Ironman Mont-Tremblant - Triathlon

myfeet were pretty icy feeling in the cold sand waiting for the wave start (near the last wave).
finally off went the cannon at 6:54am. congested with the usual traffic jam...found open water after a few minutes. the narrow opening due to boats made it a bit more difficult. generally was a straight shot, but kept bumping into the slower swimmers from previous waves. the inside of the buoys was better so I hung out there. the turn buoys were another traffic jam and sun in my eyes as we rounded the second turn buoy to the other half of the swim. decent pace going on the way back and other than counting more buoys than they said, I wound up staggering out at 1:11. shallow exit, and a LONG run to transition on mostly carpeted road.

probably nothing. Was happy with swim.

I ran in the wetsuit and stripped it off in the changing tent. did a full clothes change into bike kit. I wanted to be comfortable. fumbled around for awhile as I was kind of dizzy from the swim and run to the tent. but gained composure and got it done and on the bike.

again probably nothing. I was happy with the result

very scenic course, loved the views. Although a bit boring on the stretch to Labelle.
My strategy was to keep the power under control the whole way and be conservative due to the hills..especially the first loop. I felt really good after the first 90KM and tried to work the second loop as best as I could. The roads are excellent the course is great. I loved the last section where you have some short steep climbs and fast descents. I think some accidents happened there, where people were exceeding 50mph

push the bike a bit more.

again a full clothes change. went pretty well.

Nice run course but took it's toll on me, especially after that hilly bike. The hills coming off the start were hard and I was choking on a PnJ sandwich which wasn't fun. Something poking me in my shoe after the first few miles...sat down to fix that. Plodded down the railroad bed to the 10KM turn around and long plod back to the village for the first half. Aid stations every few KMs which was nice. Some every KM. Taunted by Mike Reilly at the 21KM mark for the second loop...time eating away at me..very tired and struggled to get to the 30KM...used every ounce of mental and physical strength to tough it out the last 12 KM. Knee started to give out at the last 2KM..hobbled over the last 800M to jump for joy over the finish line. Although I would've liked at better run split, I was grateful of finishing due to a foot injury that has been plagueing me,

ate everything thing they had for the post race food. Even the local favorite - cheese, french fries, and gravy. tasted good. not health food but at that point I really didn't care. hobbled to transition to get my stuff and a long long walk to the car.


foot problem....taking time off to heal the heel


amazing race. such a nice venue. I think it's going to fill up fast in the future.
fun and highly recommended.