holy shit that was a fast swim - I hit the water at 7:49 (we were decently far back in line) - hit my GPS and the water and headed off - alternated breathing on left/right to try and avoid zig-zagging too much. while the current was fast, it didn't feel like it was - really hard to tell, I had no idea what my final time was under I saw results. As i rounded the buoy to head to swim exit had a cramp in calf which stopped me from being able to kick well

nothing

decent run from swim exit to change tent - grabbed bag and headed for tent - didn't change from one-piece - threw on bike jersey with gear in the back pockets and headed out

i went out too hard on the first 10 miles (flat) which came back to haunt me on the second loop. The first 5 miles had multiple railroad tracks that contributed to the rough ride. My nutrition plan went to hell around mile 20 - I followed it for the first 1.5 hours, but when I grabbed my next set of food/ironman, my stomach just decided that was a no go. I didn't get sick, but knew that I needed to re-evaluate plan. Switched to grabbing bananas (at least 2) at each aid station with water; coke that was in my bag at SN helped me and I carried that/drank it for the next 10 miles or so.
It started to rain on the second loop around mile 90 - while nice, it made the ride a bit dicey a few times - I'm glad that I got at least one ride in during training during the rain - that really helped me feel better about handling skills.

don't go out so hard on the first loop - ride what you should, not what you can

got off the bike and knew my hip flexors were going to cause issues on the run

spent some more time in the tent and stretched out a bit - hip flexors were really stiff/sore

that run about killed me - I came off the bike, feeling stiff/sore, but set off with my run/walk plan (4/2 interval like during training) - realized around mile 3 that I was going to need to adjust my plan - ended up walking from about m3 to m7 (at that time, was walking faster than running) - then tried to run again - lasted until hit the hills on the run (last 5 miles of each loop). tried to stick to my walk up/run down, but I was feeling burnt out - grabbing coke/chicken broth at each aid station - eating solid food (like plan) just didn't work - tried for first few miles and felt ill - C/CB got me through the run.

on the second loop, changed socks at SN - that may have just saved my feet - I could feel a hot spot brewing but couldn't see it to put anything on it (found it after blister between my toes) - took coke i had in my SN and sipped on that for the next 4 miles or so - really helped. Guy at mile 19 with salt also helped - he gave me a test tube thingy and I did a lick of salt every rest stop for the rest of the race which helped.

find more hills to run on - all of the elevation gain on the run was in the last 5 miles and I wasn't prepared - I spent so much time worrying about the bike, and should have been worried about the run

stretching, after coming through the chute; grabbed some food and then headed back to the cabin and feel asleep


stiff hip flexors on the run - I think i should have arranged a couple of massage appointments in the month leading up to IM - the cumulative affect of training and then drive to Chatt had a negative affect - ART the day before did help however