IMLP 70.3 in the books

Ya...I know what you mean on the swim about thinking about what you are going to tell people about why you quite the swim.  I really like swimming, but 1200-1500 yds into about every race I get leg cramps.  I Never get the leg cramps in practice.  Not even when I am doing race simulation open water swims.  I always get the leg cramps in races though.  I just keep going and eventually I finish. 

Sounds like you did a lot better on the bike that I did my first 70.3.  I also got leg cramps on the bike in my first 70.3 (but in the quads and the cramps were in the calves on the swim). 

By the time I got to the run on my first 70.3 I would have had to run about a 30 minute half marathon to meet the goals I had for a race time.  On the run I just ran to finish.  It felt like about 100 deg F and I was dehydrated and my legs were on the verge of going into muscle spasms.  I finished the run 33% over my goal time for the run. 

At the end of your first 70.3 it doesn't really matter what your time is, at least it didn't for me, you still feel like you won the race as you cross that finish line.  Great work Steve!  

Your 50-mile Ultra doesn't happen to be in two weeks, does it? 

I ask because we have been mirroring workouts for months and my A-race was going to be the Redman 70.3 race in 3-1/2 weeks.  I think added a marathon two weeks after the 70.3. I am just curious how closely our plans are lining up.  I chickened out of the 70.3 race.  I waited until about 3 hours before registration closed for the Redman Triathlon series.  By then the race price had done up from something like $225 to $290 dollars.  The processing fee looks like it is a percentage of the transaction price.  It was going to be something close to $19 for the 70.3 race.  The Sprint Triathlon was high too at $89, but the transaction fee was only about $5.  I had a discount code for the race series but it was a flat $20.  If it had been 20% I probably would have done the 70.3 but I was already 2nd guessing if I could be swim-ready in time for the race so the $215 differential in race prices pushed move over the edge and I signed up for the Sprint distance that I had crushed in three consecutive races this year rather than stick with the 70.3.  I am still doing the 70.3 training since that is what I set up to be ready for the Marathon.  I am concerned that I am getting a one-hour sprint race two weeks out instead of a 5-hour endurance race.  I have been training to do the Marathon at my 13.1 run race pace and to used the 70.3 race as my peak run training for the Marathon.  I may have to run an hour after my Sprint to make sure I have a solid endurance training run.  Otherwise, the 18-mile run I did last week will be my peak run for the Marathon.  Not may do their last long run 5 weeks out from a marathon.  I think it might work though.   I definitely could do worse. :-)