Ironman 70.3 Florida - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Nice and relaxing swim. Took a couple of dingers in the water but overall not bad.

NOthing

Long haul to the actual transition zone, then had to navigate over a sand pit that they had laid carpet on. Decided to carry bike.

Poor ride in my opinion. At about mile 35 or so, I began to have some pain on my lower inner quad of my right leg. I think is was due to the fact that I tried to stay aero the entire ride including the climbs. Hind sight, I should have jumped out of the seat on the little hills. Oh well.

The rain made the ride a little squirrely around some of the turns but nothing bad. The one offroad/carpet ride/sidewalk detour was interesting to say the least.

Lastly, I found that the refs were putting people in the penalty that were not intentionally drafting while trains of drafting AGers would barn burn behind a puller throughout the race. It doesn't really affect my race (unless you wanted to pass but couldn't get in the passing lane due to the long drafting train) but I still think they should look at who they do and do not penalize.

Ride like I normally would and not try to stay aero. I think not only would I have not experienced knee pain, but I would have increase my pace by 1 mph over the ride.

Here is a tip, don't leave your garmin on the bike. It doesn't help your pacing on the run.

not leave garmin on bike.

Brutal death. It felt like I was in the movie Platoon, running along the rice patties. Or it might be described as what it feels like to run in your in a thanksgiving turkey bag after it has been baking for about 3 hours. Mean, evil sun.

I forgot my Garmin, which really helps me on my pace. while I am not sure it would have helped a ton, it would have probably lowered my pace.

Larger rain dance.

sat in lake for about 30 min. 6 slices of pizza. Beer by the pool with newly made friends.


Heat on run made me lose some focus


I wish they had a cool beer party after the race. Oh well, it was a Sunday after all.