I skipped comments regarding the Racine Half Iron

Posted by Kevin Sypolt

August 13, 2008

So there is a race I recently did in Racine WI. I believe there was 40 people from Mulit Sport Madness who particiapted in this race of 1800-2,000 participants. The fog was very think I believe visibility was 50 feet and the water temperature was 55degrees. Even in a full wet suit this is still very chilly water. I was anticipating a 45 minute swim. If you recall I stated I swim well for a rock and this is 1.2Miles in Lake Michigan. I was happy to see my time out of the water was 33 minutes. I felt pretty sure I would have a decent bike and I wanted to average 20mph. Well, This went a bit better I averaged 21.5 mph. I was able to catch a few people I know who got out of the water before me but more importantly for me Lindsay Zucco (wife to Adam aka Head of Training Bible) caught up to me on the bike at exactly 28miles. We chatted for a bit and at any moment I was expecting Lindsay just to leave me in a cloud of dust (she is a very strong athlete) Well I told her I had to get going because I wanted to race this in negative splits so I took off but in the back of my mind I was always waiting for Lindsay to pass me. Ends up she was just a few seconds off behind me. My Bike leg was 2hours 36 this was a record pace for me. On the run is when you get to see the family and friends out there supporting you. My wife was out of the country working on projects for our company PADMA’s Plantation however all three of my children were there cheering me on. My run was not as strong as it should have been. I ran a half marathon or 13.6 miles in 2:06 really I should have been 10-15minutes faster on the run. My overall time was 5:25 which is 1hour and 11minutes faster then my first half ironman.

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