Here is me and my mom at IHOP the afternoon before the race.
Me and my training mate Loc Ly he went sub 5 hours!!!! If you need drugs he is your guy too.
At the medical tent with an IV. I was pale and had blue lips afterwards of puking gatorade.
Coming in on the bike to only have to go and run now.
This guy is a blog reader of mine that came up talked to me, also inspired of Scotty's story. Has a 2 year old of his on.
With my homeboy Stephen, sucks he got a flat would have gave me a good run for my money.
End of the 1.2 mile swim
It was a beach start ...so CHARGE!!!!
Out of water looking for the strippers.
The final stretch of the run. I left some gatorade a couple of roads back.
Me and my old man at keep it poppin' like thugz at IHOP the day before. The man can eat more than I can. Probably where I got my eating habits.
The swim was a beach start with the 20-29 year olds in the last wave which put us about 20 minutes back from the first wave. The goal of the race was to get in the draft behind my buddy Stephen Milford and then hammer the bike and be the first one to cross the finish line regardless what group started first. Stephen let me know he wasn't gonna let me draft today. He can be a cocky mutha sometime. I got off to a good run start into the water only to be passed up as soon as we started swimmer then somebody whacked my noggin' pretty good, then later in the swim, I thought I had entered a UFC Water Fight as someone tried to tackle me, but luckily they didn't take me down too bad, and finally I was whacked in the back my club mate Steve Farris ;) I am out of the water in 34.57 but a lot of people are saying it's long maybe by 50-100 meters. Then the "lil' wetsuit stripper boy" couldn't get get my wetsuit off around my enormous calves so I was like hold on as he was dragging across the carpet and it caused me to have a sore bum as I ran into T1.
On the bike it was my first time to use my HRM in a race and I was surprised to see my HR at 182. I thought I would be in trouble early on. I stuck to the plan and hammered the bike. Within a mile of the ride I hit a bump across a bridge pretty good which knocked my aero bottle of the down tube. Now I only had one bottle of sports drink I use and I was hoping to be able to alternate it between that and water. At around mile 20 I finally caught Stephen I thought about giving him a love tap on the rear on the way by like he did at me at Galveston as my tire was going flat but I thought better of it (b/c I didn't wanna flat) but it turns out he flatted at mile 39 and another guy who had the chance John Robertson also flatted around that same area. The bike course was hillier than from what I remembered from last year, there was a lot of rolling hills the first. The second half was more into the wind and miles 40-46 is what I like to called the "energy lab" as it was straight into the wind and deceiving uphill. I don't think I was even crackin' 20 mph on this baby. The last 45 minutes was a struggle to keep speed up as I running out of people to leap frog around. I finished the 56 mile bike ride in 2:19.04, to average 24.2 mph.
The run was supposed to be with whatever I had left with hopefully a 6.15 pace. That lasted about 2 mile and then it started slowing slipping way down to 6.20s, 6.25, 6.30s and then 6.40s. I was staying hydrated on the course with water and gatorade and I was still taking in power gels. When I stared I had about 4 guys just in front of me and another guy about 5 minutes up the road. When I caught the lead guy of this first group I asked him if anybody else was up ahead and he said one guy (Kevin last name too long to spell) was 5 miles up the road. But it turns out he actually said 5 minutes as volunteers and other runners were giving me updates on how far he was ahead. I finally was able to run him down between 9-10 miles then I knew I had a good shot at coming first across the finish line. Around 12 1/2 miles all the gatorade I had consumed decided to make an exit and I bent over and started gagging, then I would try and run again and started puking and puked some more, I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish now. That mile went up to a 7.52. Ouch! After I was done or so I thought I told the guy who was directing me towards the finish "Let's go, I feel better now". Then we started talking more I asked him if I was gonna break 4:30 and he said I was cutting it close then I told him we better get to work then. I finished the run in 1:27 minutes and some change, I had 12.2 miles or so on my GPS so a little long and I then I puked much more at the finish. I asked the paramedics for an IV they said I was looking pale and my lips were blue.
I finished the race in 4:23.55 smashing my old time from BSLT 70.3 of 4:42 and last year at Iron Star I finished 9th OA in 4:49. I'd like to thanks Jesus Christ for letting me making out of this race without getting seriously injured or hurt of course for my second triathlon win ever and my first half win!!! Also for my parents for putting up with me and getting the hotel and for keeping their boy fed. My coach Brent Poulsen who has been guiding me since May set me up for a good race. Thanks to SBR Multi Sports in New York City for the sponsorship for the year. Make sure you check out there gear and products on the online shop at www.sbrshop.com. Thanks to Lance Vernon and Rocio Mullins for taking turns with me taking me to the pool 30 minutes away at the Cain Center in Athens and for many other people for their support and their couch. To my club East Texas Triathletes and Colonel's Bikes for their service and keeping me riding fast.
Also for people who have been keeping up with Baby Scott the lil ' man who gave me inspiration this season finished his 8th round of chemo not long ago and found out the cancer is still there but it is shrinking and I think he has been cleared of cancer around the skull. Thank you for ALL the people who have donated online and the Olympic Center desk where I work his family appreciates it very much! I plan on doing a few winter run races and I'll be getting the 2010 schedule ready!
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