Race recap: omg we did it. Such a fun day and weekend, I went into this Ironman really scared because I felt I overbooked myself by running my first marathon the end of February then having this the beginning of May. I was picking up a lot of extra shifts and could only get myself to workout after work a couple times. I’m so thankful for Paul because he motivated me and we usually always worked out together! And he always made sure we got in one long bike ride a week. Overall I’m so excited to have this under my belt, I definitely will do another one (wink wink Paul) but I have so many goals we’ll see which one I tackle first haha. Swim: horrifying, never done an open water swim. Current was bad on the way back in. My pace went out the window but we did it! Bike: headwind was rough for me personally the first and last hour and the last 12 miles I kept trying to push my legs harder and I just couldn’t Run: great pace the first lap but after that it became a mental battle. Super happy I maintained around a 9;30 pace because I walked/stopped to drink water and put ice in my suit every aid station I’ve also been really struggling with telling myself I can be proud? My brain just keeps telling me it wasn’t that hard and I should’ve done xyz better and I don’t need to be excited about it. But like it WAS hard and it doesn’t matter it was only a half and not a full because it’s still a ton of work. Idk just really struggling with that on my end. Enjoy these pics! Woo! If you made it this far ily!