Timberman - Half Iron - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Obvioulsy, the swim remains an area with major needs of focus and improvement. I was a bit surprised with my time coming out of the water, because I seemed to be pushing it strong the entire way, and in fact, thought I was heading for a PR. When I got out of the water and checked my watch and saw that I was over 40 minutes, I was really shoked. I believe the course was longer than 2112 yds by probably 200-400.

More swim focus this winter and in my training in general. Time to join a masters group I think.

One of my better efforts in T1, but still room for improvements.

My goal was to try to average 20-20.5mph and I was pretty much at the lower range, so I don't have much to be sorry about here. I may have pushed it a little too hard, which made the run more difficult.

A few minor problems here. I struggled a bit with gettin my running shoes on. I think I still need to fine tune the Yankz. Also, I lost a few seconds trying to get the garmin to switch from bike to run mode. I entered the menu instead of switching and in my rush and frustration, forgot how to get out of the menu.

I guess I need to practice more with switching the Garmin and probably loosen the yankz a bit more.

I feel like this was the biggest disaster of the event for me although it is the only leg of the race where my rank was actually higher than my overall rank, so it was still the strong piece for me, I guess. I had major trouble with cramping, especially in my quad muscle (specifically, the one which is above and to the inside of the knee)

I need to improve my extensive endurance in order to build on the running base I have.

Endurance


I agree with others RR's that Keith does a great job with these events. I did Mooseman in June as well and both were well organized and plenty of help and volunteers along the way. Both were great ways to enter into the HIM arena!