South Carolina Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

This was a so- so swim for me. Never really got into a good rhthym. Felt like I was cruising, going slow. Stayed on 4 stroke breathing the whole time. Had to practically stop towards the end so I could pee. Can't really pee and swim very well at the same time, but I didn't want to have to stop and go on the bike.

My wetsuit is a wee bit tight on the shoulders and that did give me some extra fatigue on my bad shoulder. But it wasn't too bad.

Hustle a bit more?

I tried to dry my feet off. Had a harder time getting my wetsuit off than in the past. I might want to think about sitting down to do that rather than trying to balance standing up.

nothing that I can think of right at the moment.

This was a huge PR for me. 26:29 better than last year. I couldn't believe how fresh I felt on the bike. My butt didn't even start to bother me until around mile 40 ish.

Was able to stay in the big chain ring for the entire ride. What a difference from last year, where I spent 90% of the day in the little ring..

Nothing

Had a hard time getting the gels to stay in my pockets and then my race number ripped from the belt. So it took me a little longer to get out of T2 than I had hoped.

? Not carry gels, use a flask.

I started out on this run just cruising. Everytime I'd try to pick up the pace, my stomach would start to get all wonky on me. So I stayed at my cruising pace. I figured I had built up a huge PR I didn't want to wreck it by puking my guts out on the side of the road.

Had a hard time taking in nutrition. My stomach rolled with the only gel I took, so I started with the coke and the orange slices. Seemed to work good enough, I didn't feel bad when I finished like I had under hydrated and not taken in enough.

Felt like a rock star at the turn around. I heard about 4 or 5 people calling my name and cheering for me. I recognized one as my coach, couldn't see who the others all were, but it energized me for the next few miles!

Do more bricks.

Just walked around and drank a regular coke.


Racing IM WI 3 weeks ago.


Officially I took 29:28 off of my time from last year. I knew I had a good chance at PR'ing, but I didn't think I would do it by this amount... I was figuring about :15 or so.

I wonder what I could have done if I was properly recovered from WI and this had been my A race.

Oh, and my age group was fast. The top 15 women in the 35-39 age group were sub 5:50.