Ironman 70.3 California - Triathlon

It was a good swim for me as I dropped over 9 minutes from my last 70.3 distance tri swim portion. I felt good, but need to work on sighting.

Sight better, concentrate more on my form while sighting, and not be so apprehensive about the cold water.

It was a loooooong run to the bikes and the carpet was very skinny and rather clogged because of the wave starts. It wasn't worth it to ruin the bottom of your feet on the rough asphalt to go around the slower people, so I just went slow.

Practice more with my new aero helmet as I fumbled for over a minute getting the chin strap latched.

Very hilly and challenging course, but fun.

Maybe not drink as much as I had to pee for over a minute in T2.

Lots of people in transition that were clueless and stopped or walking slowly. I cut through an empty line to get to my spot and got yelled at my volunteers, but hey, this is a race, isn't it?

Nothing...but figure out where RUN OUT is before I start the race. D'oh...my mistake.

I fueled well, kept my rhythm, kept my balance, and just did what I was s'posed to do.

Maybe take that last Rocktane GU 20 minutes from the finish like I was scheduled to do...but didn't.

Drank a lot of Coke and burped alot. Found my family and stretched a little. Went to my buddy's house and consumed way too many Stone IPAs.


This was only my 2nd 70.3 distance and I have improved by 17 minutes, so I don't think I could've done much to improve where I was, other than continue to train and get faster.


Awesome volunteers, AMAZING fan support, and well run. I'm doing it again next year.