The swim start was interesting because it was in waves unlike any other IM I've done (except Kentucky which is time trial). All in all I had a good swim. I was about 10 millets slower than what used to be my average but I'm fine with it considering that I didn't train for it. It was a good trade-off, a slower but decent swim time for extra time spent out running the trails.

Nothing

I was surprised to see my transition time, it felt slower.

I was completely amazed at how well I did on the bike considering that my two "long" rides were 38 miles and I think I only had like 300 bike miles for the year. Again, a really good trade-off, less time on the bike meant more time to run.

Nothing, well, it may have been a bit better had I trained a little more. I would have liked to at least get in a couple 70 mile rides and that might have limited some of my discomfort but I don't know that it would have speed me up any.

Again, pretty happy with my transition. It felt longer. Maybe that's because T-2 was hotter than blazes.

Nothing

I had a good run all in all. I was really worried that my lack of training on the bike would leave me completely hammered for the run but I did pretty well. The thing that slowed me down was my own dumb mistake somewhere around mile 15 when I took a gel and gatorade at the same time. As I was getting ready to do it I thought to myself that I shouldn't do it but I did it any what and soon got sick to my stomach. I probably lost about a minute per mile off my pace but overall I had a much better race than expected so it's pretty hard to complain.

Not taken a gel with Gatorade at mile 15.

Choosing to skip most of my bike and swim training in favor of enjoying myself trail running. However, I still wouldn't change it. I'm just not into swimming and cycling any more. It's time to hang up the Ironman shoes for a while.


Even though I'm not really into the IM scene anymore I 'm really glad I did this one. I still think that IM Coeur d'Alene is my favorite but maybe not. This one was pretty great. I liked the single loop format of the bike and the swim but the bike course did get pretty freakin boring at times.