3 Disciplines Festival of Races - Half Iron Triathlon - Triathlon

My goal was to survive the swim, however, I didn't think it would be that bad. I never got comfortable after the first couple 100 meters. I did a mix of freestyle, side stroke and modified back stroke. HR was high, navigation was poor. You know your swim isn't going as planned when one of the lifeguards on a jet ski specifically asks if you're okay. I gutted it out and moved on with my day.

Long transition. My garmin has it as 1/3 mile. Run from beach about three blocks. Had trouble getting my wetsuit over right heel, it was actually me trying to take off my timing strap inadvertantly.

Swim had wiped me out a bit, really used the time to get calmed down and to move on with my day.

I have started training with power and focused on a power target of 80% to 85% FTP for this race. NP% came in at 82%. My ability to generate that power delined slightly through the race. First 8.5 miles were prety much uphill with a heawind. As race went on I got a bit uncomfortable in the saddle. I ride a Trek 1500 with aero clip-ons.

I had three gels (total 300 calories) and two bottles of roctane electrolyte drink (approx 500 calories).

I was pretty happy with my bike. I'd love a triathlon bike in hopes that I would be a bit more comfortable for longer races.

I was slow here too. Just need more practice.

Practice.

This was really tough. I focused on walking a lot of the aid stations. Poured water on my neck at most and drank water until the second lap when I started to have Heed. The thought of another gel was too much. I'm pretty tickled with my AG rank for the run. I'll say that most of my fellow AGers overcooked the bike and therefore blew up their run before starting. This is the benefit of training and racing with power - knowing on a windy day what pace to target on the bike so that you can still run.

Still upset that they had pop but it was warm and not on ice. Wondering why they couldn't have sent someone to Walmart for ice?


Swim Swim Swim. The impact the swim had on the overall race from a pure time perspective and then effort level impacting the bike, etc.


My stretch goal if I had a great day was 5:30:00. My secondary goal was 6:00:00. Once I knew I had the 6:00:00 goal I backed off a bit. Wish I knew my run time, would have been nice to run a < 2 hr 13.1.