Sweet Holy Mother of God!
April 2, 2007 // 5 Comments
If you do something dumb, and it turns out way better than you could have possibly imagined, that doesn’t retroactively make it a smart choice. But it sure feels good!
I will write a full race report later tonight or tomorrow once I collect myself a bit more. The executive summary, though, is that it went pretty much perfectly.
There’s even an article in the Galveston newspaper mentioning how lucky I was.
Here’s the quick summary: On Saturday I was 2nd overall in the sprint race. On Sunday I won the half ironman race in a huge personal best time of 4:07:03. That’s an improvement of over ten minutes over my previous best, on a tough, windy day. It’s also the first time I have won a triathlon more than an hour long. I employed the time-honored pacing strategy of going absolutely as hard as you possibly can for the entire day, and it paid off! Whoo! I was so excited I sent Stephanie the following text message right afterward: “Holy F***ing S*** I won!”
You can see the results of the sprint race and the results of the half online if you want. And I’ll write more, lots of gory detail, Real Soon Now.










John Young said...
Congratulations, Flash! Nice work!!!
April 2nd, 2007
mom said...
What a weekend! Congratulations on a fabulous win!
April 3rd, 2007
Jodi said...
Think we can get Paulo to hold Smartasscamp 4 times per year?
You kicked serious boo-tay! Congratulations!!!!!
:-)
Jodi
April 3rd, 2007
Eric said...
Hey Will,
Awesome racing! But 5 powerbars in an evening? Those things sit like bricks!
-Eric
April 4th, 2007
Patrick said...
Congratulations (again) on the excellent win!
It was a pleasure meeting you after the race as we cheered on the final runner of the day.
April 4th, 2007