70.3 Gulf Coast?
Has anyone out there in Reddit-land done this race? What was your experience, especially with the swim? I’m headed there in 4 weeks and I’m nervousssssss. I’ve only been training since early March and even though I’ve done the full distances on bike and swim (only in a pool) and I’m an experienced marathon runner (which is why I wasn’t training bc I had London, Berlin, NYC and Tokyo all back to back), it’s not like I have years of experience (have been an avid indoor cycler for a few years), I did my first Olympic Tri in Fort Lauderdale yesterday and well, the swim almost ate me alive. Even though I grew up in South Florida, I’ve never swim in the ocean like that and not even any of my training has been ocean swims. For the 1 mile distance, I came in at 52 mins (2:54/100) and I was 30% on my back. Swallowed a little water and thought I was going to puke, and the waves and wind were practically nothing, 5 to 7mph out of the south. Now I’m serious considering not going, am I crazy?