Ironman USA Lake Placid - TriathlonFull Ironman

Good swim start. Kept to the left to keep away from the mass of people. Good swim except for rounding the corners and the end of each lap. People were looking to really kick peoples asses in those areas and I got punched kicked and probably even spit on....

Pushed a bit harder on the second loop. I just wanted to keep out of the fighting and really swam by myself for most of the second lap.

T1 was slow but I didnt care I was gonna be out there all day and I just wanted to make sure everything went well. I would have liked to get the tape on my feet a bit quicker but what can you do. I was pretty fired up and needed some time to calm down.

Make sure I had sunblock and put it on in T1.

Love this course. Things went way faster then they had during my training rides and some of the harder sections were easier then normal. The out and back sucked like normal and the wind gusts made it pretty nasty on the way back and along the river and through the notch.

Maybe started on the water a bit earlier and tried to stay away from the gels with caffeine. That is what did in my stomach. I would have loved to not have to take a dump. Probably would have cut off a good amount of time.

Decent T2. Had some issues with the tape and had to take shoes off a few times to work tape. Finally I got some Vaseline and put it on under the tape. Made ALL the difference in the world.

Maybe not taken my sweet time getting things on and changed. I would have loved it if my tape didnt stick so well then I wouldnt have had to keep taking the shoes off and putting them back on.

Decent run, I kept to the plan of walking at the aid stations for 30" as much as possible. Started to hit a bit of a wall on the way back on lap 2 on the long hills and had to walk a bit more then I wanted.

Ate more pretzels. I was not sure how my body would have reacted to it. I would have loved to been able to run more but what can you do, at times my body just didnt want to let me put out that much power.

Went to the food tent and ate then got a massage. Changed and walked back to the condo.


I think the heat slowed me down a bit but I trained in the heat as much as possible so it is really not an excuse.


Awesome race all around. I will do my best to do it again at least 1 more time before I die. It totally kicked butt...