Rock Man Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Lots of seaweed in the lake. It would catch on my ankle strap with the time chip, or just wrap around my neck and shoulders. Did exactly what I predicted, 45mins, I just guessed a slow time and I guessed right!

Learn to swim.

I didn't have a tri-suit so I had to change out of my jammers and into biking shorts which added some time. And I put my helmet on backwards which my wife had to point out.

Clip in faster

I had a great bike leg. My goal was to break 3 hours and I did. Sadly I payed for it on the run.

Go slower. I read this a million times, don't go to hard on the bike but i didnt listen. Mostly because on my Olympic/sprint distance tri's I just went all out on the bike and had plenty for the run.

This Transition was awesome, i can in flying with my feet on top of my shoes, I saw some guy about to yell at me when I jump off right before the dismount line. It was awesome.

Nothing

After about a mile I got my first quad crap. Once I stretched that out I could barely run because my back was so tight. I rode on the drops of my bike which I never do in training. I didnt hurt anything but after a swim and 3hrs on the bike it was just super super tight until about mile 6. I kept stopping to stretch it out. After mile 6 my back loosened up a bit while everything on my legs got tight. Numerous calve and quad cramps kept me walking or standing around with one leg in the air.

Take it easy on the bike

Pizza


If I would have rode slower on the bike I could have dropped my runtime a lot. The biggest limiter was my training prior to the race. I was doing base training for the marathon plus some swimming and hadn't started biking until 3 weeks before the race. So although I can run lots of miles at a descent pace, I couldn't do it after a 56 mile bike ride.


Awesome volunteers. Awesome race course. Bad weeds in the lake