been nice. There were a lot of turns on the bike but they were pretty well marked. I just brain farted and wasn't paying attention when i missed the turn (totally my fault) not the course markings. There were 2 cattle guards covered well enough. Big potholes were spray painted. Around mile 20-28 the road was pretty bad. The swim was definitely long and a lot of people said the run was to but i didn't notice. Post race food and vendors were lacking greatly. They did have a teenage kid checking numbers and bikes at the transition area when I left.