This was one of the worst swims I've had in a long time. I got tangled up with a couple of guys around the first buoy, and I got frustrated and flustered. I tried to put my head down and go around them and ended up getting about 50 yards or more off course. I had to swim back to final turn buoy to avoid a penalty. To top it off I got off course again on the way to shore. To say I navigated poorly is an understatement!!

stay calm, practice navigation in open water.

After the swim I was really frustrated with myself. Instead of putting things aside I sadly focused on what I had just done poorly and let it get to me. My heart rate felt a little high.

Focus on the race left instead of worring about what just happened.

I started the bike kind of flustered from the swim with a higher heart rate than I would have liked to have had. There were enough rolling hills to kind of zap some of my MOJO. About half way into the ride I felt like I got back on track.

The transition was uneventful.

go faster

Sweet lord there was one muther of a hill at the turn around point that sucked every last bit of go juice from me. Prior to the hill I kept wondering why the people that were coming towards me had such painful looks on their faces. Boy did I find out!! After the big hill at the turn around I rand down the hill and up several other rolling hills to the finish.

run faster

laid on the ground, drank some water, drank a diet coke, ate an orange and a firehouse sub.


I had a hard traing week, but I allowed my race to go in the bucket from the beginning.


NEED MORE PORT-A-POTTIES!!!