Catching up on a lost year of posting....part 1

So this post is going to be extensive. I've been a tremendous slacker and really want to start doing this again. I enjoy writing and I love triathlon, so why do I not write more about triathlon? Cause I'm a slacker, so I'm going to stop being a slacker. Here goes. I believe my last post was last summer? Holy wow do I have a lot of catching up to do...Ok, so the quick..Since then I've done the Asheville Triathlon, Lake Logan International, Augusta Half Ironman, Frosty Foot 30K, Paris Mountain International, Charleston Half Ironman, Asheville Triathlon, Lake Logan International, and the LPC Triathlon. First the quick and dirty... Asheville Triathlon (July 2012) I had a great race that day. It was my first time doing this race and although I went into it with the intent of taking it easy, I couldn't. I took off out of the gate and couldn't take my foot off the gas. I had a very good bike split and set a PR on the run with a time of 23:12. By far my best 5k to date. Lake Logan International (2012) I've never written a race report over a year later so I can't be overly specific. But, from what I remember, it was a good race. I had what I expected in the swim, about 25 minutes or so. My bike split was better than the year before, but considering the year before I was training for an Ironman and treating the race as a training day, I should've been a lot faster. I think I averaged around 19 or so on the bike. I broke my goal time for the run was to break an hour and I wound up around 57ish. I finished with a time of 2:37. Significantly faster than the prior year, but like I said before, I wasn't really racing it so much as using it for training. So all in all I was pretty happy with my race. Also, this is probably the most beautiful race venue that I've ever been too. It's a crisp, cold mountain lake, with mountains in every direction you look. When you get there the clouds are all settled down in the valleys of the mountains making the views absolutely breathtaking. It's a must do race for anyone, and it's one of the few races that I pencil in every year not to miss. Augusta Half Ironman (September 2012) I remember this race very well, and this being my big race of the year you can read more detail in my actual race report. But to be brief, the weather was amazing, especially considering how it typically is down there. Normal weather is hot, hot, hot and humid. Mid 90's is typical. This day it was in the 70's and overcast. Overall I had a good race, I set a PR by about 30 minutes. I had a ridiculously fast swim, since it was with current. A very fast bike split, and my run was horrific. My overall time was 5:44. My goal was to break 6 hours so that was easily accomplished, but that told me I still have a way to go on my run. 2013 continued in the next post...