Good swim, the seeding looked to be very good, at least for us fasties! I did pass the guy in front of me, not sure he wanted me to, but we reached the end of lane 7 about the same time, I flipped and passed him. So sad too bad guy! Stomach was still bothering me, but felt like I had a strong swim. Last year's swim went right to left, this years was left to right so I was able to use all flip turns, I'm sure that made it a faster swim.

Push just a little harder maybe. 4th of 66 total women.

AG 1/8. Since my bike was so close to the swim exit (maybe 20 steps), I was still dripping wet and was pooling water at my feet as I was getting my socks on! They were a little obstinate, but got them on and headed out. I think I saved a good bit of time by keeping my Garmin on my bike and not having to try and get it on my wrist.

Maybe step on the towel to get socks on?

I realized when I got to the first sharp turn and I braked, that obviously not only did someone knock my helmet off my bike in transition, they must have knocked over my whole bike because the left hand brake was all skewed crooked, I could barely grab it! Yeah, I was pissed! Because I was one of the first in the water I had open road for the bike... kind of good and bad. Didn't have to worry about passing a bunch of people, but not enough people out there to really keep my adrenaline pushing hard. I had hoped to be 19+ mph even with hills and wind. I was following one guy for a long time, passed another guy, then passed the original guy who passed me back about a mile from the bike finish. I thought about eating some Shot Blox, but decided not to chance anymore tummy discomfort. Legs were really feeling this ride, the whole time, and I was breathing hard. Probalby because I'm fighting off a cold.

Nothing, overall a pretty good ride. 4th of 66 total women.

Okay transition, but probably could have done it faster.

Nothing, just try and do it faster.

SUCKAGE.... felt like a shuffle most of the run. I just couldn't seem to get my breathing under control and my HR was way high. Ended up having to walk a good bit. I kept thinking of how well Wilson ran yesterday, but even that wasn't enough to make me go any faster. One aid station, drank just a few sips of water. Tummy was really not feeling good and there was a threat of "seepage" in the tri shorts area, just felt awful. Didn't have too may people pass me, felt like I was running by myself most of the time. It got really hot in the sections that had no shade. I was able to give it a good kick into the finish line.

Keep working on the run and endurance. I haven't done a whole lot of long runs longer than 5 miles, I'm hoping that training for 2 half-marathons over the winter will help, please God help!

Grabbed some cold Gatorade and some orange wedges and sat down in the grass in the shade. Talked to a few gals and waited a long time for everyone to finish before the awards ceremony. Had some more Gatorade and some animal crackers.


The freakin' run, g-dammit!!!! I don't feel like I'm much better off than I was last season, even though I have made improvements. If I could get into the high 9's consistently, I would be happy. Also the stomach/GI issues didn't help, and neither did having to put my dog to sleep yesterday, that was heavy on my mind.


I really like this small venue race and the fact that I can ride the bike route whenever I want because it is so close to home. Next year the RD hopes to add another tri, this one with an OWS.