Honu Half Ironman

So with little to no training under my belt we flew to the Big island for the Honu Half ironman two weeks ago. I didn't expect any great performance and was hoping it wasn't going to turn into a death march for me. Lo and behold I had a great race, going the same time as last year ( 4:49) with a slightly harder run course. The run was stinking hot like always, but I usually race well in heat while others just cook off. I had made the decision not to do Kona this year but I didn't think I'd REALLY have to make the decision. I stuck to my guns and turned down my slot which is gut wrenching for me. Part of it was just not feeling like having to train up for it this year. Laziness I suppose. It was nice seeing all our friends and training partners. Maybe come over from the mainland next year and do it again?

Honu Half Ironman

Last weekend Marianne, Tyler, Becky, Christian and I flew over to the big island for the Honu triathlon on the Kohala coast. This race got the better of me last year and I was ready for some payback. The race is held on the Mauna Lani resort, North of Kailua Kona. The place is expensive but so beautiful. I'd like to go back some time just to sit on the beach and drink foo foo drinks.

My race went great. The run felt so good I again (like New Zealand) wondered if I should have put a bit more into the bike. I placed 52 out of 1100 which I was satisfied with. Full results are here .

Honu Half Ironman

Thursday night Marianne, Kristy, Jesse and myself hopped over to the big island to compete in the Honu half Ironman. We were greeted with an amazing sunset on the drive to the Mauna Lani resort, which was the host of the race. The island of Hawaii sits on the Southeast tip of the Hawaiian island chain. It is the newest and largest of the islands with land still being added by it's active volcano's. Many of the resorts on the Kona and Kohala coast areas are built on lava flows from as early as the 1800's. It is so beautiful there compared to Oahu. The developers haven't overrun the place quite yet and the population density is low.

This was the one big race I had banked on this year to qualify for the IM world championships in October. So as not to draw it out too much I'll just say there was no joy in that respect.