Well I didnt actually make it all the way to my super spot cuz I went in the water so late. So I started about 10 people away from the red bouy and about three deep. Holy shit did I get the crap beat out of me! I still have a scrape on the back of my neck and I believe I bit my lip so hard I tasted blood. Not that it got me freaked outmuch- i mean I dont like it- but it doesnt really affect my swim I didnt think.
I just kind of went with it..... I figured just get thru the swim then the day will be fun.
I swam almost 260,000 yds in training this year because I was unhappy with my swim time last year. A lot of good that did.... I was two minutes slower....WTF? I think I even swam a lot straighter too.
I guess I did not put near enough effort into this swim. Damn.

ummm...swim fatser. get into position earlier.

Well after my crap swim I had to make up time somehow. The volunteer is SLOWLY trying too unknot my bag- I grab it and just rip it open and dump the shit out. yeesh...this is a race lady!!
Grab my stuff and go- I am pretty good at running with my bike shoes on :)
My bike was way on the opposite end from the bike exit...... yeah that was agood 400 yd run!!

Ummm.. I had my garmin in my bento box.. I forgot to put it on my wrist so I had to do it when I was riding...umm... Im not very coordinated when it comes to that! So I would say put the garmin on.

Plan was to go easy the first 30 miles then take it up to Z3 and then by mile 80 I could push hard all the way into town IF I felt good.
I knew from the first hill it was not going to be my day. I felt week and I wanted to cry (this is how I felt in training ALL summer...ugh). I also had to pee. So I peed on my bike but it just wasnt very satisfying:) SO I got to where the special needs bags were and had a volunteer hold my bike wheile I went... I figured maybe if I stopped and got my head back inthe game Id be OK.
I did feel a little better and as soon as we got to Mt Horeb I picked up the pace. Iactually felt OK and started passing some people. I was kind of evil.... Id pass someone and say something nice...like "nice bike" and say to myself "ha! Se ya later bitch!" hee hee. Once I strted to pick up the pace I wasnt passed by one single girl (yeah I know the fat ones were so far ahead of me after the swim)
Finally I see Josh he says "tamintor" Ha so we passed each other back and forth all the way to the helix. I really thought I still owed him an ass kicking since he ditched me for TTT.
All in all the bike was just OK...Z3 felt Ok- but I never really felt like Z4. bummer- I know I could do this course averaging 19 on a good day. I am positive.
Once again the support out there is incredible.... the crowds just make you smile. I knew so many people watching I loved it.... you guys have no idea how great it is for us to see you out there cheering.
Well I was only about 5 minutes fatser then last year..... not near as fast as I should be.
My nutrition was smack on though. It was hot and I felt fine...no cramping, no stomach issues.... I was a little salty though...mmmmmm:)
I had 5 1/4 bottle of infint, 1 clif bar, a banana half, and maybe 3 aerobottles of water.
HR ave 151....top of Z2

ummm... bike faster

yeah this went pretty well too.... if I would have ran in and out it would have been even faster.

run?

Well I went out in hopes that I could have a decent run and still pull off a decent time. I felt pretty good. I was suppose to take the first couple miles slow to get the hr down....so I did...by about mile 2ish I started the I cant breathe thing. Its sounds like asthma but an inhaler does nothing. I am pretty sure it is just the anemia thing still hanging around ( I am hoping because otherwise I have a real problem I need to figure out). I was like screw this- I am not running/walking 26 miles like this.....that is just dumb. I said Id rather be quitter then a loser (nice attitude- huh?)
Then Josh comes along....convinces me to walk with him. I say fine. But I was quitting at the turn around. It was sort of fun running or walking.. hey we have a pretty speedy walk...with him. A lot of people recognized us from the movie...too funny. We didrun some and when we did run it was probaly a decent pace.... it just didnt last long. We were actually faster then a lot of the runners:)
Anyway I decided I would finish with him- however freakin retarded I thought it was to walk most of the IM marathon.
Oh well.... what can I do? I actually feel like it was my race and did what I could- I had no control over the shit my body went thru this summer so I am trying to not let it bother me.
I am glad I finished- it does set a good example for my kids. Thanks Josh.
It was fun seeing everyone out there.
I even had sort of a you rock HTFU note from Steve in my SN bag... would have probaly been a lot more motivating if I had been running and having a better race.

I dunno.

eat.
I will kill this course one day... I promise.

I almost signed up for 2010 but got to the front of the line and decided I wasnt going to sign up for a tough race until I know I can race to my capabilities again.


There is NOTHING like IMWI..... nothing