Lake Erie this weekend wasn't the nastiest lake/water I've ever been in, but it wasn't great. Near 0 visibility in the water.

Swim Harder

It was a long run to transition. The wetsuit strippers were great, but my suit did get a little stuck on my timing chip.

I need to speed up my T1 time! I could have been on the age group podium if my transition was 1 minute (or even 30 seconds) faster.

This was the fastest I've ever rode for 56 miles. I faded in the last 7 miles as there was a decent headwind coming back into Cedar Point. While my second 27miles was about 1mph slower than the first 29miles I was very happy with my bike performance today.

For the future...build more endurance in the 22+mph range.

Maybe 1 more GU on the bike would have helped me to not fall off my pace in the closing miles.

I was told I was about 15th by a volunteer in T2. He was a little off, but it was great motivation knowing I was so close to the front.

Nothing, this was a good T2 for me...Although I did lose about 10-20 seconds when I had to fix one of my shoes. My sock got messed up when I put on my first shoe and it would not have been a good 1/2 marathon if I didn't take the time to fix it.

This was my fastest 1/2 Ironman run ever, it felt great, but hurt a little. In the closing mile I definitely felt like I had left it all out on the course.

Similar to the bike, I may carry 1 additional GU just in case, however I don't think I needed or could have handled another GU in this run.

No real warm down exercise, but I got some ART done (which was awesome!) at the race and had a post race/post travel massage on Monday.

I didn't try the 'Recovery Pump' tent, but may do so at the Anderson Race.

There was plenty of water, gatorade, and muscle milk at the end of the race to help get recovered.
I never did find the athlete food tent, but wasn't looking to hard either. I had lunch at Friday's with my family afterwards and I'm sure the celebratory Bacon Cheeseburger was better than the race food :)
I finished off the night with a few slices of pizza and couple beers once I was back at home.


Swim: Just need more time at the pool and more speed work
Bike: Not enough training at 22-23mph on the bike.
Run...Nothing.


This was my first Rev3 event. I am very pleased with the race production, logistics, transition, etc. The volunteers were great in Cedar Point and despite starting a little late, the race was very well run. I'm looking forward to Rev3 Anderson, SC and maybe one or two of their races next year.