Had a great swim. I normally have to take a small break but my with all the swimming I have done I felt great. Pace was steady and I stayed as close to bouy's as possible.

I tried breathing to left side once to switch it up but my left goggle had water and got in my eye. Didn't feel like adjusting them so I just stayed breathing to the right. Think it would be beneficial to switch it up a bit.

Used the wetsuit stripped which was nice. i had a lot of stuff to do in T1 so I was not upset with my time. 1/2 mile run from the water also.

Bike felt great. Worked at trying to stay in upper zone 2. Went into Z4 a couple of time. Pushed a little harder on last 16 miles when I saw I had a chance to come in under 3:00.

Good transition. Stopped to have some sunscreen thrown on me which was a great idea. Also had to fiddle with my Garmin to switch from bike mode to run mode.

Get a new watch

First 6 miles went right on plan with run and walk aid stations. I was right at a bout a 10:45 pace. After first loop i walked a bit with Josi then as i was going up the hill I got twinge in my calf and stopped. From there it was just run until my calf twinged on the verge of a cramp. I never cramped so that was good. I got a second wind at mile 9 and ran aid station to aid station at good pace. Ended up running at mile 10 with a lady who was doing IMWI also and we went with the run a cone/walk a cone strategy for about 1 mile then just ran it in. It was just hot and I could not keep my body temperature down and my HR. The first loop was baiscally all in Zone 4. the only way I could get back into Zone 2 was to stop completely haha. I did find that the greatest thing on the face of the earth after mile 10 was drinking the cola at the aid stations!

Pray for cooler weather.

Found some shade and and ate some food.


Heat/Humidity