Ironman 70.3 Lake Placid - Triathlon

with 200 meters to go, I was kicked in the goggles by someone who switched from freestyle to breaststroke.
started in the 50 minutes waves as my shoulder was bothering me, it turned out to not be a factor.
kept my wetsuit all the way to T1, so cold, arms and face were stinging from the cold.

I would start in a faster corral

looong transition, with the cold, I made sure to dry off and put on dry clothes, arms, warmers, x-country skiing jacket, gloves and beany under my helmet.

nothing

made it to 71km/h down into Keene with a frozen smile on my face.
Had to yell at people to get out of the way, they were passing and not falling back to the right.

After the three bears, we were stopped for almost 10 minutes while ambulances were treating what we though was a bike crash, turned out to be a runner who had collapsed, he/she? was resuscitated and last I hear, was doing ok,

not knowing the hills, I was conservative, now I have a better sense as to where to take it easy and where to attack.

removed some wet layers to replace them with dry ones. in the change, I forgot my fuel.

I would make sure to transfer my fuel from my bike jersey to the dry one i wore for the run

hit the wall at mile 10, from that point on: 9s &1s with occasional 8&2s

Failed on my fueling: When I changed out of some wet clothes after the bike, some nutrition fell out and I ran out on the run. I had to use the races's stuff and I don't like the sugary "razzy" flavour from cliff.


make sure to have ALL my fuel.

it's a bit fuzzy, was helped by one of my friend to pick-up my gear.
Post race did included steaks and beer :)


held back at the wrong places and failed fueling on the run.


Already planning to do it next year. Great race!

the weather was a big element in this race, felt weird to be wearing my x-country layers for a triathlon.

next year, I need to stick to my fuel plan (and actually bring it on the run).