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That'll be fun!!!  Good luck!  I love racing in new areas.  I guess I like the safety factor.  Happy traveling!

Got my race report up!

Great job, Sarah!  Happy Birthday, too!!!!

mac3116 - 2008-04-06 4:20 PM you know tracy i got up one morning a few months ago and was heading out the door for a run . when i grabbed the garmin it was dead . and i had a long run that day so i rode up to the track and did 10 miles on it . well that was the last time !! i was so ready to get off that thing . now before i put the garmin down i check to make sure it is turned off. but i think it would be kinda fun with people out there . tooling along at a good clip like you were you must have been passing the same people like every other lap . and i think that would have been a mental boost . here i am again , there i go again bet the ipod was well worth having though . but i do agree with ya on you 5k and 10k looks like they could go down anytime .

It was fun doing it with other people!   I was picking the same people off lap after lap.  An added bonus were the tips on form from the more advanced runners.  We got to watch each other for an entire hour and see what happened toward the end of a hard hour.  What is the bottom line that I am coming away with?  The good runners suffer at the end.  The best milage was 9.3 miles by a 60 year old!  I want to be like that!

Great job Tracy! That's a lot of laps...how'd you keep track?

Great race Sarah! I look forward to reading your race report.

Posted some pix on my album.

Nicole, I just counted my laps like I do when I'm swimming!  Ugh!!!  Verified every now and then with the volunteer lap counters, too.

Anyone have much experience with wetsuits?

today marks the first time I've tried swimming in my wetsuit. With the triathlon just 2 weeks away it's about time. (It was a bit strange; I can't believe how buoyant I was!) When I first hopped into the pool I didn't feel water rushing in anywhere, but as I started stroking I could feel it getting in, but I'm not sure if it was coming in at the wrists, neck, or through the material at the shoulders. With each stroke I could then feel it moving around the arms. Is this normal? I know it's supposed to be wet inside the suit, but should I feel it moving around? It's certainly possible that my suit is a bit too big.

The pool was too warm today to swim for long in the suit, so I practiced running up the steps and stripping out of it. Even though this suit has zippers at the ankles I was surprised how hard it was to get my feet out. Any tricks I should know? I'm really glad I didn't wait until race day to try this, and I'll probably do it again at least once more before the race.

Great race Sarah. Congrats on the PB.

How'd they do the pool swim? 

I only used the body glide on my neck. Next time it'll do my lower legs, too.

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep em coming! 

Holy cow, Sarah!!!!  A HIM!!!!!  You go girl!!!!  What about the HIM in Sutherlin, OR in September?  I hear there is prize money!  Not to many people enter it either!  HMMMM?  I'm thinking about it.