Mooseman Halfiron Report

All I can say that was Fun, Fun and more Fun. First creds go to my wife and to all wives that have to deal with Triathelete husbands, you know what I mean, putting up with the hours of training/races is tough. Second creds go to my coach, Pat, I can be a pain sometimes and to QT2, the fueling plan was right on, not a single hint of running out of juice, sprinted through the chute. Third creds go to my teammates that had to deal with me asking questions about well ... everything, including the fine art of peeing, great breakfast conversation :)

Swim - 33:01 - Not great, BUT dead smack in the middle of goal. Love that lake, crystal clear, some say it was cold, but didn't phase me 1 bit. Didn't draft as much as I wanted to, mainly because I quickly caught a lot of folks in the wave in front of me and I didn't know who to follow. On the turn back to the beach I finally hooked up with a guy and we pushed each other the whole way back; jockey back and forth.

T1 -2:10 - I wanted to wear socks, have to train this week and didn't want any blisters.

Bike - 2:42:02 - This was a little slower than I hoped, but I stuck to my wattage and having to learn how to pee on the bike took some time out there. You non- triathlete types, peeing on the bike, doesn't mean pulling off to the side of the road and finding a tree. It means urinating on yourself while riding a bike, it ain't easy to get the mojo flowing. But a man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do. Plus the lower wattage I think really helped my run.

T2 - 1:11 - No complaints there , had to search for garmin, but no loss.

Run - 1:34:56 - My official pace was 7:15 which I'll take any day. I ran a 1:31 half in April and thought I was going to die, so running this pace after 56 miles on the bike was great for me. Plus I had more in me so I'll know next time. I actually picked up my pace throughout the run and ended close to 7:00. I could easily kept running, I just kept thinking to myself, this is so much FUN.

Total time 4:53:19, Goal 4:47-5:02 First half ironman is in the books. Looking forward to my Oly in July, gonna redline it :)

The race had a big QT2 team turn out, check out these impressive finishes by team QT2, lots of podium slots

Place

1 Christopher Martin 26:06 2:21:01 1:17:11 4:06:17 1/8 EL-MALE
3 Christopher Casey 30:33 2:17:44 1:17:16 4:08:07 3/8 EL-MALE
4 Tim Snow 26:54 2:29:18 1:13:10 4:12:01 4/8 EL-MALE
5 Timothy Tapply 29:39 2:25:15 1:17:28 4:14:23 1/76 M30-34
11 Jesse Kropelnicki 28:55 2:30:17 1:22:00 4:24:12 3/76 M30-34
14 Patrick Wheeler 27:49 2:36:27 1:18:04 4:24:49 1/12 M20-24
33 Joel Kehm 32:45 2:32:29 1:26:07 4:34:50 7/99 M40-44
49 Keith Manning 31:01 2:37:15 1:28:10 4:40:25 4/61 M45-49
54 Andrew Salmon 32:02 2:41:06 1:25:24 4:41:50 14/76 M30-34
62 Paul Mandeville 34:58 2:35:38 1:30:37 4:43:57 16/76 M30-34
69 Kevin McIntyre 34:20 2:39:58 1:27:16 4:45:19 14/99 M40-44
81 Mark Scribner 33:50 2:36:48 1:35:16 4:48:57 16/99 M40-44
97 Molly Zahr 32:27 2:35:58 1:40:55 4:52:44 3/48 F30-34
100 Custie Crampton 33:01 2:42:02 1:34:56 4:53:19 19/99 M40-44
122 Michelle Joaquin 32:25 2:53:48 1:28:14 4:57:37 4/48 F30-34
131 Christine Kropelnicki 36:34 2:46:13 1:34:23 5:00:20 5/48 F30-34
134 Pamela Roesch 30:54 2:50:47 1:35:34 5:00:44 1/35 F40-44
135 Brian McGowan 35:24 2:44:54 1:37:17 5:00:51 27/99 M40-44
408 Nicole Deblois 38:09 3:16:41 1:54:10 5:57:45 18/48 F30-34

I think I like Triathlons even more now!!

The beginning

I was born, :). Just kdding, I'm starting off today and today I realized it's only 23 days til my first Half Ironman race, Mooseman. That's 1.2 miles swim, 56 miles bike and 13.1 miles run back to back. You athletes are like.... duh, but I get asked that a lot when I explain what I'm doing.

Since this is my first post here is just the foundation of me:
I'm a husband/father, my wife is Beth
Kids Kyle - 5, Riley - 7
Work for Tangoe
I was 45 pounds heavier a year ago
I'm coached by Pat from QT2Systems
I'm a triathlete
I'm going to take on the adventure of doing a full ironman next year (2010) at Lake Placid
Race Schedule this year
Sudbury Sprint - May 10th, 2009 - 12th OA, 4th in AG
Mooseman 70.3 - June
Lowell Mill City Olyimpic - July
Timberman 70.3 - August
Lobsterman Olympic - September
Lowell Marathon - Oct
Clearwater 70.3 champships (If I qualify) - Nov