Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas - Triathlon

very combative swim, especially the last half mile or so where everyone was funneled into a 20 foot wide channel

Need swim coach

Ok so Transition was 6 inches deep in mud.... needed to carry bike and shoes then wash off feet with water at far end. Also went to bathroom. Transition sucked.

Nothing much to be done for it with all that mud. I will be washing gear for days.

14-16 oz water per 10 miles (aid station). Kept wet all day.

Need to get my knee better, need to figure out how to ride faster. Heat was a factor.

Transition was still 6 inch deep in mud, decided to run in bike shoes so feet would be clean for the run. Also hit bathroom.

Make quicker decision to run in mud with shoes.

Drank 3 oz of water per mile, 2 glasses of water on clothes, 2 cups of ice down shirt to keep cool. Was fine for first lap then the heat just got to me and I slowed down steadily to a slow pace for last run.

Not sure.

Walk a couple miles to get all my gear.


BIke was affected by right knee, run affected by heat and humidity.


There is a lot of distance between the registration, transition, swim start, finish line, transition gear bag. Count on doing an extra 2-3 miles of walking on race day. You really need to keep fluids up and keep cool with lots of ice. I used 60 cups of ice down my shirt on the run. It would be very easy to get heat exhaustion if you get behind. The humidity really adds to the heat index. With it being early in the year most folks did not have a chance to train in the heat. We had snow 2 weeks before the race. It was a hard race, but for my fitness and condition of my knee muscle it was a soiid effort on my part, especially to not walk on the last lap.