Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Muncie : Official ThreadRegarding your question on the swim, Nate, I think, like Stacie, that there's plenty of room. It was my first HIM last year and I was VERY nervous when I found out I was in the 3rd wave. Usually us old folks are the last wave so I thought I'd be run over since I'm a very slow swimmer. I didn't get run over but I did get passed by about 5 waves of people behind me. I only got bumped a few times. I know I had plenty of space in my wave to find a comfortable lane to swim.
Also on the elevation questions, you should definitely add hill work to your running program. My problem as a first time HIMer was I didn't pace well and gave to much on the bike and ended up having to walk some on the run. I walked the hills for sure so they didn't impact me as much as if I'd been able to run the whole thing. Any ways, do hill work.
I'm getting excited thinking about doing it again but being smarter on my pacing.
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