Ironman 70.3 Ireland Race Report
For a course that was meant to be flat and fast this race beat the shit out of me. When expectations vs realty go head to head, reality wins. After having to drop out of Ironman NYC to take Stephanie to college I though that doing IM 70.3 Ireland would be a breeze. Wrong! It was still an awesome experience but I expected a sub 6 hour finish time and did not expect the pain I was in after the race. The day started off to an incredible forecast that actually held up. 65* weather, chilly but with no wind. Very pleasant change from the last couple of days here. Chilly went to cold when I got in the ocean for the swim start. The pro's went off at 7:00 AM and males 40-49 were 2nd to last at 7:50 . The announcer was very entertaining with our introduction ... "and now for the guys going through their mid life crisis that have traded in their Porsches for spandex". While we were in the water he goes "look at all of them in there warming up their wetsuits".