Even though it seemed like a pain to start in waves of every 4 people - I probably started faster than if there would've been waves - - which was nice because it was gonna be a hot one!

Why is that I'm always ranked highest (or lowest) on the swim?!?!

Nothing great, nothing bad about this transition.

I had my cyclometer on this one and was trying to keep an average speed a bit higher than my last tri (which was 13.0 mph) - I did! But I was a lot more tired after this bike than after the last one. I still got passed like it was my job...but the lighter bike made a difference. I felt that I passed a few more people than I did in the last race.
I ended up improving my average rate by 1.2 mpg - which is good
Also - it was really nice having my little cheering section at the end of the bike leg...

Work out legs with weights!!

Pretty good transition - in and out.

This was a hot run! And I was afraid of this portion the most. The first mile wasn't bad, but mile 2 was just hot - in the sun and not flat - and felt like it took forever!! Boy was I glad to get back into the shade and it was really nice to see my dad and Chris (his wife) cheering me on at the end!! I wished I wouldn't have walked so much, but I'm not sure that I really could've pushed myself too much harder!! :-(

Train! Train! Train!!!! (And I don't mean a locomotive...)

Grabbed water and found granola bar and found Dad and Chris.


The heat, not training enough for the run and not doing enough leg work for the bike (& run)


This was a well run race! Which was suprising for how big it was! I realized -again- that I really don't like racing! But if I didn't race, I would have a hard time training...and I do like training...for the most part!

I might've given the tri bug to my 2 cousins who came to watch for a bit!!

Now the next big decision..what am I doing next??