Ironman Arizona; kit list

A couple of people have asked so here it is, I think this is everything;

Dinner the night before;

• Orecciette pasta from Green’s Vegan Restaurant in Tempe; “Grandmas’ favorite pasta (little earlobes) with your choice of mock meatballs in our homemade tomato sauce with fresh vegetables”

Breakfast the morning of;

• Bowl of Granola – homemade but see this link for an idea, coconut milk
• Coffee
• Tea
• Sipped on water
• S!CAP

Race Kit;

• Hammer Nutrition Tri Shorts and Top made by Voler

Morning Clothes; over my Race Kit;

• Orca Fleece
• Adidas run leggings
• Saucony Kinvara shoes (flip-flops are an accident waiting to happen)
• Headtorch
• Took my track pump to top up tires

Swim;

• Synergy Hybrid wetsuit
• Yellow “Have a Nice Day” TYR swim cap, race cap over this
• AquaSphere Kayanne goggles with smoked lenses
• Garmin 910XT and HR strap, worn for entire race and down to last bar of battery by the end

Bike;

• Lazar Tardiz aero helmet with fitted smoked visor
• Time Ulteam Tri shoes, with SpeedPlayZero pedals/cleats
• FuelBelt Race belt with race number
• 2011 Cannondale Slice, you can see the modifications to it in this post
• ISM Adamo Breakaway saddle 
• XLab TT frame mounted bottle
• XLab Rocket Pocket
• XLab Turbo Wing with 2 Gorilla Cages
• Torhans Aero 30
• Mavic Cosmic Carbone 80 wheels
• Profile Design Universal Computer Mount (Long)
• Garmin Edge 500
• Two Hutchinson Fast’ Air canisters; my tubular tire are glued on, if I flatted this would have been my only hope!

Tre sexy, no?

Run;

• Newton socks
• Newton Distance shoes with Garmin Footpod
• Yankx Laces
• CEP Calf sleeves
• Headsweats/Hammer Visor
• Oakley Flak Jacket XLJ with Ice Iridium Lenses

Hydration/nutrition;

• TT bottle had 20 ounces of water and 4 scoops Gu Roctane (approx. 1000 calories), goal was to drink this all on the bike primarily during the second half
• Torhans bottle was filled with 30 ounces of water, goal drink one bottle an hour, I probably drank around 4.5 bottles in total
• S!Caps, kept in a baggie and stuffed up my shorts leg, goal was to take one an hour every hour on the bike and run
• Gu Roctance Gel/Bonk Bar these were handed out on the bike I grabbed 2-3 each hour and had one every 30 minutes
• Power Bars I had one in my T1 bag and one in my Special Needs bag, I ate them both, I find them to be easier to chew than more “grainy” bars, but they are a bitch to unwrap!
• Cliff Shot Bloks two packs of these in my T1 bag, less messy than gels
• Note, the PowerBars and Shotblocks were pre opened, that is I cut the ends to make the unwrapping easier

Special Needs;

• Bike; Power Bar, Single Serving of DZ Nuts, very welcome at mile 65, I should have put this in my T1 bag and applied earlier
• Run; Long sleeve running shirt, gloves, spare Headsweats/Hammer Visor. I wasn’t sure how cold I would get and how annoying a sweaty visor would be

Not used;

• My T2 bag also had a FuelBelt R20, this was not taken on the run

Should have packed;

• BodyGlide, I “Glided” myself pre swim, (ankles, wrists, neck) could have done with some in T2 for the run
• DZ Nuts into T1 bag for the start of the ride; prevention is better than a cure
• There should have been a carton of coconut juice in each bag and spare S!Caps , these were forgotten and left in the hotel fridge in the morning…oops!

Looks like a lot right! Well it is kinda and I prided myself in keeping it simple! Pretty much everything was well used and practiced, the only exceptions to this were;

• My helmet, it only arrived the week before and I had only ridden 30 minutes in it 2 days before the race
• The Hutchinson Fast Air; never needed in training so never used!

Finally here is the race day video from Ironman.com, the swim looks way worse that it was or maybe I just got off lightly?