The "MightyMan" half ironman is in the books. Though better than my first race at that distance, it's well off the mark. Ok swim, hammered the bike, and then something went wrong on the run. One hilly, windy, & cold course.
Swim was not great, but not bad. Still dont like the wetsuit. Not many bikes back at T2 when I got in. Run went out at a planned easy/starting pace... then disaster strikes! Don't know if it was a bonk, but stabbing pain in lower back near adrenals and I was cut down to 8's & 9's. Worked it out by mile 10 (with a bizarrely loooong #1 stop!) and then dropped it to try and salvage the race, back to 7:30s, and last mile at 6:50. Relative disaster, but still a 5:31 race, #15 of 50 in my age group and top 20% overall.
All in all, dropping the P4+disc wheel guys was a _lot_ of fun on the bike. Last year, I had to watch them blow by. Not so fun getting towards the front, only to end with a middling performance. Back there next year for the rubber match... on to the Florida Ironman.
Back at the office, dinner with a bright MBA we're promoting tonight. No rest for the wicked ; )
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