Ironman...10:20

Just a short report.  I finished and didn't walk during the marathon although the "marathon wall" started at mile 14 for me.  Here's the simple breakdown. I killed the swim in 68 minutes. Mid 70s for the day with favorable tail wind on the bike which broke down to a 5:39 for me.   Started off the run strong for the first 4 miles and then a 15mph steady headwind hit for the next 8 miles which stunk.  Of course the weather was in the process of changing and at mile 12 of the out and back marathon course the wind had died.  So no fricking tailwind on the way back.  I hit the wall and my legs were in complete fatigue.  Every step from that point on was pain.  I knew Kona was out but I just kept trying to get to the next mile.  I finished in rain with a 3:25 marathon.

I can barely walk today and all my toenails have blisters under them.  I'm a wreck.

The conditions were so good for fast times(I wanted heat so I could go fast and everyone else slow) that the top 15 finishers in my age group were all under 10 hours.  If you look at past results for the race that's never happened.  Crazy fast!  No Kona for me so now I can get fat!!