Redman Triathlon - Half Redman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Started in the back to try to avoid the chaos, but still got kicked and punched plenty of times. Did not have any issues with my shoulder which was a concern going in. Very happy with my time (although I can see why some people think the course might have been short.)

Nothing much. Need to learn how to sight while still swimming vs. stopping to look up

Got my wetsuit stripped (thank you!!!) and took my time getting to my bike. Since my goal was to simply finish, rushing around was not going to help.

Bring plastice bags to try to keep some things dry as all my stuff was soaked.

The bike started in a heavy rain, which I was not used too. I also started feeling the shoulder issues I was expecting during the swim, which made it uncomfortable to be on my aerobars for too long. The dismount at mile 6 was ok, except something was wrong with my chain, but did not take me too long to fix. The road was rough for a lot of the course which wore on me a little bit. On the positive side, I felt I did well with my nutrition although my first gatorade handoff was a little ugly. All in, I was a little disappointed in my time, but considering the weather, the road conditions, and my inability to get comfortable, I'll take it.

I have only had this bike for a couple of months and it was only my 2nd race, so my focus this offseason is to get more comfortable with my bike

Again took my time, forgot my race number, so I had to head back to my bike with everyone yelling at me that I was going the wrong way. Stopped at the bathroom which was just nasty.

Did not put suntan lotion on because it was still raining, but that has become a painful post race mistake as it got sunny near the end and my shoulders got fried.

I knew I was going to have to do some walking, but it was just a matter of how much. I actually felt pretty good at the beginning, but kept to a run/walk to make sure I did not over do it. I had a slight stomach cramp, which slowly got worse. At mile 3 I decided to walk a couple of minutes to try to walk it out, no luck. I continued to do the run/walk thing until mile 8 where my whole body startyed to cramp up. I ended up walking for more than a couple minutes to try to loosen up. After a while, I stared to run/walk again, but I could only run for about 30 seconds at a time, so I ran 30 sec., walked 1 minute until just about the end where I finished running and smiling

Not sure what I could have done at that moment. I knew it was going to be tough considering the limited running I had done leading up to the race.

Got my medal and tee shirt, walked around with my wife and son, got my stuff and headed to the hotel.


My limited training. The stomach bug that hit me 3 weeks ago really set me back, in that I missed 2 long rides and 2 long runs, plus lost 5+ pounds. But in hindsight my goal was simply to finish and I accomplished that. The fact that 3 years ago I did my first sprint triathlon in which I did the side stroke during the swim, rode my hybrid on the bike, and walked most of the run, really puts things in perspective for me. While the competitor in me always wants to do better, I am very happy I was able to finish this race


This race was very well run, especially with all the issues with the weather. Plenty of volunteers and water stations. Some of the roads on the bike sucked, but nothing the race organizers can do about that.I can't compare it to other long distance races, but I certainly enjoyed it.