Im not truly a sissy about the water, I grew up on lakes, and early morning water skiing up until you had to take the boat out of the water in october, etc. This was cold! They said 68, but im not sure about that. It did get warmer the further out you got. So anyways... Once we were off I was fine, but with probably about 200 meters left we not only were running over all the slower athletes in the our wave, but the male wave to, and then just generally hitting the wave before us. I weaved alot, had to turn alot, etc. Not a big deal, but they sent us out in two waves, 35+, 34 under, so they could have given a little more time I think. Other then that, it was fine, I would hope for better as last race of the season, and a sprint. BUT, part my fault I have only swam once or twice in over a month and the same for bike, and short duration. So I was rusty.

Should have kept up a little on the bike/swim after the HIM

Okkkk, i dont know what Im doing in transition that is taking me so long this season. For some reason Im coming in more confused and out of sorts then previously.

FOCUS ALREADY!

The bike course wasnt too bad. But EEEEK, this was the first race at this venue, and they have two big things to work on on the bike course. One was a very dangerous corner where traffic was very backed up, but NO, and i mean white line only shoulder to try and pass the waiting cars on. Had to swerve into the oncoming traffic at one point just to not be on the dirt/gravel which was equally as not safe. THen on the approach back in, you actually go off the road onto a patch of grass and up onto a very narrow sidewalk. Defenitely no passing, and if you dont biff on the bump up to the sidewalk, its slow moving in to the transition. Not necessarily the best ideal, but otherwise the course was nice actually.

Other then that I did fairly good. I was a little numb from the cold morning and swim. So it took a while for the feet to warm. Again, switching to pretty much 95% running for the last month or so, I wasnt sure how I would do. Id like to go faster for a sprint. I guess once I stop working on long course stuff, Ill go for the fast. Id love to be fast again

again, slower then I would like. Thats all I have to say

FOCUS

Started out a little winded from the bike, and realized that yup, my feet were still numb. So the first mile was kind of hard on the feet until they got the warm blood flowing again. After that I was just trying to hold under 9 min pace, hopefully lower, but I wasnt sure how fatigued the legs still were from Thursday. I would have liked to averaged 830 miles, and I saw no reason why I shouldnt at this point.

Speedwork one day

Walked back out and to the last stretch of hte run to cheer in my dad, hubby and sister in to the finish. Now that was really fun to watch :)


Lack of a)speedwork, b) no bike or swim time since the HIM. THats pretty well it. Id like to get to 1:20. I felt good on finishing though, and was still holding a somewhat of a convo with my training partner and didnt push myself to feeling like puke point. So who knows, maybe I could have given a little more.