Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

By far my worst open swim ever. I had a very tough time swimming in the chop. At points I was close to giving up but knew I wouldnt let myself. A DNF would have ruined my whole week. It was tough to get in any kind of rythm. Every time I would get moving a wave would come and throw me off.

Need to practice more OWS. This was the first of the year. Also need to practice in choppy water.

T1 went well considering how beat up I felt after the swim. I was easy to find the bike. It was the only one left on the rack :(

Put shoes on on the grass. Had some burrs stick to my socks.

Bike was okay. I didnt get enough bike training in so I kinda expected this to be one of my weaker legs. Had some pain in the IT band which caused me to have to stand repeatedly.

More bike training this. Bit less water. Nutrtion was good.

Needed to change sock and strech a bit due to the burrs. At this point I was not hitting my goal so I wanted to enjoy the rest of the race.

Run was my strongest leg. I didnt push to hard and wanted to enjoy the rest of my first half iron. It was a hot day. Kept dumping water. I felt pretty strong on the run considering. Caught up to my buddy Jude and finshed the run with him.

More Brick training/Weight lifting to strengthen legs.

Hurricanes!!!!!!!!!! Nothing like a nice cold drink to help the pain go away.


Should have trained more.


Great Race. Only thing that would have made it better is some Jazz bands out playing and some better post race.