Myron had a fantastic race in Panama last week. In it’s inaugural year Panama Ironman 70.3 attracted a lot of high profile pros like Lance Armstrong along with high profile Team Mito member Myron Tereault.
On top of having to work through the normal pre-race stresses, Myron had to deal with his airline losing his bike (it was returned… with a bent rear derailleur) and a frantic search in Panama City for some CO2 cartridges.

Once the race started he wasted no time. His 1.9km swim was clocked at 21 minutes! He humbly attributed that to the current but coming out 1st in your age group (36th overall) is no fluke.

Once on the bike he settled in and latched onto one of his age group competitors. At round the 75km he got a flat. After working on that for about 10 minuted he got back onto his bike only to have a second flat soon after. He rolled into T2 a little further back then he wanted to (3rd in his age group) but set out onto the run determined.

The run was hot… at least 41 degrees. Myron slowed his pace to account for the heat but still finished with a gutsy 1:35. This was good enough for 2nd place in his age group and  87th overall. 

With his placement he qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas next September. Way to go Myron!