Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens - Triathlon

Swim could have been a little faster. My goal was to have a 34/35min swim.
The first couple hundred meters went great. I settled into a pretty good pace and was able to pass the slower swimmers from my wave. Around 500m or so I started to catch up to packs of swimmers from earlier waves. There after it seemed like I was catching one pack after another. I had to stop a few times to look for open water so that I could swim around them, as the groups spanned a few swimmer wide.

Bike went better than I had expected.

Legs felt really good. Didn't take me very long to get my running legs. Only took in one cup of water as my stomach started feeling a bit upset after the water, so I decided not to take anymore in and risk having to walk the run.
Goal was to maintain a pace of 8min p/mile so I was very happy with a 7:55 mile avg.

Split Name Distance Split Time Race Time Pace
2 mi 2 mi 15:10 3:48:56 7:35/mi
3.3 mi 1.3 mi 10:07 3:59:03 7:54/mi
4.9 mi 1.6 mi 12:35 4:11:38 7:43/mi
6.6 mi 1.6 mi 12:34 4:24:12 7:39/mi
8.6 mi 2 mi 15:21 4:39:33 7:40/mi
9.8 mi 1.3 mi 10:31 4:50:04 8:12/mi
11.5 mi 1.6 mi 13:23 5:03:27 8:12/mi
13.1 mi 1.6 mi 14:06 5:17:33 8:35/mi
Total 13.1 mi 1:43:47 5:17:33 7:55/mi

The race went better than planned. I set a 22min PR on the course, 14mins off the bike and 8mins off the run. Taking a week or two off and then it's back to training for the half mary in October.