I was so nervous waiting to start, but once it was go time I had a blast. The waves/current was bouncing me all over the place...I would turn to take a breath and get a mouth full of salt water! It was like an Xterra swim! I had to keep myself from laughing at the situation! my initial most feared portion of the tri, turned out to be my favorite!

I could have focused more on my pull, and pushed harder. I climbed out of the water laughing and not tired at all. Would possibly invested in some booties, my feet were very cold.

Are you kidding me? nearly 6 1/2 min transition!! haha my fingers were numb, I couldn't get my home-made arm warmers off. Took forever to get the wool socks on (didn't want cold toes). I had a good half-gal of body glide on, so at least the wet suit slipped off fairly easy.

Not sure. I wanted to make sure I had everything and was prepared for the ride.

So I get started on the bike and I am pumping along at 25 mph thinking "I'm hanging with the big dogs! whoowhoo!" and after about 20 miles I make the turn to headwind hell. I kept looking to see if my back tire was flat or something, could not get ANY speed! I dropped it into the smaller gears and did the best I could for the next 25 miles. And there were all these weird "reverse speed bumps" in the road in some sections that drove me nuts! But overall happy with performance under the conditions, and it's the longest riding distance ever for me.

Again not sure, I'm okay with it.

What can I say, another long transition. I wanted to make sure I was prepared for the run...wasn't sure how my knee was going to do. So I was gathering Ibuprofen, celebrex, Flexor patches...etc..

Here's where it all fell apart. I knew it was going to be rough from the very start...from almost the beginning my left knee hurt so bad with every step. I thought I would quit once, thought I would cry about three times. The meds kinda kicked in at the last turn-around and I was able to run for some longer stretches. A little birdie dropped a knee brace on the road for me, so that helped some too. I ran a just over 2 hr half 2 weeks ago and let the knee rest until this day...but it just wasn't ready. But the course was great, normally I would have really enjoyed it.

stronger meds

Hugged and kissed my awesome hubby. Sat in transition a few minutes and took in what was accomplished. I met Carol (keyone) and talked with her a bit, I think I saw a couple of other BT'ers but I can't put faces with screen names yet.


This was my first half, and it was a great experience. I wish my knee wasn't injured so I could have turned out a somewhat descent run, but I'm thankful that I completed it. And get this! The overall female was in my age group, soooo....you guessed it ... after all that I placed 1st in age group and brought home a beautiful functional coffee mug along with the other great swag!!!


FS Series is awesome! Even for a smaller race, it was extremely well staffed with police, water stations, and river crew. Thanks again for an unforgettable experience.