Be a faster swimmer!

i take way too long drying off my feet! we ran through grass and my feet were wet and covered in grass and i took the time to dry and clean them off. then the second big time waster is putting on my gloves! AND i had to put on my singlet twice as it got so tangled up that i had to pull it off and start over!

Never got out of my middle gear! Tried to keep the cadence between 80 and 90 and tried to keep my speed above 16mph

Maybe gear up and push it for a while and see how I do. Mostly flat course except at the beginning and maybe I shouldn't be paying more attention to cadence then speed?

Why so slow? Had to pull the pad out of the running shoe as at the last minute I decided not to run with it. Didn't put on the jogging bra as I was convinced I would never get the singlet off, the bra on and the singlet back on!
I did sit down to put on shoes and my knee felt like i wasn't going to be able to get back up. Didn't ride with brace.

Not sure but it feels slow.

Where do i start! I walked and jogged the 1st mile. kept reminding myself that the first mile is the worst. Allowed myself to walk 2 minutes at the aide station. Ran the second mile, walked ~2 minutes at the next aide station. Then my race went to hell. Ducked into the bathroom to pee and then put my head under the cold water faucet for about 30 seconds and ran cold water on my neck. Evedently this is not a good idea. Very soon after leaving the bathroom I began to see stars! They were so bad that there were times that I couldn't see my watch! Then the athsma attack started. Walked the next 2 miles. At the midpoint told Eric that I was seeing stars and asked him if that was from "nutrition or air" he said to drink some poweraid at the next station. I was barely able to take a deep enough breath to talk to him. But I didn't tell him 'cause I was determined to finish. Somewhere in mile 4 I met up with Margaret who was doing a 3/2 jog/walk and I told her what was going on and she invited me to pace off of her. I did the rest of the run with her until the end when she took off with her daughter and I did my own thing. When we left the park I was determined to run to the finish and so I did and when I crossed the finish line and was met by my father he asked how I was and I couldn't get enough air to answer so off to the medical tent we went!!!

Not put my head under the faucet! Take and inhailer with me on the run and use it before the race and before the run as well!

med tent! massage!


not in good enough shape.
not being able to see.
not being able to breathe.


They ran out of water at one of the aide stations on my second time through and there were a lot of people behind me. NOT COOL!