i seeded myself front and center of my wave. i never do that. then, i settled in right between 2 girls and drafted for the majority of the swim. i never do that either. it was awesome.

last year i trained a lot more on swimming - usually 3 days a week and for much longer sets. it shows that i'm not doing as well this year. i should swim more.

Pretty good T1 for me. Apparently pretty good for anyone - 3rd fastest in AG.

NOTHING!

This was now my 4th time on this bike course, and I still have a minor moment of doubt before the final climb. I don't know why. It's slow and tedious, but I can do it. I've never done this well on this course, and I had a BLAST. Was over too quickly. Never thought I'd place so high on the BIKE of all things...

Stop freaking and just RIDE!!

This is like my fastest T2 EVARRRR. But 16/24.

Had a head on collision early on in the run when some dude missed his turn, got passed by a caveman, and got told by a teenage boy on the course that "the girls are just so much nicer than the boys!" This was an amazing and enjoyable run, especially after Tidewater.

Push harder. I knew I had a mile left and waited till a half-mile to really push. I had energy left at the end and should have hammered it.

Guzzle powerade, try to eat barbecue, go HOME. I didn't even want to hang out, I was exhausted.


My swim training, my own brain getting in my way!


I love this race, and I love RMS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that team in training was on the course this year. They gave me quite a boost on the hill. But I do NOT love the new timing company...I want to know how my individual events match up. I suppose I can do it by hand...but isn't that part of what I pay for???

(Fine I went back, uploaded everything into Excel, and figured out my placings cause I'm a nerd.)