Blech. About halfway through there was a turn and right around there it got really really really stinky. It's a boat canal, with some docks, and not much water flow. Smelled like fuel and sewage and I wondered how long I could take it before I tossed my cookies. Continued on and it got less stinky, but considerably more murky (wait, where'd my hands go?).

Not breathe? Put mints in T1?

2nd fastest in AG - that's what happens when I go without a wetsuit and socks!

Shoes on bike, flying mount (but need to practice that first!)

Ok, this here is a good reason NOT to do sprints. People seemed to have trouble staying right, riding in something resembling a straight line (especially with a cross-wind... yikes!). As soon as I got on the bike I dropped the hammer a flew by a group of people that I'd been stuck behind leaving T1. Never saw them again. Spent the whole ride cranking hard a riding waaaaay out in the lane passing many people. I think I got passed by 1 or 2 guys, the rest of the time I was flying up the road passing tons of people.

What was I doing?!?

Faster!!

Took a bit to get going. I figured I was running ~8-8:30 from the start and felt like I cranked it up to 7:30 pace near the end, but I guess I was going a lot faster than I thought. Was flying at the end!!

Nothing.

Ate ice cream.


Lack of speed work?


Finished 3rd in my AG, but the 2 ahead of me placed in the top 5 women overall, so I got bumped to 1st in the AG. Got me a bottle of red wine, socks and Nuun.