Ironman 70.3 Timberman - Triathlon

Chose clear goggles which fogged up a little and I was blind once we took the first turn. That cost me time stopping about 3 times to remove goggles to look for buoys. Felt good coming out of the water. Turnover slowed throughout. Did not keep arms reaching out to 10 and 2 oclock as I was afraid to get kicked in the face.

Spit in the goggles! Reach out to sides more, keep turnover up.

Not sure why this was so long. The suit strippers did apologize for getting the suit stuck on my ankles. I have the same problem. I'm still having a hard time getting into the shoes without coasting for quite a while.

Practice transition more.

This was the weakest of the 3 disciplines. Pushed more into z3 and z4 on the way back trying to keep the two halves about the same amount of time. First half was 1:40:23, second half was 1:44:58.

Tried eating 1/2 power bar at beginning of bike, other 1/2 of bar 30 minutes in, then 3 GUs 30 min apart and another 1/2 bar 30 min later. Felt uncomfortably full but never nauseous.

Get cadence up a little higher (number is wrong-keeps cutting out. Get a bike fit and maybe get a compact crank to keep from getting my heart rate up. Try to keep from standing up when not necessary as it elevates my heart rate and when I sit back down I lose ground waiting for my HR to come down.

Happy with this.

Run faster, have shoes tied!

Still felt overly full. Kept hydrating and switched over to coke on the 2nd lap. Skipped the last 2 water stops to try to keep from feeling too full. Luckily it was a cool day with no direct sun on the course.

Pacing strategy was 10:30 for first 3 miles, then go as I saw fit. Hit that pretty well and negative split by 30 seconds or so.

Nothing really. Just about perfect pacing. Probably shouldn't have attacked the last hill so hard but I knew I had some energy to burn. It did slow me down a little in the last 2 miles. Still very happy with this run. No walking except at water stops! Much better than Patriot!

Had to use the porta pottie for 15 minutes or so. Then walked around for a bit waiting for my wife to find me, then chowed down. Did some light stretching.


Perhaps missing a couple of workouts two weeks before the race. I just don't seem to have power on the bike. Strength.


How cool is it to have Andy Potts cheer for you as you start your second run lap?!