I liken the swim to being in a food processor. I could have hung back and avoided the mess, but I was surprisingly calm as i got kicked punched and whacked around in the water for 6 minutes. I really don't think i did much real swimming though and everytime i tried to breath I would get smashed by a wave or a foot and ended up swallowing half the reservoir. On the plus side I figured I was really hydrated now....

? warm up swim if it weren't so cold and so much waiting. also try to be in the front of the swim wave start to try and avoid getting whacked around so much.

i stepped aside on the run back to T1 and stripped my wetsuit off- was a great idea to avoid the hoopla in transition. rubbed the dirt off my feet shoved my shoes on and then i think i spent the rest of the time trying to get my damn bike gloves on. no idea why i planned to wear them other than habit.

lose the darn gloves!

I shaved 6 minutes off my most recent training ride on this course, nice! I really like this course, nice up and down hills and the one big up and huge down by the marathon start. Could barely get to 34mph going down the big hill though, grrrrr stupid wind! (hit about 40mph last week.) Loved all the nice comments from people as they passed me going up the hills though- I wore a nice mother's day shirt :) I drank most of my water bottle and that would be it for water/food till after the race.

have the body of an olympian? failing that i suppose some hill work would help :) I'm really good going downhill though!

Almost forgot to take my helmet off! everything went smooth here, was surprised about my jello legs though- i took a few seconds to stretch them out and the jog out of transition felt extra funny.

what can i say? i hate running, right foot left foot, repeat! About a mile in and I started to feel pretty stable but I am pretty sure I didn't pass anyone!

i was so psyched when i finished i was jumping up and down for like ten minutes after! i wish i had that energy on the bike! drank the gatorade stuff they were handing out, but the food they wre giving away either ran out or they packed up as i finished b/c there was nothing left :( i don't think i could have eaten though. was on cloud 9 from actually just finishing!


thanksgiving dinner, xmas dinner, new years drinks, valentines chocolates, birthday booze and everything in between :)


:)