High Cliff Triathlon - Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Well this was probaly the toughest OWS I have done in terms of chop/waves. My goal was under 40 minuted (yeah- Im not too great of a swimmer). OBuys were on the right and I tend to pull a little to the right, so I was pretty much in line staright on most of the time. Was hard to spot with all the oarnge caps and oarnge bouys and waves.. but I did OK. I know I can swim harder then that, but I was way more concerned with not sucking in water when I turned to breathe. When I stood up from the water I looked at my watch and it said 37:00... yahoo. Good start.

Not worry about the greenthings in the water. Swim the way I know I can.

Ok transition, wasnt really speedy but I didnt screw anything up. Ididnt take time to put a dress on like some people out there ;)

nothing really

Wanted the bike in under 2:50...was pretty close. Did 21.5 miles in the first hour- that was fun- but then we turned into a headwind- ugh. There goes that nice bike split. Was the first time riding my zipps.... honestly- didnt notice much difference- maybe in the downhills. 3 girls passed me in the first 15 miles... plan was to catch them on the run,but I was able to catch them by mile 35- sweet.... two of them had M dot tattoos too. Didnt really see to many girls out there... guess they were all in waves ahead of me.
One downhill I must have shifted to fast or something because my chain was just stcuk- I could pedal at all. I sort of reaked out and then was like "Tam- chill.... what should you do??" So I shifted back into the small ring and it worked, I was good to go.
If I had know I was THAT close to 20 mph I would have pushed harder. This was just a good ride- never was really hard.
Did Ok on nutrition.... 1 bag shot blocks, 1 power gel, 2 20 oz GE, 20 oz water.. .Ok- maybe could have had a little more.... but better then the past.
I had fun out there and I passed a lot of people :)

Not much... sometimes in longer races I kind of zone out, I need to wake up and remember Im racing.

Ummm.. not sure why it was so slow- I did put socks on.

go faster

Wanted a sub 2 hour run. I figured to do this I would need to not walk. So I ran up the big hill- which I walked up last year. I felt good running- tryed to just stay comfotable but hard. I wanted to be able to push hard the last few miles.... unfortunately I ran out of power at about mile 11.5 :(
I did try to have fun out there though. Was great seeing poeple I knew. Saw Pete and Josh at the halfway point, Scoobs about mile 6? Then on the second loop I saw Chris and we ran together for about a mile and he was nice enough to share his salttabs with me- THANKS :) Saw Jmwebs the second loop too- right at about the time I was dying. I really saw very few girls out there again- one girl passed me right away and another at the end.
I always go into these things thinking my run is my strong point- but really it hasnt been. I should be running 8:30s- 8:40s.
Did three gels and had water at every aid staition.

??? Maybe push harder. I dont know- but I need to run faster- so I can beat Josh at SOR :))

Not much..... I thought maybe with that time Id place in my AG- but no. Every OTHER AG I would have but not mine :( Oh well.... 16th overall woman out of 134 (I think) I was pretty happy with the race after but now I look back and it wasnt that great- it was OK. I can do better.


Nothing- I felt pretty good out there.


Fun race. This was my third year at High Cliff and Illprobaly do it again.