Ironman Lake Placid - Triathlon

Crowded - new wave start was rough. Too many people placed themselves in waves that were not realistic - I seeded myslef at 1:11:00 to 1:20:00 and was dead on at 1:11:58, but had to FIGHT my ass off to dig through the masses of slower swimmers who should NOT have been in front of where I was. I would bust through one constapated mass of swimmers all huddled together, find open water for 100 yards, then hit the next mass of crap - this happened about 8 times - no fun. Received a very hard kick in the face coming up on one slow guy, I swear it broke part of my nose or did damage to my front teeth. I hated that part of the swim, but overall, it was 100% on target and went well.

I would seed myself in the faster groups despite the estimated time - everyone else is not following directions.

Long run from the beach to T1, about 1/8 mile at least. Down hill on mats, slippery corners. Took my time, there was no help in T1 for me, all the volunteers were busy with others who must have looked like they needed it more. One dude did take my gear bag when i was done.

Nothing - maybe try to go faster, but the rest was good.

Went way to fast on Lap 1 - even though I thought I was holding it back. MUST take it slower next time. Used Perform from the course which totally sucked ASS!! Why would they use a flavor that the consumer cannot purchase and train with, and who the hell like Orange Mango Perform - it sucked!!! Dumbest move of WTC ever!

Hydrate more but intake more salt - I was extremely bloated by the end of the ride, I think my body stopped absorbing the fluids due to the lack of salt. Power Bars worked great, Hammer Gel was okay. Need to take at least 1 salt pill per hour, possibly two!!

slow T2 - trying to regroup from the second lap of the bike.

drink more, intake more salt on the bike so that I would be more together for T2

was too dehydrated off of the bike to run fast, so I took it slowly. Ran to each aid station (about every mile) and walked through the aid station to run again after.

better hydration on the bike would have made a better run

Took a chocolate milk and water. Needed to settle down before eating - hurt very badly due to low water levels. Needed hydration as soon as possinble.


low salt, low water absorbtion


The Orange Mango Perform was aweful.
Take more salt pills
drink more fluids (not pure water)