Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga - Triathlon

Went pretty well. I was hoping for more of a river swim with current, but I'll take a calm cool swim too. Tried to start as close to the front as I could so I could be on the bike course pretty much by myself and avoid the crowds.

Nothing

There was a long uphill run into transition. In the past my HR has climbed to 190 when going vertical coming out of the water so I took my time here and didn't push it. Got on the bike with a HR of 142.... a low PR for me.

Maybe move a little faster, I lost a lot of time here to the rest of the podium competition.

Well this was bad. The visor fell off my helmet less than a mile in and I had to ride into the rain with nothing shielding my eyes. Then coming down a massive hill at 42mph my disc cover failed and shredded, and wrapped itself around my cassette. I lost 4 minutes removing it from my cassette and getting moving again. Other than that it was all good. Paced very easy, and drank 6 bottles on the course. Was pretty lonely out there since I seeded myself near the front of the swim, started catching a few pro women at the end of the bike.

Not have equipment failures would be nice.

Went ok, not lightening fast or anything

Best run I've had off the bike at this distance. Got off the bike and the legs felt fresh and my HR was low. Held the pace at Z2 up until mile 8 then I started to throw down the hammer. Never let up and never faded. Took sponges, gatorade, and dowsed myself with ice water at every aid station.

I think I left a lot out on the course. Could have paced stronger.

Ate pizza


equipment failures on the bike


Great race. The volunteers were amazing and all the aid stations were well supplied and staffed. Couldn't have had better weather either: nice a cool with a slight drizzle at times on the bike. The run course was amazing and really showed off the city well. If I'm racing next year this one is on the radar.