Started on the left and did OK. The wave behind caught up to me by the first turn, but at least it was mostly my wave and the one behind by the finish...with just a few of the other wave. Did mostly freestyle, a lot of breast on the last leg...swam right into the stairs and before I knew what was happening, some magic hand pulled me right up those stairs!

I dunno.....learning to really swim would only save me about 10 minutes. Is it really WORTH all that time?

Looked for family, not at all surprised they weren't there yet. Its genetically IMPOSSIBLE for my family to ever make it anyplace on time. EVER.
Ran past hubbies rack and saw that his bike was gone: Good. He survived the swim!

PAM really helped get the suit off!

Run, run, run.

Not horribly windy, but there was some wind. Ride was mostly effortless. All that HIM training is paying off! Had gone 17.5 miles at the 1 hour mark. Had a gel at the beginning of the bike, another one around mile 18 or so. Picked up a bottle of gatorade at the bottle exchange...Sue passed me right after that! (YAY! Last year, she passed me on the cobblestone!), so then the race became ALL ABOUT catching back up to Sue....then it became try to keep Sue in visual distance....maybe not that smart to push it so hard then, but I did get my average up some.

Close to the end, there was a motorcycle pissing me off. I know now it was the course marshals...but I was so annoyed cuz they were hogging the entire left lane of the road and it forced me behind a slower guy who I had no room to get around...and we were TURNING. I guess this is where I picked up a drafting penalty.

Overall, this was a bike PR for me. SEVENTEEN minutes faster bike than last year!
Learned that I don't have a good handle on cornering with the new bike yet. There was one turn where I was very, very happy there was no-one around me. I gotta practice turning at much higher speeds.



Back off around the course marshalls!

Finally saw family near the bike dismount.....so of course, I almost toppled over! I don't know if it really happened but if FELT like the back wheel just lifted up when I stopped and I must have looked unsteady cuz a volunteer steadied me. Yay. Walked back to rack my bike.

Run, run, run

Took an endurolyte in transition. Brought the leftover gatorade from the bike with me on the run. Saw the BT crowd to the left on the way out! Thanks for cheering!! Kept pouring water over my head and chest...ended up with a puddle in my left shoe by mile 1. Saw Sue again!! She was running FAST! A while later, cheered for Scott Rigsby. Saw hubbie while I was at mile 3...knew there was a CHANCE I could lap him! Worked it hard, but he finished first.

Saw Owen & Claudie in the finish chute! Met hubbie at designated spot, got some muffins & headed to the car to meet up with family (who never did figure out where the finish was). Then, we all headed to my uncles for Easter Dinner.


Excellent race!