Muncie Endurathon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Chop and sun made navigation difficult. But I didn't feel exhausted like so often in the past. I did a good job of staying relaxed. Under 2:00 pace is great improvement for me, but still I'd like to chop off some more time here. This time did include a jog up a pretty big hill from the water to transition.

Site better. I know I was swimming faster when I had a buoy or landmark in site that I could confidently swim toward. I was swinging too wide away from the straight lines of the course. And I no drafting at all.

Had a little trouble getting my headband on and situated right under my helmet. Otherwise went OK.

Just be generally quicker. I was being a bit too careful with my headband and sunglasses and everything.

I didn't stick with my pre-race plan at all--my heart rate was in zone 4 for the whole bike basically. But I still felt like I was holding back and taking it a bit easy. I did do a good stop of staying in the aero position, except when I need to stretch out my shoulders a bit (usually chose a small incline to do this).

Not too much. Backing off to zone 2 at the beginning would be too slow. I could have pushed harder, but I'm afraid that would have hurt my run.

Quickly sprayed some sunscreen all over (but should have done some of this before the bike too).

Not much. This wasn't bad for taking time to apply sunscreen and clean all the grass off my socks. I again flew by people who had not taken their feet out of shoes before the dismount line.

Tough. I was thankful for the wet towels at the aid stations. The first half was actually pretty fast (though it didn't feel it), but then I progressively slowed.

I don't know. I don't think there's really a way to make those last few miles much easier.

Basically none


Fear of blowing up early. Pain, fatigue, and fear of cramping at the end.


Solid performance without any standout leg. Great first half-iron though. I really felt pretty decent the whole time until half way through the run. And afterward was sore, but not like after a marathon (which I would now say is tougher). For future reference, nutrition was about perfect. Had 4 scoops of Infinit (2 bottles), Shot Bloks, several oz. Hammer gel, 6 Endurolytes, and almost 3 bottles of Gatorade on the bike. Had 3 scoops Infinit (full FuelBelt), 2 Gu packets, 6 Endurolytes, and about 7 cups of water or Gatorade on the run.