Erica did a great job! She looked good. She really has good technique. She just needs to build up her endurance. I thought she got us off to a great start! There were maybe 2 lengths where she had to do a bit of breast stroke, but she found her groove and finished strong. I think she was only passed by one person.

Erica is excited to do another tri!!

This seemed to go smoothly. Jen was waiting with her helmet already on. She took the chip off of Erica's leg easily and ran with the bike to the mounting line.

4th out of the 12 relay teams

Jen seemed happy with her performance. Her goal was 1:05. But, the bike, aka "grandma", decided to lose her chain with just a couple of miles left. I didn't know this until well after the race when I happened to notice Jen's greasy hands. She's too nice to tell me my bike sucks big ones. Anyway, with the 2 min it probably took her to get the chain back on and get back up to speed, she really met her goal.

Jen's already talking about getting a new bike so she can do more of these races! :)

I very easily swiped the ankle chip off of Jen's and got it on mine and took off! We were #1 on this transition! :)

I was a bit nervous about this run. First of all, it took so darn long for my turn to race! I was getting incredibly antsy. But, my biggest concern was that I wasn't going to have any way of really knowing what pace I was keeping since there wouldn't be other runners around to pace off of. I didn't want to get comfortable on the run and come to find out that was an 8 min pace later on. I couldn't remember if the course had mile markers on it either.
I decided to go ahead and use my garmin even though the strap was broken. Ridgelake was able to help me rig it so it would stay on! (Thanks Rob!) That was definitely a good decision to wear it. I used it quite a bit to let myself know that I needed to pick it up or keep the pace.
I passed numerous people, which does help mentally. The course really went by pretty quickly. It is a huge benefit to know a course really well. I know exactly what is coming up and where to push it and where to (try to) relax. I felt alright overall, but think it was more my legs than my cardio fitness that prevented me from going faster. I did beat my best run time on this course from 2 years ago, which was what I wanted. I figured since I didn't bike that I BETTER beat that time or I was in serious trouble! That pressure weighed on me a bit.
I saw Rob and the kids right when I took off out of transition! That was nice to see them, especially since I didn't think they were coming today. Then I heard lots of cheering for me as I finished, which was nice as well. But I'm always a little embarrassed because I don't really want people watching me finish, since I think I usually look like death at that point! ;)

Nothing really. I kind of thought that maybe I shouldn't have biked and gone on a short brick run the evening before hand. I think that did fatigue me some for this race. But at the same time, I am really training for a race at the end of the month and needed to get some time in on the bike, so I don't regret going on the ride.

Hardly had time to catch my breathe before Tyler comes running up from behind me and jumps up on my back. That did not make me all that happy. But I kept my composure because I really appreciate that they come out to cheer on mommy. I always let them know later on in the day how much I like it that they come out to my races. It does mean a lot to me to have their constant support and general positive attitude about my racing.


Always a good race. Organized, on time and a fun atmosphere. I'm beginning to wonder if they shouldn't have a cut-off for the # of total contestants. It takes a long time to get everyone through. There were probably one too many water stops on the relatively short run course (3!) From a few reports I heard, it sound as if they could have used some more road marshals at some intersections. Otherwise a good race. Some Buffalo Bills players and coaches raced today, which seemed to bring some additional excitement to the day.