Made it home around noon. Besides being tired from a lack of sleep I feel great. There is almost zero residual soreness. I may try to get a workout in tomorrow after work if I have time and energy.

Finally heading home this evening on the red-eye. Woke up in pretty good shape. There's not a lot of new soreness, so I'm hopeful for a relatively fast recovery!

Thankful that I survived yesterday. I'm pretty sore today, and I'm sporting some great random sun-burn spots. Thanks all for the support leading up to yesterday, it is much appreciated. I will try to get a race report up later today. Race Day Report is up on yesterday's race link.

I can't believe I survived to be named an Ironman. Freakin crazy! The day unfolded completely different than I expected. The swim portion went exactly as I was hoping (good time & relaxed pace). Although, the mass number of people in the water simultaneously was crazy. The bike was nothing as expected. I thought I would easily sustain a relaxed pace (16mph) without any significant issues. Boy was I wrong! The nutrition plan was a complete failure. My stomach shutdown roughly 30-45 miles into the bike. I had to ultimately stop right before the mid-way point in the bike for roughly 30-40 minutes. I had zero appetite and forced food and drink made little progress. Luckily with time things improved. However, by the time I finally finished the bike I had probably stopped for a total between 60 minutes and 90 minutes. While it destroyed my overall average pace, it did allow me to complete the course. The run actually went better than I expected. I thought my legs would be destroyed following the bike, but I actually found that I had pretty good reserves. I adopted a strategy to run 1/2 to 3/4 of the flats and all of the downhills; while walking the uphills. The time actually went by really quickly on the run, and I felt pretty good during the whole marathon. Although the splits for my run are messed up. It looks like my chip didn't get recorded at perhaps the first timing mat, and then my total run for the first roughly 11 miles were logged for the first split. It certainly didn't take me over 3 hours to run 3.5 miles. I may email the ironman director to ask if there were any issues. I just have this crazy nightmare that the race directors are going to say I cut the course (which certainly wasn't the case) and ask for my medal, shirt & hat back, and say I'm not an Ironman. I really hope it's not a big deal, and get solved without issue. Overall it was a great experience, and I learned a truck load (like use salt tabs or E-caps next time). I hope everyone else on BT that participated had a great day. I appreciate all of the support and tips during my training. I hope I can repay you all some day.

Wow, I can't believe IMAZ is only 24 hours away. When I woke up this morning it really hit me that I'm one day away from one of the biggest days of my life. Crazy. Today's agenda consists of a 15 minute run, obtaining my bike from Tribe Multisports, a quick 10 minute test of the bike, checking my bike and transition bags, and then driving the bike course with alltom1. I'm hoping to have everything done by 2 or 3 pm so that I can relaxed and take some quiet time for reflection.

I'm trying to maintain my sanity. I hate to say it, but I feel more relaxed avoiding the pre-race crowds. I chose to use the lap pool as opposed to the OWS practice. Something about the tension and intensity when all of the racers get together punks me out. Although, I am looking forward to the registration and walking around the race village this afternoon.