White Lake Half - Triathlon

Got boxed in by slower swimmers right after the start and it took a good deal of energy to slow down then veer around them. Really didn't feel like I got settled in until after the last turn to come in. Sighting was still a problem, though probably better than normal. I should have started further up on the swim.
Cramped both calf muscles getting out of the water on the ladder. I had made a point of trying to relax my feet but probably neglected that as I pushed the last segment of the swim.

Left calf cramping while I was taking off my wetsuit. Ugh. Endured taunts from Jeff.
Just slow.
Edit - EXACTLY the same time as last year. To the second.

Cramped both calves as I was mounting the bike. Just coasted and tried to work those out before I put on my shoes. Got passed by a handful of folks in the time being. Continued to get passed periodically for the first 10 miles of the bike while we had a tailwind. Was riding well below my target wattage during this time as a guy passed me and then eased up. Mostly he would go the pace I wanted, but he slowed down a lot and I used those times to try to stretch out my legs. We had a slight cross/tail wind during this section and were averaging 23.8 mph for the first 30 min.
Turned right onto 210 and that tailwind turned into a straight on cross wind. People really started to slow down and I took that opportunity to pass and start riding my target wattage of 240 or thereabouts. I passed quite a lot of people for the next hour or so. 210 veered south and the crosswind turned into a cross/headwind. By the time we got to the second water stop my stomach was unhappy. Had trouble taking in any nutrition. I passed one more guy right after the turn off of overlyon road & after a couple of miles I could no longer see anyone around me either in front or in back. I had probably close to a mile of pavement to myself.
By this point it seems like I wasn't really digesting any more infinit and switched to mostly just water and periodically forcing some infinit down. 220 watts felt like 240. Just no power in my legs. Disturbing since I have no problems riding longer & hard than this in training. First clue that my nutritional troubles were getting to be a problem.
Seems like 53 from overlyon to the finish is getting worse since they chipsealed it a few years back. You just can't avoid the seams and I was getting pretty beat up. Combined that with my frustration at not being able to develop any power and I was getting pretty POd at the bike.

1st 30 min: 213W Normalized power, 23.8 mph
30m - 1hr: 239W NP, 23.0 mph
1 - 1:30: 231W, 21.6 mph - this would have been into the headwind on the last section of 210.
1:30 - 2: 217W, 22.3 mph- problems developing
2 - finish, 209W, 22.2 mph - hatred of the bike leg

Entire bike was 223 NP, 159.3 TSS, .801 IF. My TSS should have been more like 180 and I was targeting an IF of .85. I left a lot out there.

I do not feel that I took the bike too hard. I think the fall off is mostly due to my stomach giving me fits after 1:30 hours, though I think that I wasn't able to start riding my tri bike for so long probably hurt too. I still wasn't comfortable riding in the aerobars for 2+ hours and at white lake you're pretty much stuck in the bars from beginning to end.

I started talking to a guy next to me (I had passed him a while back) b/c he was bailing on the run. He was very complimentary but finally told me to get a move on since I was racing after all. Told Jeff I felt like I was going to throw up.

Before I got to the 1 mile mark my stomach was really in a bad way. I didn't take any water there. Stomach continued to cramp to the point where I could no longer breath well. I couldn't inhale much, so I started to walk. Behind the Wamsuta gas station I knew i was going to puke.

***Skip this unless you're really, really curious and not currently eating or about to eat***
First effort I found to be insufficient. Since I was in a hurry (it's a race after all) I waited for the next round and reached way on back in my throat to make this one really count. That did the trick. Felt silly as a couple of people I had passed a ways back on the bike passed me while I was doubled over. Finished my business and resumed my run.

***It's OK now***
I felt a ton better. No more stomach cramps and I could run a good 8 min/mile pace or slightly under. Took water for a few aid stations but I was still burping inifinit. Eventually took a gel from the course. It was tough for a minute but my stomach settled down again. I felt great from about miles 6 to 9 or 10 and picked up the pace a bit. I started digging pretty deep just to maintain pace from 11 to 12 and from 12 on I was giving it everything I had and just managing an 8:20 pace.
I really wanted to run a 1:45 or better. I gave up a couple of minutes while walking & then puking, but I still feel like I should have been able to hold up a lot better.

I'm disappointed with the last part of the bike & my run. My overall bike time was in line with what I wanted, but I should have been able to maintain that power through the end of the bike to take off another couple or three minutes. The run is still where i give away a lot of time, even when I'm not puking. The only time I pass anybody is when they're melting down.
No doubt my nutritional issues played a big part in this. The infinit experiment is over for me and I'm going back to carbopro for calories b/c I've used it in a lot of races an never once had GI issues, even in ironman. I should have just stuck with that & not experimented this year, I guess.
Because I stopped taking in so much fluid on the bike (and because I did not pee from 7 in the morning until about 2:30 that afternoon) I feel like I was probably pretty dehydrated, even though I took a lot of water in on the run, so that wouldn't have helped either.