Harvest Moon Long Course Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Time includes a long uphill transition. I dropped my goggles in the sand & then I jogged through most of it up to the transition area.

felt good overall. Felt cold & went a bit numb, but never overly painful.

I'd learn to swim faster. :)

really took my time. I put on a pair of bike shorts over my tri shorts, a coat, gloves etc to battle the cold. I wanted to take my time to make sure that I had everything that I needed before embarking on such a long ride.

Now that I know what to expect I think that I can push it harder next time.

I was really conscious that I had a half marathon at the end of this, so I didn't really press much. I kept a comfortable cadence and didn't hammer up the hills to make sure that I had legs for the run.

I think that I did as well as I could have expected for my first HIM. Next time I would press more throughout the bike.

took my time. Had to take off everything and I didn't want to run in bike shoes knowing that my legs were so tired.


transitioned with some sense of urgency.

The first few miles the muscles in the front of my shin were locked up, as well as my right hamstring. I stopped to try to stretch them, but just couldn't make progress. After 3-4 miles I worked it out. the first 3 miles I ran a mile, then walked 50-100 yards. After that I started running 2 miles & walking 50-100 yards. When I reached 10 miles I had to walk every mile again, as well as up the steeper hills.

I think that I could have managed to walk a lot less. I wanted to make sure that I could finish, but in retrospect I think that I could have completed the run with only a couple walking breaks - possibly none at all.

overall a fun race. The volunteers were GREAT! Everyone cheered - even the police officers! Great signs everywhere - and tons of water on the run.