Ironman 70.3 California Oceanside - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Sheesh. Guys.

This was my best O'side swim, and I nailed a few things, like buoys.

This was the second rolling start at O'side, and I saw last year that people way over optimistically seed themselves. At the corral you could see people having second thoughts, and I found myself standing next to the vol with the 35 sign. I finished at 37, and it looks like not one guy passed me. A few women did - yes, guys think they're a lot better than they are ;) The Strava flyby shows that I passed about 1/3 of the field after the turn. The wall of people wasn't nearly as bad as last year, but I still could have started a lot sooner.

It was an advantage to know the course since there was blinding sun back into the harbor.

Yes, it also sucked that WTC cancelled the surf start.

I used two caps, and was just fine.

It was a solid T1, like usual for me.

Slow. Since I was only in shape for the swim, I took it really easy on the bike and run.

Pros: fig bars worked great like always. The weather was great. Shoe covers worked well. The sun screen wipes were great.

Cons: I forgot to put sunscreen on my neck!

T2 was okay. I clipped my hat to the run belt, grabbed it and went.

Slowest ever :) I took it easy, and finished in good shape.

Despite being a lot slower this year, I ran the whole way, and didn't walk any hills like I did last year.

It was fun to have the tri club tents where we passed them a few times.

Here are the results


As always, the organizers and vols are terrific. The weather was magical, cool and sunny on the bike, slight overcast on the run.

I would have loved a beach start. Maybe next year.