I was much less nervous to do this swim than my open water swims. Just jumped in and started swimming. First 50m the girl behind me zooms by, then dies at beginning of second 50 and I had to pass her back. Really? It's a long race dear, how about a little steadiness? Passed one more then came up on the guy who started in front of me with 100 to go. Started to pass him then when I got close I found out he was swinging really wide, got a mouth full of water so pulled up short. Waited until the last 50 and just made sure to breathe to the other side and passed him. I don't think he cared for that b/c I could tell he sped up, but made the pass and out.

Heard my kids yelling for me on that last 50, smiled underwater. :) They were adorable (and probably annoying to others) yelling 'Go mommu go!'

Nothing but more practice. Swim was smooth and strong and not at all tiring. Goal was 7:45 and made 7:35 including time to get to timing mat so good swim. Maybe seed a little higher. Passed 3 and never was passed. Turned out number 1 swim in my AG/class.

Fastest T1 in my AG/class. Felt slower than this so I feel really good about this.

Find my rack quicker, funny how it gets confusing even though I counted.

I had driven the course so I knew it was a few gradual inclines and a ton of turns. Two loops and my goal was to do 40 min. Came in just under so check mark there. Because I was almost middle of the race I was out there with both some fast bikes and some not so fast bikes. At least I can definitely tell that my biking base is improving. Kept this pace without feeling overdone, passed a couple. No one in my AG though. lol.

Made sure to tell all the police and volunteers thanks!

More Wednesday sprint training. This course is boring and bland and not a lot to have fun with. But it's short so really what can you ask for.

Good transition for me. Tied 1st for AG/class.

Nada.

Best-case run for me. The first 12 minutes I was wondering how the run was going to go because I was hot, sweating bullets and getting into the swing of things. After that I knew it was going to be a good day even with the hills. Played leapfrog for a little with a guy and then sat in behind him until the last downhill where I let it out a little and then went ahead and finished in front. Felt strong for me through the finish. Kids cheered me in! Then they kept asking me where was my trophy - they would have been very disappointed if I came home empty handed ha ha.

Just keep on keeping on. Started singing in my head with my normal ipod tracks, ha.

Walked around, talked to the family who came out to support me, John, Shawn and watched Nancy finish an. Hung around for awards since I thought I was probably close in Athena.

2nd Athena. Yay me. Plus a much improved run time.


Who cares? lol. Fun race.


I liked the race, Cooper is really nice and there are lots of volunteers. The course leaves something to be desired and is hard for spectating. The awards didn't start until almost 11am (when they noted it would be closer to 10am) after every racer was done and were all out in the sun. Long time for the first guys to wait around. Still, would do it again as it is an overall decent race with lots of food, drinks and volunteers.