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soooooooooo good to hear from you! hope you are doing well! we miss you! but understand life pulls us in all directions...come back when you can! hope that you are still doing some training...if not for your body for your mind! hugs girl!!!!

wow....it filled in 20 minutes! thats pretty durn fast! I worked the full Houston (used to be call Houston Tenneco) marathon finish line a few times back int the mid 80's....was quite motivational..and I think that is when I started running!
I need to find a group here....not sure I could talk and run...even though I do seem to blurt out a few songs when I have my ipod on.....hoping noone is near by to hear my OUT of toon voice! I may be in Houston on my way home from Cozumel in December...might stay a month or so with my parents since it is my off time....but it is also xmas and not sure Im williing to be away from my dh for the holidays....

so hows the weather today...a little cooler from the rains? and hoping it cleared all the smog and stuff away.....have a great weekend and fun run with your group.....

have fun.....how far do you have to swim??? 2.1?

MDHillSlug - 2009-08-23 6:49 PM Relay is different!

It was my first time doing a tri as a relay (I was the swimmer). I did the full tri two years ago (the first tri I signed up for) so today I was hoping to better my swim time by 4 minutes and come in under 23 minutes. Before I was even half way through the swim I felt me cap coming off and soon afterwards it was off and I felt it on my back; I grabbed it and stuffed it into my shorts and continued swimming but was wondering if I could be disqualified for swimming without a cap. Without the cap my hair kept getting into my face, making it vary hard to sight. I forgot to start my watch but when I came out of the water it felt like I had been swimming forever. I put a full sprint running from the water to TA, handed off the chip and sent Regina out on the bike. We had practiced the ride a few weeks ago and did a 1:02:++ for we were hoping she could come in under an hour.

At this point we started trying to figure out my swim time and I was dismayed to think that I might have taken nearly 30 minutes. Officially I went 27:48. Talking to people later, everyone was unhappy with their swim times and consensus is that the course was about 200m long. With all the GPS technology available I don't understand why it's so hard to set up a fairly accurate swim course!

I killed most of an hour at my tri club tent and then headed back to TA to wait for Regina to come it. Wouldn't you know it but there she was right on 1 hour (1:00:14). We did the next chip transfer and sent Jenny off on the run.

Jenny thought she could do the run in 33:00 but was hoping for 30:00. After hanging out again for a while I went down to the run finish around 28:00 and waited for her to come. WHen we passed 34:00 and she still wasn't in I knew she was going to be disappointed. She ended up finishing in 37:23. She had never seen or run the course and underestimated the hills. Still, she now hooked and wants to do the whole race next year

So, with transitions we finished at 2:08:36 which was good for 14 out of 56 in the relays. Not too bad.

It was fun to have teammates to root for, but I didn't enjoy all the waiting involved with being a relay team. Beside the waiting for each member, the relay teams started in the last wave, more than an hour and a half after the first waves went off. There were people finishing before we had even hit the water!

The team: Jenny, Regina, and me:


Waiting to hit the water:



Me finishing up the swim, sighting, and looking like a drowned rat:


Me sprinting my fastest to TA:


Regina on the bike (in middle):


Regina coming into TA, all smiles:


Passing the chip to Jenny:


Jenny coming down the chute:


The Iron Girls (one third each):

great pics...and report! great job 14th out of 56 is fabulous! and for never racing together even better then fabulous!

obtw...you see a drowned rat!!! I see some buff frickin arms coming out of that water! nice job Nicole...heal quickly!

plus the picture of you marking your bikers legs....look at how the other teams are all sizing you guys up! they look scared dont they!!!!

wow...thanks for the update....Helen where do you find the time!??? and hardware! YOU GO GIRL! and Dan cant wait to hear all about your first tri and how your wetsuit worked out for you.....oh and hopefully see some pics!

I went to yosemite for my friends last benefit race...was a huge success....

rained all nite on us while we camped...totally bumming in the morning thinking we were going to have to call the race...just at noon when it was to start...the sun appeared and we had our race...I did not race because John showed up for this race and I wanted to spend the time hanging with him...and had nothing to prove...plus, Im not the daredevil I used to be! haha...I will be posting some pictures from the race on my training log tomorrow afternoon. we are getting close to getting a van...yippity doooo da! then it is Extreme makeover...here we come! cant think of anyone who deserves it more!!

BTW....I did not run on either day like planned...but did lots of running around helping....I know Im in BIG trouble!!! sorry coach! will run tomorrow! should it be a LSD or a tempo run? 

hope the feet are feeling a little better today...keep icing...elevaging and rest! nice job on your race....even in the foul fowl water!

thanks gang for the well wishes. Had decided late in the week to participate in a local sprint race - overall was pleased with efforts. Came home with hardward- however AG was a super small division (hmmm what does she mean...)- anyway- nevertheless- I was glad as I pumped out some good effort.

Love the photos- they are great!! I need my daughters home to show me how to post some photos .

Keep working hard everyone!!!

-Helen

thanks gang for the well wishes. Had decided late in the week to participate in a local sprint race - overall was pleased with efforts. Came home with hardward- however AG was a super small division (hmmm what does she mean...)- anyway- nevertheless- I was glad as I pumped out some good effort.

Love the photos- they are great!! I need my daughters home to show me how to post some photos .

Keep working hard everyone!!!

-Helen

thats awesome Helen! way to jump right in and come up with neckware! GOOD JOB! cant wait to see some pics of you in action!

today is  a lsd run for me...hoping to get to around 9 miles....then to go cool down in the pool with a few laps....

hope you are all having a great Tuesday...and it carries on thru the week.

Morning all! heading out for a short tempo run today and bike ride tonight. Hope you are all having a good day!