Ironman 70.3 Raleigh - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

tough course; wind made visibility 0 and rough waters, no warmup was ridiculous and made my arms feel like lead weights for the first 500m

more race training scenarios and better prep

ok transition; had lots of gear to pack before i got on the bike; took a moment to get my heartrate down from swim and run to bike, but then felt great

practice T1 more...

crushed the first 26 miles; took my time at the second aid station to refill bottles and get some extra nutrition; needed to pace myself better on the back half of the course and remember to race MY race, not let others influence my performance

more hill practice to gear legs properly; manage longer rides better to conserve energy going into T2 and then the run portion.

terrible entrance to T2, recovered and got ready for run quickly; walked out of transition and tried to find my legs

sunscreen! tired of getting sunburned on longer races; catch run pace faster and work on ignoring the pain

holy hell! it took me 6 miles to find my legs...but once i did I was off; like a gazelle. course was tough, but not impossible; really spent by the end (think the sun really drained me)

pace myself better, build better mental blocks to ignore the pain and hydrate more/earlier in the race to build stores as the race continues (terrible feeling playing catch up)

lots of stretching, water, shade


training (both physical and mental), practice the course prior to racing to familiarize myself with difficult points


Awesome volunteers! They kept us going and made this race feasible. Ironman did a great job organizing and certainly provided a challenging course. All the competitors did a great job and helped push me to the finish faster than any HIM i have done to date; new PR for me.