Alright this is going to be short and sweet...well maybe not sweet, but short for sure. Sunday Chad and I raced the Pigman Half Ironman in Palo, Iowa. It was hot, the morning was foggy and did I mention it was hot!
Swim - Delayed for about an hour because of the fog, but once it lifted I ended up swimming better than my last race. I am not sure if I sighted the best, but whatever, I came out of the water in 34 minutes...not bad for me, not great, but not bad.
Bike - I hate railroad crossings, and we had to go over a couple of them. The first one my rear bottle of GU Brew fell out and I decided not to get it. I looked down a little later and realized that I lost my Garmin somewhere. Well time to just roll I guess. The bike was an out and back, and I had people in front of me the whole time to catch...and catch I did. I rolled into T2 as the first non-"elite". It was pretty cool to be the first bike racked. 2:15 bike split, happy with that.
Run - It was hot, and it was just survival mode. 1:41 nothing pretty but it got done.
All in all I was 9th overall and I won my age group. Happy with the race, really happy with the bike, looking forward to more training. Less than 3 months until Ironman Arizona.
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