Felt a little hazy from the swim but still got my suit off in good time but I had trouble with my race number. When I put my shirt on, 2 pins came undone. I tried to quickly repin the pins and move on but one just wouldn't stay pinned. I left with it unpinned hoping it would not drag in the wind.

Take my own pins just incase I get cheap pins like the ones they gave us.

The bike was more difficult than I expected it to be. I would actually rival it as almost as hard as the Mountain Man bike was. It was partly due to the headwind that slowed down the ride back down the hill.

I shifted well and rode very well on the uphill climb. Even though my shifting was good, my rear derailler must have come out of adjustment during the transport to the race as there was a little slippage in some of the gears and I could not shift into the lowest gear on the big ring. Also there was some rubbing of the derailler on the wheel cover.

Also my toes felt a little numb near the end of the bike.


More hill training and I should have done a little pre-race ride to check the bike. It rode and shifted perfect on Thursday so I didn't check it. (although I wouldn't know exactly what I need to do to adjust the rear derailler)

Had trouble racking my bike. Their racks were different and I tried to rack it with my front wheel (partly because the rack pushed on the derailler which may have caused my shifting problems) and it leaned over so I turned it around and reracked it.

Maybe practice racking the bike a couple of times before a race to find the best way, especially when the rack is different.

My toes were still numb for about 2 miles. I tried to wiggle them as I slowly slowly moved along and eventually I got the feeling back. After getting the feeling back, I still could not get my running legs going. I finally got them going at around 4 1/2 miles. I think I ran the last mile in 7 minutes.

Get my legs going sooner... sometimes easier said than done.

My mom had my dogs and the pulled her over to me. Drank some water and got licked. I also talked with Lobo and ABQkid and ziacyclist. It was neat to bump into some others from BT.


Perhaps the altitude got to me at this race. I did not notice it at the Mountain man, but here I did. The long drive with one dog on my shoulders and one on my lap. I also did not sleep the best in the roof part of my parents camper van. Enough with the excuses.


I only put below average for post race activities because all the bananas were gone when I finished.