Was slower by 5 min than last time but I waited a bit and found my niche really nicely. Didn't get abused too badly and felt comfortable the entire time. Came out of the water totally relaxed and not winded.

Nothing

Like all Ironman races transition is a long distance. This went really well and was about as fast as you can expect at this distance.

Nothing

I felt amazing for the first 150km (90 miles). At this point we hit the final major climb and it came with a gusting head wind. I lost my legs at this point and had to get off about 3 times and recover before heading out again. After summiting this last climb I drop my chain on the cassette and it got stuck between my small gear and the frame. I could no longer pedal and had to pull off and unwedge my chain from the bike and cut my hand in the process. Bummer. Got back up and going fairly quickly and got back into town without further incident.

I could maybe say to hold some back for the end of the course but had there been no headwind I would have been just fine. So probably nothing.

This took a long time. I had a cramp in my left foot that I wanted to relax, I needed some vaseline for my underarms that were chafing pretty badly and I just was slow.

Get my hustle on.

Can't believe how well this went. I kept setting a target in the distance and would run to it, then give myself a walking break (brisk). Then repeat. Talked with as many people as would listen and this helped pass the boredom. Got a blister on the bottom of my right foot at about the 30km mark (18 miles) but wasn't going to slow down for anything. Nailed this run!


Nothing, as good as this fat guy can move!

Chinese food and a walk back to the hotel.


Fatness