IRONMAN 70.3 Syracuse - June 18, 2017 - Katie's Race Report
PRE-RACE There's not much to say here other than I did my typical race course recon - swim the swim, drive the bike, and bike the run. Worthy of noting: I had THE BEST pizza I've had in a long, long time for my pre-race dinner. Thank you, Apizza Regionale! The mushroom pizza that fueled my race....yummmm! RACE DAY I started in one of the later waves, so I had a chance to chill out, take my time getting into my wetsuit, and do all the normal pre-start nutrition/hydration stuff. Sipping on my pre-start gel with 15 minutes to go! SWIM I wanted to claim my spot next to the inflatable dinosaur (no, really....!), so I got to the front of the wave, and was the first one to dive right in and position myself next to the lovely green creature. Sometimes it's the little, silly things that are what it's about. For the first time in several years, I got to start a race shoulder-to-shoulder with a teammate! I had the good fortune to have ...