Race Coverage

Fueled By McDoubles...

Saturday, 25 September 2010 04:00

This Rev 3-Cedar Point report was lifted from DKT's blogsite and has also appeared on Steve Stenzel's cool website. Photo by Speedo Boy.

By David Thompson

I'm generally happy and sore today after finishing my first iron distance race (2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike, 26.2 mi run). I finished in 3rd place in 8:36:40. Here's the breakdown of the race: 53:53 swim, 4:35:57 bike, 3:04:07 run. Going into the race I didn't know exactly what to expect except that would be tired and sore whether it went well or not. I figured..

the swim and bike would go well, but big question was the run. Based on my experience with halfs, I wanted to run 2:40 something. That would be a good day. An average day would be 2:50 something. Over 3 hours would be okay but disappointing. I'm going to skip commentary on the swim and bike because running the marathon is what decided this race. The only highlight on the bike was I ate a McDonald's McDouble and felt good at mile 90.