Race Coverage

A Long Day Filled With Discomfort....

Monday, 28 November 2011 02:00

By Devon Palmer (from Palmertri.com)

After two weekends of bad luck in September I was eager to race well. I picked Ironman Florida over Arizona as it is 2 weeks earlier so there was less chance of having to train in cold weather. Plus

The bike started well. I was aboard my Felt B2 and Kevin had loaned me a Zipp Sub 9 disc with a powertap and a Joule head to keep track of my power. We had my watts from Arizona last year so it would be interesting to compare the data. I was negligent of taking in calories and paid the price with a bit of a bonk about half way through. On the north end of the course there was a 20 mile straight section with a tremendous tailwind. It