Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast.

Today's episode is a breakdown and recap of Ironman, Arizona, which I completed this past

Sunday.

Today is now Thursday, the Thursday after the race.

So I'm in recovery from the Iron Man effort, which I'm very happy with the effort overall.

Total time.

10 hours, six minutes, two two seconds so close to sub 10 swim was one hour 30 minutes 23 seconds

my transition one was eight minutes 38 seconds bike. Bike, five hours, three minutes, six seconds.

Transition two, five minutes, 23 seconds.

And the run, three hours, 18 minutes, 32 seconds.

For like I said, a total time of 10 hours, six minutes and two seconds total.

And I'll break down each leg of the Iron Man, Iron Man, Arizona here a little bit.

But there are some things I want to share before we get into race day.

Now, for my understanding, Iron Man, Arizona for years now, has been a very popular race.

But this is, 2025, was the last time that they'll be doing an Ironman in Arizona on this course.

I'm not exactly sure why, but they are retiring the Ironman, Arizona course.

Now, this was a Sunday race, and we flew out Friday, so two days prior to the Iron Man.

Quick little story before we get into the travel day, because I want to talk about some of the

logistics that go into an Iron Man triathlon, especially when you were traveling with your

entire family. Then night before, we left. So Thursday night, I'm laying in bed. I'm feeling great. It was day

one of the carb up. I'm in the taper. I'm feeling recovered. I was trying to fall asleep

early to get, you know,

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