What a weekend. Finally went under 4:10:00 for a half Ironman and on the first course that I started racing on two years ago so it has a nice poetic ring to it. Was also nice to redeem myself after last year's dismal performance where I had system shut down on the run. The race started out great on the swim setting a new PR in the swim split by 50 seconds at 26:09. Been working on my swim technique with Tim Floyd with the Magnolia Masters Swim Club. Seems to have worked - had the fastest split in the men's 25 - 29 AG. Implemented a new nutritional race plan this year on the bike using Klean's electrolyte's on the bike and made all the difference in the world on the run. Had my fastest bike split by over 6 minutes thanks to the use of a disc wheel and a lot more miles of training this year. :-) Although those miles on the trainer while living in Calgary over the winter seemed to have paid off. Run started out great spliting between 5:57 and 6:02 miles but then had some blister issues that really caused the last few miles to suffer. Wont make the mistake again of not wearing socks! Thanks to Bike Barn for getting my bike ready to and race and most importantly to my coach Michelle LeBlanc with OutRival Racing. Couldn't do this without all their support and help. Now back to the grind to get ready for IMTX. 6 weeks to go and not a moment to lose.
