Ironman 70.3 Boise - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

About 20 minutes after the pro's started the wind picked up and you could see the lake starting to get choppy 10 minutes later it was white caps.
When my wave started the lake was really rolling and I had a hell of a time sighting and I kept getting blown off course (at least thats what I think was happening)The bouy's kept getting further and further to my right this was between turns 1 & 2 the back side went by quickly then on the home stretch I going to the right and the bouys ended up on my left and a kind kayaker directed back to the course ( I told him I liked swimming extra distance's during a race he laughed).When I got out of the water the time clock read 1:29:59 so what do I do I walk up to T1 fumbling with my wetsuit zippers and when I get to the top of the hill I realize I have not crossed the chip mat yet I can not believe the walk took 3;10 to get to T1 what the hell was I doing I Should have ran up the hill and not worried about my wetsuit. ( I'm thinking I swam an extra 3-400 yards out there because of pour sighting).

Practice sighting in choppy water, more drafting,running out of the water.

This went pretty smooth the only rough part was running bare foot for 200 yards on rocky cement to the bike mount point.You also could not leave anything on the ground except for your T1 bag so I made sure it was tied up before leaving.

Be quicker at putting things together like suit off hat on.

As soon as I jumped on the bike and started to peddle my right hamstring cramped up and I was so glad we went down hill for a couple of miles so I could rub it out.I did not hit any rain untill mile 10 and it was coming down hard then turned into hail for a bit,the road had a lot of standing water on it plus running water from time to time.Did not have a problem with wind until mile 32 right when you startedto go up the long hill it was not steep but I think it was 10 miles long add 20+ mph wind's and it turns into a grunt.It rained a few more times just to make sure everyone was good and soaked.By the time I reached T2 I was shaking tired and had to use the head bad.

I think I poured everything I had into that other then more speed work that'a all I had to give.

I was shaking so bad I could not get my sock's on my feet when I did I struggled with my shoes next,again you could not leave anything on the ground so I stuffed everything into the red bag and hung it on the bike then ran for the nearest outhouse which took for ever to clear for me to use.

Maybe find shoes that I don't need to wear socks in or put sock on after the swim.

The run started good there was a lot of water on the trail at mile 3 there was a group of people going around a puddle one direction so I went the other and ended up stepping wrong and buckling my knee backwards,I tried just running it out but it was throwing my form off and my legs started to cramp so I would walk a little then run for awhile soon it was walk for awhile run a little but I did run through the finnish line.

Watch my step and take my time I'm not out to win these damn thing's just to have fun.

After crossing the finnish line I got wrapped in one of those cool silver blankys thats when I realized I was sopping wet and freezing my ass off I could barly walk with my knee screaming at me and I could not stop smiling because I did it.


Not enough training in really crappy weather. It's just much easyer to stay inside when it's pouring rain, windy and oh ya did I mention there was also lighting woohoo.


I have to say this was one of the hardest things I have ever done and I'm almost ready to do it again does that make me mental, I hope so.