Great ride up until Metcalf hill, the heat and grade almost made me pull out.I felt fairly decent up to this point with only a little soreness and fatigue, stops were getting longer though. At Metcalf hill I wore down one of my cleats walking, made it very difficult clipping in the last 30 miles with all of the stoplights.Spent too much time a the rest stops but I decided before the event I would not race, good thing because that hill killed me.Two 20 oz bottles of Gatorade, gel,4-5 Endurolites each hour is all I had.I bought some chamois creme and used it every other stop,best thing I did all day.For the last 40 miles I could not concieve how people run a marathon after this during an Ironman

Use a triple or be in very good shape.

Walked,showered and ate!


Hills,and long rests, too many stoplights.


There are other distances,maybe I should have done something shorter, It was very difficult and at times I did not know If I had the ability to finish.