10AM Time to bust out the trainer. Planning on a ride later.

DLCT race report is up! :)

8PM Taking the day off. Feeling sore and a little beat up. Planning on making this a strong week or training.

10AM Well, next race is a half marathon on the 29th of October. Planning to run more and pick up cycling again.

I have been too busy lately to shop for a bike. I will continue to look, but it's not that big a priority at this time..

4PM Had a great time at the DLCT today! Wife's first triathlon and got to hang with McQ. He's funny as hell. He did fix the bike of a guy that passed me in the last mile, so I'm mad at him.

The lack of hill training the past year caused me to SUFFER today. Man, those hills were painful. I was really struggling. This course is hilly...very hilly. I was just trying to keep pedaling.

After the first half mile, led most of the run. I pushed the pace, knowing I'd need every second to try and stave off a McQ chase-down later. I made the OA winner huff and puff to keep up with me, but in the end he pushed it and beat me by a second. The RD stated we set a new run course record by over 2 minutes.

Exited transition with the OA winner, but dropped my chain on the first hill and saw him ride off. I couldn't get it back on, so decided to just run the bike to the top of the hill, then regroup. Never got into a groove, but just kept on going. At mile 7, saw somebody off in the distance and saw them wave. It was McQ...He caught me at mile 8. I knew he would! We laughed about the wave later...lol. Always the joker.

Swim was just me trying to finish and McQ being a drill sergeant from the sidelines. SWIM! He yelled!

After I finished, I got my cowbell and rung the heck out of it once my wife came in. McQ and I were her biggest fans! She had a blast!

Super fun day and I am looking forward to the next one.

12PM This race was FUN today! W00T!

4OA, 2AG in 35-39 AG (McQ's AG!), in 1 hour and 50 (ish) seconds. Hoped to go sub 1 hour. I had a strong run, OK bike, and then finished it up with a swim. McQ was rooting for me on the pool sidelines.

Congrats to McQ on his 2OA and sub 1 hour effort. He really smoked the bike, catching me at the 7-8 mile mark. Great job!

4PM Short, hard ride. Bike is ready.

10PM Very long day. Had to drive to Alabama to visit my mother. She's been in the ER for the past 2 days and I just found out...GRR.

Gash on right shin was still bleeding today. I knew it was deep, but didn't realize it was that deep. Shin is very sore and I had a few ppl mention how swollen it looked. I think it looks badass. :)

Picking up bike tomorrow and planning on a short ride to make sure it's good to go.