By Tom R I completed my first triathlon—a sprint, in 2011. My first Olympic in 2012. My first marathon in 2013. Every year I got a little bit savvier and a little bit faster. 2014 was to be my first half-iron event. I signed up for Rev3 70.3, held in Anderson, South Carolina in October of 2014. I picked this race for a few reasons, one of which was that South…