5430 Long Course Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

My only goal was to get out of the water at some point. I didn't care when, just GET ME OUT!! LOL. I had no expectations since I haven't been swimming in the last month or so, so considering that minor detail I was very happy with my performance. I just ducked my head and swam until it was time to get out! OOOOHHH, except I had to PEE SOOOO BAD! HA! I tried over and over just to pee while I was swimming but I had some major mental blockage about it. My body just wouldn't "let it go", so I stopped about 3 times to sit up and try and pee. I was FINALLY able to but even at that, it wasn't all the way. WTF?! Too funny...

LEARN TO PEE WHILE SWIMMING!! Then again, had I actually been swim training maybe I could've practiced :)

Dude, I took my merry ol' time. I had to finish peeing, slap on about a 1/2 gallon of chamois cream, dry my feet, bandaid my blisters and THEN head out. Who cares?!

If I were racing then I would've gone faster.

HAHAHAHA!! Wow... I absolutely loved this ride and not just because I felt good. It was pretty, it was fun, it was fast and I passed every chick I could find - even the ripped ones in all their gear (had to smile at those ones). The second lap was a bit harder/slower but that was TOTALLY expected since I haven't done any long rides in a while. Either way, it was AWESOME! Well, all was well except that I HAD TO PEE!!! CRAP! And no, no I can't pee on the bike either. But man I'll tell ya - I sure tried and if I were able to work through my mental blockage I would have!

Gotten in some more consistent and long bike rides, but I really can't complain about anything.

Ha, don't laugh. I had to pee *AGAIN*, check my blisters, re-apply sunscreen, find my hat and rest my legs for a second. They were on FIRE! Oh, and I called Joe to tell him I was about to "go for a little run", LOL

Move it, baby!

Couldn't have been ANY better! My training buddy caught up to me at the very beginning of this and we ended up running the whole thing together, which was F*ING COOL!!! At first I was nervous when he showed up and wanted to run with me because he always pushes me to the point where I can't breathe and he's just chatting away (bastard!), but he really DID want to run with me and was okay with the pace we were doing (which was STILL to the point where I was pinned and he was barely breathing). I panicked thinking there was NO WAY I'd be able to hold it, but one by one we knocked out those miles together. Our thing was to walk every aid station and hydrate, cool off and take a quick stretch if we needed to. There were about 11 aid stations so it was a great motivator to just run to the next one, take a break and then run to the next one. Worked out GREAT!! We were both hurtin' pretty bad by the end of it but it was the COOLEST feeling when we crossed that finish line together!!

Absolutely Nothing :)

Walked around, hydrated a little, stretched a little, got a massage and drank some beer.


Lack of training


This was an amazing experience for me for so many reasons. I may be done with triathlon for a while so this was an EPIC way to say goodbye for now :)