My throat was somewhat sore and sensitive after the morning incident...Tried to drink Gatorade or water on the run, but couldn't really swallow.

Had a nice slow run, slowest ever in a race!

Well, I would really try to prepare prior to a race, even if its just for training purposes.

I still felt I did well (though nearly 4 min above my 10K PB). The ITB did not hurt at all (good news!).

Though it may sound silly to run with a mild fever, I pretty much thought it would resemble the hardships of running after a 1.5K swim and a 40K ride. I was going slow, but I still felt like I was pushing it. I hope my run times in my first tri are somewhere around this result or better.

Got my finisher's medal and stood in line for post-race refreshments and a bag full of sponsor's gifts for about 30 min. Got neither! Way before it was my turn, the organization had run out. People were taking two and even three bags at a time, and they were completely disregarding the line. Not a nice way to end an event. Bummer.


Fever, sunburn, stomach trouble, first 10k after 2 months of injury recovery.

Quite a long list of excuses; however, I'm glad ITBS is not one of them.

I definitely need to pick up my running in these 4-5 weeks prior to my first tri on Oct 24.



Great race, great course. Over 2000 runners!

A couple of organization "issues" need to be addressed, however--specially regarding post-race refreshments and sponsor's gifts.

I found out that an Oly will be held on Oct 2, three weeks prior to my race. I am really thinking of doing that one for training purposes also.