I wish I could say that.

Went a little off course in the swim... twice. Swim 10 minutes longer that expected and not just because of the navigation.

Did not have power meter on the bike then. Pushed too hard into an unexpected headwind - got fooled by low speed. Slowed down second half. Was on track for a 6 hour bike split - longer than planned. All was relatively fine until 70 miles in when my feet started hurting really badly. Had to stop every 5-10 miles to take the shoes off and stretch the toes. Yep same shoes as training, and rode 100 miles every weekend for months prior to the race. Hasn't repeated. Bike split 7 hours.

Then got a heavy nose bleed in T2 that took 40 minutes to stop. I'm not prone to nose bleeds.

Then finally got to running and discovered that my knee didn't work too well. Walked 7 hours. Carefully. Knee pain hasn't repeated since. Discovered later that my seat was about 1 cm too high when I built the bike. Maybe that was it.

Finished 11:30 PM. Planned about 6-6:30 PM.

Only good part of my first IM was my lady waiting for me with a backpack full of warm clothes and food something other than sugary race calories. I think she brought a toasted bagel with peanut butter and that tasted sooooo good.