Several things ive learned from my first half and 4th triathlon overall.
1- probably cant plan on going under a certain time (was hoping for under 5 hours)
2- dont get stuck behind slooowwwwwww swimmers and have a hard time finding open water or someone your pace to draft off of.
3- dont go charging out of T2 and run a 6 minute mile like an idiot only to blow up and melt at mile 5 and finish the run in 1:54. I felt great coming out of T2, but bonked. Maybe i need more calories on the bike? ate 2 powergels, 2 bottles of powerbar endurance and 2 waters? worked in training anyway.
Overall, for my first half ironman, Im happy to have finished. My time was 5:11. Was expecting a faster swim and run, bike was pretty good and what I was shooting for.
swim-36 bike- 2:33 run-1:54
ps- how does this course compare to timberman and eagleman? I am doing timberman in august and hope to put my vineman experience. Anyone have any advice?