Last year I raced Pigman….in a monsoon. This year it was sunny and hot, very hot. Lets take a look at my result between this year and last year.
8/16/2009
Time Overall Placing Age-Group Placing
Swim 0:35:03 109
T1 0:07:04
Bike 2:44:12 82
T2 0:03:28
Run 1:56:16 141
Total 5:26:03 110/530 (20.75%) 15/38 (39.47%)
8/22/2010
Time Overall Placing Age-Group Placing
Swim 0:32:37 58
T1 0:03:16
Bike 2:32:43 48
T2 0:02:25
Run 1:56:24 53
Total 5:07:25 37/453 (8.17%) 2/33 (6.06%)
It looks like I wasn’t the only one affected by the heat. While my overall time was much slower then my previous two Half-Iron races this year, my overall place held the same, while I managed to crack the top 3 in my age group for the first time. It’s interesting to see me with a faster run last year. My slowing on the run last year was due to poor pacing on the bike, where as this year, it was the heat. A 5:07 last year would have put me around 57th overall for comparison. I was starting to wonder if I had improved on the bike at all, seeing as I haven’t been feeling a whole lot faster this year. However, this race was a pretty good indication of my biking fitness.
My 2nd place age group finished (M30-34) netted me a dark blue Pigman mug. Next stop, finishing in the money 
Given my performance in Iowa, does this change anything I wrote in my last post? Not really, I’ve always known that my performance at Ironman will depend largely on the weather.