Did the Florida Challenge 1/2 Ironman Distance Triathlon. The swim went really good. I actually came in before the middle of the pack for once. The bike was really long and there were some steep hills. It was actually 61 mi instead of 56 like it was supose to be. The run was extremely hot, the heat index was around 100. I had to keep pouring water on me at every stop which made my shoes sloshy and my feet felt cramped in my shoes. I'm going to try to put more miles on my Nike Free's to see if I can wear those in the full iron distance tri in October. My run pace was very slow, but I didn't walk much and picked up the pace the last couple of miles. I did a 1/2 ironman in the summer in Macon and walked about 1/3 of the run. My time was pretty much the same in both races though, so the Macon course was probably a little short, or the Clermont course was a little long, or maybe a little of both.
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