Well Thats Done

The brief update (for those that don't want to read comments) is that I finished Ironman Western Australia in a total time of 12hours, 37minutes and 16 seconds. My splits were roughly 1:10 for the swim, 6:10 for the bike and 5:15 for the marathon - throw in some extra for transition and rounding and there you go. Overall, things went really well - the swim was FANTASTIC and definitely a highlight of the day since I was expecting a 1:30-ish. The bike was tough, but I took it easy, stayed well hydrated and visited almost every single porta-loo on the course. The marathon was a different story though and I started off only 'ok' instead of 'good' and it went downhill from there. For quite a while I couldn't tell if it would be better or worse to just puke everything up or not - decided not and walked for a while to soothe the tummy. In the end I got it going again (slowly) and was able to enjoy a jog down the finish chute, high-fiving all the kids and cheerleaders that they had lining the finish. The sunburn souvenirs that I have are pretty interesting, and there are some lingering pains, but thanks to all the support from friends and family both near and far it was a journey I won't soon forget. I don't plan on repeating it anytime soon either (though my coach says I'll change my mind in a week)!

More pictures and such will be posted once we're back in Melbourne. For now, we need to figure out where we're staying tonight since our B&B misplaced our booking!!