the first leg of the swim was rough - pretty tiring to fight that tide. as i coasted along the second leg i seemed to drift pretty far from the buoys, but once i cut in and turned left for the last stretch, i really got down! i popped my head up to sight and there were no swimmers anywhere near me - i was about 20 yds to a buoy and they were all getting on the ferry or something, way off course. swim was tough, but i felt good.

figure out how to get out of that shallow water faster. learn how to draft.

long run in the grass to transition, and someone in my row had their transition area set up all across the space between racks. i kicked their bucket out of the way so i would have somewhere to roll my bike out.

had a goal of 16 mph, came in at 16.4. had a really comfortable ride, almost didn't want to stop!

just need more time on the bike.

OH EM GEE I LEFT MY SHOES TIED IN TRANSITION. this was my worst transition everrrrrrrrr. standing their like a dump untying my shoes so i could get them on. wow.

UNTIE MY SHOES.

felt good the whole time. foot went numb around mile 2 but didn't matter. no asthma issues, no cramps, no problems at all. saw kathy and lisa from my church about 200 yards before the finish chute and that REALLY gave me some kick. ran into judi (queenzipp) like a dozen times on the run.

nothing. it was a GREAT 10K for me. and my first ever, ha, i picked a weird place to do that.

some kid in the finishing chute handed me an iced water and a icecold wet towel. i wanted to marry him. i just stretched a little and watched the awards.


my sneakers. idiots in transition. swimming? never thought i would say that.


i had a blast on this race. never felt tired, never had asthma issues, finished the whole thing super strong. i am so geared up for the shamrock half and a HIM this time next year. i felt GREAT racing this - my training was right on for a comfortable race. plan to push it a little now that i KNOW i can do this!