Meh.... every time I have done racine I kind of freak and cant put my face in the water. Same thing this time. I just kind of floated there for a while and talked myself into it. I have no idea why I do this... mental. By the time I got to the turn bouy I was fine. This probaly cost me a minute or two...damn. then I had to pass (yes I do pass a few people:))the people who do swim slower then me... oh well. Sighting was OK, once we got about halfway it seems like the waves picked up and that there was alittle pull away from the bouy line... but I may just be cracked:)
Stood up and my watch said 40 minutes...about what I expected. Started walking towards shore and Tracy is standing there yelling " nice swim girl! Dont worry you arent THAT far behind!!" LMAO...gee thanks! For some reason this cracked me up all day.

dont be a wuss!!
Swim more- I havent been swimming much (thats an understatement) and when I do swim its not long.
So really cant expect much better.
If I really want to be closer to the top and I need to work on my swim.

long run thru the sand. I dropped my goggles and didnt realize it and someone yelled- I turned around and some guy had grabbed them off teh ground, he wasnt moving forward to fast so I ran back to get them from him and started running back to T1.
Suit came off well, grabbed the bike and was off. Mount wasnt the best either.

not drop the goggels.

mmm....well I didnt have a garmin I did have my PT. Was planning onpushing 180-190 watts. However I kind of was feeling like this was where I needed to be... felt like I had enough speed and would be able to run after. Pretty uneventful. Was passed by no girls, but I was in the last wave of girls and had a slow swim!
Had this guy behind me who I guess was totally sucking my wheel. This girls rides up behind me and tells me this. She yelled at him- LOL! Youd think a 38 year old guy could at least draft off a fricken guy not a 140 pound girl...yesh- what an ass.
So I was going thru this aid station tryingt o get a bottle of water, I have my arm outreached to grab it and this dude rides right under my arm between me and the volunteer...WTF?? Are you kidding me? So anyways I didnt get the wtare I wanted but managed a sports drink down a bit farther.
Then Ben S comes up behind me, says hey Tammy. I say are you seriously passing me on the bike???!! He says- yep. I tried to ride with him for a while, we talked about our sucky swims, then I decided I wasnt gonna push 220 watts to stay with him.. I say see you on the run! ( id ont think he will pass me next time;))
Hit a pretty big headwind on the way in...totally pushed my mph down :( Was kind of out of gas by this time too... I didnt have too many rides over 50 miles in.
Drank 2+ bottles of the IM drink, 2 bottles of water and a Lara bar gotta be 7-800 cal...was super thirsty though could have used one more bottle of water.

I should have tried to push harder- I should have been able to. My ave watts was only 166.
Overall fairly happy with this- it is my highest mph in a HIM

Well as soon as I dismounted the bike it started to pour then hail...lol- I couldnt have gotten off at a better time. I really had to pee so it was uper easy to just pee while I was standing in T2.. I mean the rain quickly washed it away..nice:)
That cost me a few seconds but grabbed my stuff and was off.

nada- not sure why this was so long.

Totally had my run legs right away. I forgot my garmin at home so I just went old school. Had no idea of pace but I felt comfy and was pretty sure I could run 13.1 at that pace. Sort of felt at times like I should be hurting more but I havent had many long runs in (mostly 10s) so didnt want to die! Grabbed something at every aid station, usually 2 things. Slowed down enough to make sure I got fluid in.
Wasnt gonna do any gels, my stomach has not been likeing them in the heat.
Did I mention it was HOT!!... I think someone said the heat index was 100. Damn.
Had one glass of gatorade, 2 cokes, 3 oarnge slices. that was probaly maybe only 200 calories- probaly should have hadmore- but I just didnt want my tummy to rebel.
Felt really pretty good til mile 9 or ten then my legs strted to tighten upa bit- could have used some endurolytes, didnt bring any, course didnt have any, oh well.
Just sucked it up and tried to hold my pace.
Loved seeing everyone out there!!
Finished strong, felt like hell. Tracy was waiting for me and I made her come down to the lake with me- that felt great!


nothing...maybe could have run harder
Happy with this though- I predicted a 1:50-1:55...so smack on.
Ill take it with the heat.

I actually placed higher in my AG on the run then the bike- that doesnt usually happen.

walked a bit, sat in the lake, found some food and drink, damn I was thirsty!!
Felt OK- had to keep reminding tracy that I couldnt walk that damn fast!LOL


HAvent put as much long stuff in as I would have liked.
No excuses really.
Im cool with the way things went.