Ironman Louisville - TriathlonFull Ironman

Swim went well. I was relaxed most of it. I did get bounced between two people with about 200m left and kicked hard and got a cramp in my arch to my ankle.

Bring goggles to start line. Stay closer to the bouyes. I thought we had to stay to the outside of them but at least half of the people swam close to the island.

I made sure I did everything before I left. No issues.

Maybe go faster between things. Do my own sunscreen maybe. I didn't think I wasted much time. Tent was full and there wasnt enough help.

I had to stop to go to the bathroom twice. I took it easy on the first loop and tried to keep my heart rate in Z2 even on the up hills. I would some times slow because I would follow and then realize the person in front slowed. The second loop I pushed the hills more and tried to keep my tempo up. The last 30 miles I pushed to the top of Z2 and really pushed the hills. Felt great until my stomache started hurting. Wasnt sure what it was. Thought maybe the extra gues were bothering me for some reason. Turns out I had to go number 2. Held it to the transition area. The first time I stopped to put in my infinit the baggy split and went everywhere.

Work on my nutr. stops. Wasted time on the first one. I also stopped to get my spec. needs bag. Leave it next time. That was it. Otherwise things went good.

I could have trotted in faster and I didnt take off helment until in tent. Had to go to bathroom so it took longer.

Take off helment while running and run faster.

Never pushed hard on the whole run. Felt good for the first 4 miles then it got humid. Refilled my bottle every hour. At ten miles my feet started to hurt soon followed by my legs. It was a struggle from then on out. I never walked but I did have to stop every hour to refill bottle with infinit and water/ice.

Have a bigger mouthed bottle. Start a little slower. Train more.

Massage


The 3 times I missed training do to uncle dying, food poisioning/reunion, then getting sick during my long week. If I every do one again I need to run more than the training had me do. I was dissappointed afterwards because of my run but I thought best case I could only do 13hrs. so I am happy. Not sure how I would improve 2 hours though.


Good race and the weather was better than I thought it would be.