The swim is killing me! This swim was way slower than deer creek - this of course wouldn't be due to the fact that I can't site for Sh*t - ah ha ha ha. Actually I think I probably ended up swimming an extra 50-75 yards because I started way off to the side in order to avoid some of the kicking and ended up way left of the bouys - next time - forget it I will swim over the top of people - whatever, I survived it.

I have been slacking on getting to the pool of late, there has been a lot going on and trying to juggle schedules and make the right arrangements etc. has put a cramp in my swimming, but I am happy to report that things have finally seemed to calm down and I should be getting back to the pool regularly so no more excuses.

I don't have much to do in T1 since I haven't graduated to big girl clipp pedals and don't have a wetsuit and what not all I have to do is slide my running shoes on and off I go.

Nada

This is the first time on the bike where I was really comfortable. It was a lot of fun and I really only got passed by a few folks and I actually passed quite a few people so I am really pleased with this. My favorite part was passing the people on the fancy bikes with the funny sounding wheels - yes, makes you feel good. I had some good folks to pace me and ended up playing some leap frog with a couple of people. This is by far the fastest I have biked a course and rolls over my previous fastest average so I am excited with this PR!

I still think more time outside on the bike would help.

Again, not much for me to do here since all I have to do is rack the bike and throw the helmet on the ground - sure makes me look super speedy though hun?

Nada.

It was hot and I was actually a little more wiped out from my stellar bike performance than I had thought. I had been riding with a friend of a friend on the bike route and quasi competing with her (ok, ok, really I wanted to beat her on the bike so I hammered down at the end to beat her in) and my legs were pretty rough. I kept feeling like the turn-around should have come sooner. When I hit the turn-around I grabbed some water, took a couple of sips and dumped the rest over my head because I was HOT! Once I turned around the sun hit me in the face and all I could think was just keep going, just keep going, get on the side of the lake and then the sun won't be directly on your face. I was probably a quarter of a mile out when a chick passed me - dang it if it wasn't a chick from my age group - she ended up finishing 20 seconds ahead of me and grabbed the spot ahead of me in our age group - I just couldn't catch her - I was running out of steam. I was surprised to see my run time because I didn't feel like I was moving that fast, but overall this was my second fastest run and I was happy with it.

More training I guess.

Finished the race and caught up with friends Teresa and Mike - I had been chasing Teresa the whole bike but got her on the run so watched and yelled with her husband as she finished. I scarfed down 2 PB&J sandwiches and 3 cookies, a diet pepsi and 2 bottles of water. Watched some other BT'rs finish and chatted with them. Went for a post race cool down in the lake, then packed up the car and made the Loooonnnngggggg drive home (I know 2 hours and 30 minutes isn't that long but after little to no sleep and that race it just about killed me).


I am really excited about this race! A big PR for me and I actually placed (3rd in my AG) and got hardware - so I am really excited. I know that I need to spend more time training - things are ironing themselves out though and time for training should be better.