WOWZERS!!

You did great Chris.

Pitty about the bike.

Good job for finishing, even though that Justin Guy was racing you!!!

Congrats buddy!

Job well done!

Now go bike shopping.

Oh pass me the jels!!

Dan

Hey, did you get any pics???

Probably cost a million to ship them.

Anyway, your going to need your Gels for the NEXT ONE!!

 You could put wiskars underneath the areobars, kind of like on the bow of a sailboat.

Put your food in there and you would not even look that silly!

Hey Chris,

Congratulations!  Great race and report.  That sounded like one hard race and you should be proud of a great performance.  We always remember the tough courses/races and the effort it took to complete the race.  So, you should have no trouble remembering this one. 

I'm surprised that the race was so unorganized at the beginning.  Usually that's the Ironman claim to fame, well organized events.  There's no excuse for having bikes stolen or not giving people a chance to warm up.  Too bad about your bike.  It must take a lot of effort to break the tube like that.  I'm sure it was some hot tri chick that stole your Flip Flops.

Once again, Way to go.

Ernie 

Awesome race and race report Chris!!!!  All three of us made it through!

 I can't believe they stole Chris McCormack's bike  what kinda security did they not have!

I'm so proud of you doing the swim Chris  that is such a huge acievement!!   when you figure out what went wrong on the run can you let me know because I reckon my run sounds identical to yiours!

 congrats!  you are a Half Ironman!!!!!!

Well done Chris! Awesome report for a difficult race.

Course sounds horrible but I liked the fry up at the local pub as a warm down.

I'm planning to do a 70.3 this coming Summer (it's Winter down here right now!) so I've been reading with great interst people's race reports. I'm a bit nervous about the swim so it's alwayys good to hear of  people who have freaked a bit then got their sh1t under control and been able to finish. I think that'll be me too! The water temp was cold - did that have much effect?

Tough course, my friend, and you did well.  Great speed on everything, even with hills. 

KNow what?  Save your leftover powergels for your next HIM 

You rock! That was such an inspiring race report!  You had a really tough course and you did it! You're a 1/2 Ironman!  Nice work! 

I teared u p a bit at the part about your Dad. My dad came to my race yesterday and drove the entire course and stopped every 5 miles on the bike to cheer me on. He then saw me 3x on the run and ran a mile with me. I felt as if I really made him proud and it meant so much to have him there. I am sure your Dad would have felt the same way...he just got the best view in the house from up above! 

I was about to head out the door for an LSD run this morning, but after reading your run portion I feel like I just did it already.

 You deserve a huge pat on the back mate! Well done, and I really commend you for pushing yourself to get through it.  Those hills suck big time, and you completly proved to yourself how tough you really are. Congratulations Chris!!! Didn`t you have a beer at the pub? Gotta love pub food, love a counter lunch or 2.

Well done again, look fw to those finish line pics.