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Three down, Two left - my St. George recap

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Finally a nice hat I can wear! Love it:) This past Saturday was the St. George 70.3 half ironman.  I was doing this race strictly as a training race for IM CDA in June.  My plan was to have a good ride not pushing too hard and finish with a strong run.  The plan worked out perfectly.  It was a tough course on both the bike and run.  The bike course had a lot of uphills and some fast descents.  The uphills I am very strong and seem to get up faster than everyone. Downhills I am not so good. A combination of being light and being a chicken make for a slow decent.   At the end of the ride they had an 8% 4.5 mile climb up Snow Canyon.  It was a killer climb and I even saw several people walking.  I guess they didn't train enough or were from Florida. There must have been a lot of beginners in this race because in the swim I saw so many people struggling.  I was one of the last waves going off and I saw so many people doing side stroke, back stroke, and breast stroke. It was challe