My goal was 35 minutes and I nailed it just about on the head. I started out relaxed but then had a few navigation issues after about 200-300yd. Shortly before the first left turn I was able to find some feet that were going at a really good pace for me and I stayed with them for pretty much the rest of the race.

Time and effort was really good. Still need some open water navigation work though.

Major wetsuit issues. You have to come up the beach and cross a road into transition, so that should be enough time to get the suit down to the waist, but I could not get it off my left forearm! Once that was off I of course had trouble with the ankles too. Could feel myself getting sloppy trying to rush, so I knelt down to put on my socks and relax a bit. Once I had the bike I moved quick and got clipped in pretty well.

Get the dang wetsuit off!

As a stand alone ride, this was a solid result given that my fitness probably wasn't up to par for the distance. My weekends were crazy busy all summer so I didn't get in as many long rides as I would have preferred, but I was still determined to get under 3 hours for this split. So I went out and focused on solid spinning up the hills and keeping the pace up without going over the limit. I was still riding strong by the end, but I knew there wasn't much left in my legs for the half marathon.

Must have better discipline and pace myself better.

Really smooth transition, 3rd fastest in the race

Nothing

To sum this run up in on word: KABOOM! I knew my legs were shot, but I also knew I was about 1:36:00 away from beating my HIM PR. I tried to go for it and made it almost two miles running sub 7:00 pace. At first it was just really bad cramping in my side and quads. Walking didn't really help and I quickly realized I was in bad shape. I mixed running and walking and spent a lot of time at each aid station, trying to drink, eat and cool off. Nothing was working, and when I came around for the 2nd loop, I just hoped I would finish. I had a few moments of stubborn motivation (such as when someone in my AG caught up to me) but mostly I was forced to walk. As I neared the crowd by the finish I made sure to run it in, and pretty much collapsed shortly after crossing the line. Jamie summed it up perfectly: (referring to how pale I was) "You look like crap"

Shouldn't have started off so fast, but the real damage was done with improper pacing on the bike.

Fell on the ground, then after Jamie brought me some water I stumbled my way to the lake and plopped down in it.


Poor pacing