Musselman Half-Iron Triathlon - Triathlon

this was a much better swim than the sprint the day before. I started slow and kept at it.

think I could have went a tad quicker

couldn't get my wetsuit off. the strap ripped so I had a volunteer unzip me. freak out :(

had some headwinds from time to time that were tough to push through and then there was the rough 2 miles towards the end.bump, bump, bump. some of the views on the course were breath taking. I think I did pretty well

popped a squat right there in transition. yep! not much came out on the bike so I did it before the run. I kept the shorts on though.lol

Legs felt fine when I got off the bike and started to run. It was the cramping under my rib that was an issue.I didn't really care about what I was doing on the run so I walked most of the hill portions. It was extremely hot and I had pms cramps and a rib cramp. Aunt flow came to visit about mile 6. Never happened before in a race. Good thing the chamois pad doubles for another pad! The most painful thing of all was my timing chip was chaffing the heck out of my ankle. Never, never again will I wear the race provided one.
around mile 3 was the worst hill and then later on the hills were gravely and uneven. ick!
8:15
8:38
9:31
8:52
10:12
10:03
10:49
10:33
9:43
9:52
9:24
9:21
9:24
26:53

make sure it's not the time of the month, get a better timing chip wrap, take some midol

heat and hills


the people that put this on did an awesome job. I love Wegmans grocery store. They sponsored the food and man was it good! The aid stations were great and they had kids on the streets spraying people down if they wanted it. I walked through all the aid stations and walked most of the hills. I started taking in coke about mile 6 or 7 and went to bananas. I'm going to stick with that from here on out. I really think the coke works!