I don't get the swim time- I thought it was faster. I had the second fastest time of ALL Athenas (13 of them). I was really happy with it, didn't stop too much.... but the clock don't lie. I want to keep it under 2:00/100.

LOOONG run from swim to T. It shows, my T time was 6 out of all 13 Athenas. I don't kick much when I swim but I"m out of breath so can't run well after a swim, plus it was on semi-soft sand.

run faster out of the water.

Beat the other girl in my division in this one. 7/13 out of all Athenas. Must learn to climb better- the bridges were killer! Got passed on the way up. Even in my lowest gear, it was hard. We hit some hills in neighborhoods- nice ones though, can't help but look around. Some of the roads were definitely rough. It was fun going down the bridges- I was scared of it in advance, but once I got it going, it's like WHEEEEEE!!! I hit 34 mph- OMG fast for me!!!

Learn to climb. The uphill climbs lowered my average speed- but I noticed my bike said "19, 20" a lot. Made me happy :)

the bike racks were high- hard to rack the bike back. Luckily nobody was back yet, so plenty of room. tied with chick in my division, and we tied for first out of all the Athenas. I didn't change my socks this time. sucked some gatorade, blew nose and off I go.

of course, I fall apart here. I was trying to neg-split this. I only walked the water stops. Got a side stitch. On the way back in, I started gettig pain on a toe- and realized since I didn't get a pedicure, my pinky toenail was too long and it was scratching against the toe next to it, which was highly irritating. At the final leg, I tried my best to giddyup, but my legs just didn't have it in them.

more bricks. Learn to run a decent 5K. 8/13 all Athenas

walk, pant, the usual. Ice cold towels.


my running sucks. And having my chronic health problem flare up this week didn't help either. I was home crying after the race in pain. (feel a bit better now, though)


This was put on by the St Anthony's people. First year for it, sold out. They gave incentive (which I didn't know about till after I already registered) that each AG winner will receive a GUARANTEED spot at St Anthony's next year and also 50 bucks off the entry fee. So I was pretty upset that I missed out, the first place in my division was a 26 year old tall and skinny chick. They didn't mark C or A on the calves, or R or N for that matter, and she was right ahead of me, it was close. I wonder, if I knew she was in front of me, I would've kicked it harder.