Stormy night, ominous morning and the smell of sharpie...it must be race day! 

Everything got blown away during the night.  Pam and Tony got no sleep camping in a tent at the park...my teammates that stayed up the street in hotels lost power.  Trees were down on the run course so it got changed to a 4 loop affair.  The Fraser tents at transition got blown 2 parking lots away.  No secure transition area, the swim buoy's  had to be retreived and repositioned. The sherriff's department was stretched thin because of all the calls from the storm. There was talk of the race being cancelled, but 3D got it pulled together so we could race.  Great job on their part!

Mini report: 
SWIM: wore my armwarmers under the wetsuit and calf sleeves for the first time...worked fine.  PR swim for me, finally breaking the 2:00 per 100 in a race! Woo Hoo!

BIKE: garmin operator error at the start, flat in the middle, had to pee something fierce at the end.  Super bummed about the flat, but I fixed it (really slowly) myself and got back to business.

RUN: Felt really good on this run!  Loved that I got to run by my teammates and Ranger eight times during the race.  Loved that I saw my teammates racing a bunch on the course.  Loved that my teammate Lil Trish ran with me the last half mile or so.  Bummed that I had to stop to potty twice during the run, that it was a short course, and that my right knee and glute were grumpy during the race a bit. 

So, overall I'm pretty darn happy about the race.  I felt great at the finish following my coaches race strategy, experienced less than ideal conditions and did fine, have the knowledge that I can overcome obstacles in a race and had FUN!  Overall, this was a great first HIM experience, made extra special because of sharing it with so many teammates. 

If Ranger had told me a year ago, that he'd be cheering for me and I'd be racing  the HIM distance I would not have believed it possible.  No way....not even in my dreams.  Somehow my friend and training partner has a way of convincing me otherwise.  Thanks for believing in me Ranger...now stop it already! ;)

very quick swim bike run at  ILRA.  Saw Steve and Karen for a hug and some chat before swimming, and swam one lap with Coop.  Had a decent time with the wetsuit, meh getting on the bike with shoes tied, and decent t2 to shoes and racebelt.  Just wanted to mentally go through everything in the race clothes blah blah blah and do race pacing.  Went ok.  Feel better for having done all three back to back.

Crazy day again.  Investment house, to ilra, to shelby twp to pick granite for the house, to Kaity's concert early to set up and then the concert.  Cleaned the bike in my jammies afterwards at home.  Whew!  So much to do and never enough time.  Guess I need to take Steve S's advice...get faster so training doesn't take as long!  Smart a$$.  Gotta love it though! ;)

was supposed to do 2xrace pace and did 4.  Oops.  My bad.  Felt good to move it a  little today.  :)

Why?  Why is my husband snoring so much lately?  UGH!  He said he doesn't recall me shoving him around to get him to stop, so shoving I will do! 

My Kaity is done with school.  It hasn't hit her yet.  Me either!  She has one more exam and a concert on Friday...that's it.  Happy and sad at the same time.  :)

Blew a flat on my Bianchi in the lab tonight.  Jeeze, I hope this isn't a trend.  Statisically I should be good for Sunday (crosses fingers).  Still need to pick up a replacement tube for the one I used on Sunday.  And a co2 cartridge too. 

Swim was tough, but not.  AC is never any fun in the pool, but it was a short set, so there's the good part.  I'm off to bed as I am running both kids to school, and have to jam in my run before my massage appointment.  Plus lots of paperwork to do too.  Yippee! Paperwork! :)