Great Buckeye Challenge Half Iron Triathlon - Triathlon

started on beach at front of my wave, jogged out then started pretty fast, felt good the whole swim, was catching the wave in front of me within the first few minutes, had a really good swim, when I stood up at the end I looked at my watch and couldn't believe the time, in the 24's

not a thing

T1 was OK, everything was wet and it was raining so decided to leave the sunglasses

not much

plan was to settle in at a HR of 144 for first half, then have a higher HR in the second half, also with the rain and humidity, drink alot. First 5 miles, tried to settle in to the HR zone, then go from there, blew by the first water exchange at mile 13, next one wasn't until 35, ran out of sports drink at about 25, switched the bottles at the exchange and ended up drinking about 5.5 in total +3 gels, was able to raise my HR for the second half of the race as planned, partially due to all of the hills

not much, felt I executed OK, grab the water at the first stop, at the third stop, exchanged a bottle and received water instead of sports drink by mistake,

no issues, took a second to relieve myself

not much

goal was to start 8-10 beats higher than the bike, HR monitor not functioning so went with pace, felt very comfortable for first 6-8 miles, drank at every station, gels every 2-3 miles, mile 11 or so felt a little tighter in my legs, and it started getting a little tougher, kept drinking at each station, by the very end, legs were just starting to cramp a little, but was able to finish OK and cramps never really came in, it had stopped

maybe try some salt tablets, pace felt OK, HR was in the right zone,

walked around, drank water


later in the run, some fatigue


very happy to PR and win my age group, especially happy with the swim and the bike and still came through with a solid run, goal was sub-5 and ended at 4:51