Pretty good swim, although I ran out of steam toward the end, I think I was hauling A$$ for most of the swim.

Not much...more freestyle, less breast-stroke. Interestingly, my swim distance from 2 years ago was exactly the same... PRIOR to my training! As a rule, I don't see much improvement in my swimming times, regardless of how much I train.

I was changing clothes to get onto a stationary bike, so there wasn't a helmet involved. T1 was allotted for 10 minutes. I was changed, on my bike and ready to go waaaaaay before most of the other women in my wave.

Not much.

Pretty good bike... You have to keep it in a high enough gear in order to ensure you're pedaling and actually getting somewhere... I was in the lead for the first two miles, when the girl to the left of me started to get ahead, reaching mile 3 and 4 and 5 ahead of me... at increasingly larger intervals... I chased and chased, but she still won the wave with 5.72 miles to my 5.45.

Pedal pedal pedal faster in a smidge higher gear....

They gave us 5 minutes for T2. Not necessary in order to walk from the stationary bike area to the track.

Nothing.

A very slogging, slow run... but I didn't stop to walk at all, and actually, 9.47/mile is blazing fast for me... I think my shoes are still hot from all the unexpected friction! ha ha

Run faster? Train more... Run more.

Stop running... go look for something to drink.


I've been out of my training routine... although I don't know if I can blame that entirely... I did have a couple of glasses of wine the night before... not a great idea... (!)


A nice way to spend a Sunday morning! Had a good time, and came in second in my age group to boot! (Imagine!) My husband was checking the standings and he said... "You're second..." I said "From the bottom?" and he said "NO! FROM THE TOP!!!!" I couldn't believe it! I've never won a medal for anything before! Really made my day!