Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

It was a little choppy out there but I had plenty of room. I swam over just about every bouy. I was comfortable the entire swim and really didn't push at all.

I must of missed the body glide for my armpits and neck because I have some really bad burns.

Wet strippers were great as usual. A long run through the soft sand was tough.

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I kept it comfortble. Spun it really easy on the big hills and tucked it on the downhills. You can get 202 pounds of aeroness flying downhills. I hit about 48 mphs on one downhill. The were a couple of real scary moments towards the end with traffic, narrow bike lanes, downhills and corners. I was just hoping a driver would do something stupid like take a right in front of me. My neck was getting sore at mile 45 which showed my lack of training. Also, I measures about 57.5 miles on my computer so the course was a touch long.

not drink as much.

no issues

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This was about 20 minutes slower than my previous slowest run so it wasn't pretty.

About halfway up the big hill at mile one with my HR racing through the roof and my belly not digesting, I mentally quit the race. At about mile two I looked at my watch and saw my blistering 10 minute average, I physically packed it in and just started walking and planned to turn in my chip after the first loop. I think my first loop was about a 1:07 or so.

The only thing that kept me going was as I was walking up to the turn around I decided that I should at least run a little and as soon as I picked up my stride I could hear a group of people cheer and shout my name. That was enough encouragement to finis this out. My second lap I walked a little less just to keep the HR low and lightly jogged and just tried to keep things comfortable.

On a side note, I watched in amazement the guy in the wheelchair trying to get up that killer hill. It was one of the most inspirational things I have ever seen in athletics.

HTFU and train

Training took a backseat to life so I didn't put the time in and the results showed. I guess you really can't fake one of these things. Also I need to HTFU. There were more people in worse condition than I was on the run but I just quit and I'm disappointed that I did that.


I enjoyed the course. The volunteer support and community support from the locals was beyond my expectations.

Next time I do this race, I ain't walking that hill.