The Good News:

• Finished my 11^th Ironman in my second fastest time (12:22).
• PR’d the bike (5:20).  There are other great bike setups out there, but I have a hard time picturing how anything could work better for me on race day than my Cervelo P2C, Zipp 606 wheelset, and Giro Advantage aero helmet.
• New nutritional plan worked well – slightly less calories, and kept focus on the plan.
• Had a great weekend with friends in PCB, and all of the friends who were first-timers did AWESOME.
• Got cheered on by the all3sports.com tent (Morgan, Marc and Alex made me feel like a superstar!)
• Saw a school of a dozen stingrays on the swim (very cool “Wild Kingdom: moment).

Things that could have gone better:

• Doing an Ironman race with a sinus infection can lead to a very long and unpleasant day.  There were literally no points in time during the race that I felt well, and a larger percentage of the time I felt outright lousy.
• I love Ironman Florida, but the new transition layout definitely takes more time to navigate than the old transition area.
• The conditions were much more like ‘traditional’ Florida conditions than last years’ PR weather.  This year featured warm and windy conditions on the bike with a choppy swim.  However it did lead to perfect temps for the run.

This season had its ups and downs, but I had a lot of fun at the races and turned in (for me) some performances of which I was proud.  The support I got from all3sports along the way was amazing, and in some cases it literally meant the difference between doing and not doing a race.  In particular I wanted to send a huge thanks to Greg and Bill for their willingness to lend that last minute mechanical assistance that I always seem to need.  When I got to races like Ironman Florida or Lake Placid and wear the all3sports colors, I always have someone come up to me and share a story about the great experience that they had with all3sports – I couldn’t agree more!