It was a pretty tough course! I had heard it wasn't a very spectator friendly event due to it being a point to point raceand prepared my wife for such. She dropped me off at the Lake parking lot and then went to the finish line and read a book until people started coming in.

I thought it was a fun and challenging race though! You asked which race I was doing next.. its possible I'll do the race in Tupelo the first weekend of August but definantly the race I believe the following week at Herb Parsons Lake. What about you?

Really good job!  That swim was awesome.  Sounds like a weird set-up with the transitions and all.

Hey, congratulations!  That is so great that swimming's your best event.  That is really weird about the separate TAs.

Nice swim!!!!!! very nice pace! Yeah, the pack does get crappy, but you want to be in it after 300y because you are drafting off their wake.

Don't worry about your bike pace... it's nice, and although it's not where you want right now, when you taper you just tend to pick it up 1 or 1.5mph faster.

And I know how you feel about the out-and-back runs. Gah!!!!

But I prefer having the little extra to run before the finish - it makes sure you have nothing left afterwards. Usually I get passed on the run quite easily, but w/ 1km to go, I kick it up... send the message to the competitor that I'm not going down easily, and I try to break them. I'm not saying this is a good strategy for you, but it's fun nonetheless.

So have a good week, and get that recovery session soon!

Ciao