Delaware Diamondman Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

This includes a 1/2 mile run from the lake to the transition, so actual time is closer to 36 minutes which I am VERY happy with. It was a long enough run that they let us have T0 (shoes by the water to put on and run up).

Some serious headwinds and some serious tailwinds out there today.

This would have been MUCH faster but I had the worst hot spot on my foot I've ever had. I didn't know it until I dismounted and my foot flexed but it was terrible. I spent about 2 minutes sitting on my towell bending my toes back with my hand and literally almost crying. Tried to rub the bottom of my foot and I couldn't even touch it.

It's the closest I've ever come to dropping out of a race... but I just got up and started walking in agony... and thankfully, the motion of walking fixed it up in in about 1/4 mile I was able to start jogging and go on to have a great run.

My goal was to go sub 2:00:00, but with the hot spot, and the sun BEARING down on us for the entire run, I just couldn't pull it off. I'm still pretty happy with this run, as I passed a TON of people on the run... just picking them off one at a time and not once did someone go with me. I'm really thankful it wasn't humid today, as it allowed me to stay cool (I'm a MAJOR sweater).

Fall asleep in chair and sit around to see if I got a podim spot. Turns out I got 2nd Clydesdale.


Piranha gets a B- for me today. Aid stations were runing out of stuff when I was going through, and there were lots of people behind me. I'm pretty sure some people got screwed on the bike if they were counting on bottle exchange. Lots of little things could be done much more efficiently in Piranha events... but overall, a decent race at a great venue.