Some guy passed me just at the 200m end to get out of the pool. I was right on his heels into the pool on the other side. He decided to take the fast lane and started to swim much slower and wouldn't let me get around him. I never was able to pass him the last 200m but only becuase we caught a couple women, so it was the 4 of us sharing 1 lane for a good 50m....talk about crowded.

Not much I could have done except swim over people and risk injury...I'll have to make that decision next time...this time I didn't feel like it was worth it.

Best transition to date. I feel it still could improve but I'm thinking the best it could have been was about 1:30...overall awsome job on my part.

Go over my routine more times before the race day...and in real life, not just in my head.

Fastest to date on my bike...don't forget I just got it back 3 days before the race. A month without riding the bike only to get back on and pull out almost a .5mph increase by just increasing the amount I ran that month. I was utterly shocked to say the least. Who knew running extra could replace bike riding?

Push harder...something inside tells me I had an even 20mph avg in me but I was still holding back for the run.

Again the best I could have done...there really wasn't any room for improvement here.

Maybe have a water bottle to give myself a quick drink as I'm running out of the transition. Should be ice ice cold.

I'm not sure what it is that hold me back but I always feel the urge to reserve something as if I'm going to have to run a marathon. I need to push past this!!! I did however beat my goal of under 8 min miles yeah!!!

I'm going to carry my HRM next race for the run to keep myself pushing.

Walked over to family and gave them all big hugs...ate an apple and a pear.


My worries that I wouldn't be able to finish...silly that I would even think that because I've already done 2 of these now and finished both with no serious energy issues.


Maybe it's just me but I feel there are 3 important things to a successful race.

1. Adequate water stations and enough supplies for all athletes.
2. Accurate distances/record keeping for athletes times.
3. A good atmoshpere for all to enjoy.

This race only had 1 & 3...I was really displeased with #2. How can you argue or challenge your fellow athlete times if all you can see is their total race time. I worked extrememly hard to earn a place in my age group (which I accomplished) but to find out I actually did better a week later than I was awareded makes me feel slighted. Two people had DQ times for the bike but only one was caught because he happened to come in 1st place. Then about a quarter or more of the people had missing times for each event...whats the point unless your just out to finish.

I wanted more but I didn't get it...I'm glad that I got something but feel even worse that others who deserved more didn't get anything because the race times weren't a true reflection of what really happened. Nuff said!