Chisago Lakes HIM - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I really wish they would give age group ranks in the individual categories. When I got in from the swim I don't think any of the bikes were gone from my coral yet. Really felt good.

Nothing. Very happy with swim. I was hoping for 36 minutes or less and I got it.

This is what heppens when you get a GREAT transition spot. This was a fast transition for me. Not rushed. Maybe it was fast because I was all alone at the time and knew people were about to come crashing in on me.

I wanted to keep my heart rate in Z1 to Z2 for this ride. I didn't. I'll need to work on this more. I really felt like I was riding easy the whole time. Problem was hr was in the mid 160's the whole time. Just couldn't keep it down without feeling like I was slacking. Nutrition could have been a major disaster here. I really wanted this race to be a dress rehearsal for MOO. When I realized I had forgot my aero bottle, other bottles, and most importantly my Infinit. I almost made the 3.5 hour round trip to get it. Local bike store didn't have an aero bottle to sell so I decided to go with bottles on my downtubes and Gatorade. After 1st few gulps of gatorade I knew I was done with it. Major gut pains within minutes. Now I remember why I quit using it. Some reason my body doesn't handle it well. Had to survive on water and 1.5 Cliff bars to get me through the next 50 miles. Normally I consume 400 cals an hour. I was going on 120. Could be a problem on the run.

Remember everything. Try and slow the pace for longer distances. Just felt good though. Definetly taper if this was an A race.

Are you kidding me? 36.8 second T2. I was literally 4 feet from run exit. Must admit that helped.

I knew I didn't leave enough in the tank for this run. I was just making little promises all the way to myself. Run the first mile, run the 1st 5k, make it to the next water stop, etc. I made the first 6 miles in 60 minutes. After that I was hurting. Could tell my stomache was empty and my legs were freaking out on me from lack of sodium and nutrition in general. Popped the 2 salt pills I had and just promised myself I would walk the uphills. Tore through the blister from last weeks race when feet got soaked. At mile 11 I did some calculations in my head and realized I could walk it in and still make my best case scenerio time. That sealed it. Didn't want to cripple myself up for the next week just to save 10 minutes. Mental weakness? Maybe. But I am happy to be walking comfortably today and knowing I could work-out today if I wanted.

Nutrition!!!!!

Came into the park and had so many friends and family cheering me on. I just wanted to keep walking the last 400 yards or so but the option was taken away by my ever supporting wife. She highly encouraged me to finish strong and that was what I did. Hung out with family and friends. Tried to eat but just couldn't do it. Finally got some ice cream to go down.


Nutrition.


For as many people as do the race I think they do a good job. I think they had over 1,600 people including the sprint and half. Was a little dissapointd they didn't have me in the Clydesdale category I had registered under. Would have taken home the 3rd place trophy. Was sad to see a lot of drafting going on in the bike. At one point I had a group basically go by me in a pelaton. Unfortunately I knew several in the group (No BT'ers) and know they were not as fast as they were in the group. Blatent cheating in my opinion. Could see them for quite a ways and they hung together and were 2 and 3 people wide the whole time I saw them. This bothered me more than it should have I guess.