Today is 3 years to the day of the life threatening bike crash that left Saul in a Coma during the Curcuit de la Sarth. Tomorrow, he toes to the line to compete in the New Orleans 70.3
Good Luck Saul.
I hope the race goes great for him!
Its crazy what he came back from. Best of luck to Saul!
Can’t wait to see how he does. Good luck Saul!
I don’t see a run time for him. Hope everything is OK.
clm
Not a bad day- his second ever triathlon and first ever 70.3! SAUL RAISIN
BIB AGE STATE/COUNTRY PROFESSION 1
020 26 DALTON GA USA 
SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL RANK DIV.POS.
41:13 2:24:08 2:02:42 5:12:52 243 39
TOTAL SWIM 1.2 mi. (41:13) 2:10/100m 1078 112
TOTAL BIKE 56 mi. (2:24:08) 23.31 mph 161 24
TOTAL RUN 13.1 mi. (2:02:42) 9:21/mile 243 39
I’m sorry, but that was not a good day…IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
Take away the TBI and crash issues, and look at it from a pure time standpoint and ask yourself whether you’d take a 5:13 in your first 70.03.
For me It would be a big hell yeah. Add in the perspective that -even three years later-he is still coming back from his crash and it gets better.
So crazy big props to Saul.
Thanks for the update. Congratulations to Saul!!! Hopefully he’ll post a race report.
clm
Jason,
Tell Saul I said congrats. We need to teach that boy to swim! Bring him out to San Diego. I’ll give him a swim lesson in exchange for a bike fit from you…sounds fair to me…
Brad Culp
Editor, Triathlete magazine
bculp@competitorgroup.com
Not a bad day- his second ever triathlon and first ever 70.3! SAUL RAISIN
BIB AGE STATE/COUNTRY PROFESSION 1
020 26 DALTON GA USA
SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL RANK DIV.POS.
41:13 2:24:08 2:02:42 5:12:52 243 39
TOTAL SWIM 1.2 mi. (41:13) 2:10/100m 1078 112
TOTAL BIKE 56 mi. (2:24:08) 23.31 mph 161 24
TOTAL RUN 13.1 mi. (2:02:42) 9:21/mile 243 39
That is a fantastic finish. Congratulations, Saul!
SWEET! i don’t have an exact figure but i’d guess that the vast majority of triathletes don’t get anywhere near a 5:12 for their first 1/2 IM!
What makes it that much more impressive is this is what Saul’s feet looked like after the race. He ran pretty much the entire run split like this! He rekons he could/would have been 15-20min faster without the blisters!
Sounds like a deal 
how did the Di2 work?!
That’s pretty awesome for a first half! Hope the whole crew had a great time out there.
THIS IS HTFU!
That $hit is amazing. Being able to shift under load, while climbing is unreal. That being said…it didn’t help me not suck. Nothing like going an hour off of your PR! I didn’t think happy hour the night before the race would hurt so much! Here’s a sneak peak. Look for a full review of Di2’s tri debut in an upcoming issue and on our site later this week…
Brad Culp
Editor, Triathlete magazine
bculp@triathletemag.com
Dear GOD. Ye-ouch!!!
Did he wear socks? Tell Saul we’ve got 2 words for him: Body Glide.
Only time I ever got a blister in a tri was at Kona, and it was one the size of a dime.
Nothing like that, damn, his feet look like hamburger.
Congrats to Saul on completing his first HIM. The sky is the limit for him.
Saul is my hero.
Just read his website. Very inspiring.
What happened to his feet? Did they get wet or does he have a chronic problem with blisters?
Good job Saul,
but coming back from brain injury is no excuse for not figuring out your shoe/sock situation 
just messing with you, good luck on the next one!
Yea…what everyone else said. That is friggin’ disgusting. I think Saul’s a bad-ass for running like that, but you need to have one of your guys like Richie, Rhodsey or Bjorn talk to him about how to prevent that in the future. That’s gotta put him out of commission for running for a bit.
-bc