My Ironman Adventure #9 – A Race Recap of Ironman Maryland
Getting My 5th Place Award! I recently completed the inaugural Ironman Maryland. It was a great race that had a course that suited my strengths. I tend to perform better and place higher in my age group in moderate or hot weather with a flat course. Maryland was all of that and more. We had a slight amount of wind on the bike course, beautiful weather and a beautiful course. Each course seems beautiful in its own way because I seem to say that about all of the races. Most people who were doing the race said the weather was too hot for them but for me it could have been a little warmer. It was in the high 70’s and I trained most of the summer in Vegas with most of my brick runs done in 100+ weather temperatures. I took the red-eye to Maryland, which in hindsight I am not sure was the best idea to do a few days before a race. I basically missed one night of sleep because I didn’t sleep on the plane. My friend who was also ra...