Revolution3 Full Distance - TriathlonFull Ironman

I knew I wasn't going to be one of the better swimmers, so I stayed to the back and outside at the beginning. I am terrible at sighting, but somehow managed to stay pretty much on course. Overall, I felt the swim went pretty well considering I had done only a handful of swims since mid july.

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I wasn't worried about having a quick transition. I changed into bike shorts, threw on some compression socks, and sleeves. Grabbed half a PB+J sandwich and headed out.

I had planned to go out pretty conservative. I did, but unfortunately, I kept slowing down. I went through a 70 ounce camelpack of Gu Brew, and took in about 2000 calories. By mile 80, I didn't want to eat anything else and I was starting to feel a little tired. The Chaussee was rough, but had a couple riders with me, which made it a little easier.
Overall, my goal was to survive the bike and make it to the run. Again, things would have been easier had I continued to train the last 6 weeks.

Train more. I did 3 100 mile rides. Got my nutrition dialed in on the last ride finally. But could have used a lot more training.

Changed back into tri shorts, which next time I will make sure I change away from the entrance to the tent. I'm sure the ladies working the women's tent got a good peak.

The plan was to jog to the aid stations and then walk the transitions to get nutrition. I felt pretty good the first 6-7 miles, then fell apart. I think once you let yourself walk, it's harder to start back up running. Being a former All-American runner, it sure was humbling having to walk so much.
I lost a lot of salt, and when I finally found the aid stations with salt tabs, it was mile 20. Too little, too late. Thought I might pass out at mile 18 when I started up jogging again, but walked a bit more, and things got better.
I have never had my biceps and adductors cramp up on me, but this was different.

Train more. My longest training run was a 12 miler back in May, and had knee problems ever since.

consisted of sitting in the med tent trying to keep down chicken broth and stand up without falling over.


My lack of training.


It was great to finish this, but now I'm upset with myself for beign such a slacker. The final 6 weeks of training consisted of 4-5 swims. 2 100 mile rides, and a couple 6 mile runs a week.