400m pool swim, 10 mile bike, 5k Run

Heading into this year’s race, I was a little c​oncerned; on the plus side, I had focused my offseason on swimming and biking, and upgraded to a new bike, this 2015 Felt B16.  The thing that had me worried, as it always had, was the run.  If you’ve been reading, you should know that my 2014 season ended with some injuries.  When race day came, I hadn’t run in three months.  I had done some light jogging here and there, and the occasional endurance WOD at the gym, but I just had this deep pain in my butt and on the point of my hip from last summer/fall that just never really went away.  My pre-ankle surgery athletic career involved thousands (probably an exaggeration, but you get the idea) of miles of running, all without incident or injury.  My post-ankle-surgery athletic career was still evolving, or devolving in this case.  Due to my lack of running and also lack of diet discipline, I was about 10 pounds heavier this year than last at 230 (and up overall about 25lbs).  I will defend myself a little bit because being in chronic and continuous pain is very taxing emotionally, and for me, the thing that pretty much always breaks down is my diet.   My love for pizza and beer is strong.