3rd place out of 29 in age group and 14th out of 138 overall females:)

Photo right after I finished...check the sweatshirts
and long pants out..that is how cold it was!!!!

Well I managed to almost reach all of my goals...except for the dang face in the water....but that was because I had people on top of me the whole swim and I could not see where I was going.....then the second goal not meet..I went off the swim course a bit...but was overall satisfied with my goal meeting:) NO PUKING.....NO BLOODY BLISTERS....NO BLOATING STOMACH...and I had FUN :)

I am pretty pleased with my results....3rd PLACE in my age group out of 29 girls...AND 14th out of 138 girls overall..I know deep down I could have pushed it A LOT harder than I did...I some how need to get the drive and some kind of competitiveness in me...I have lost it (unless it is inches away from me then game on) I guess the saying goes for me "out of site..out of mind" I need to learn how to push to hurt...learning.....I guess that comes with HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT??,

I wasn't sure how it was going to go with only getting 7 training days in before this race...if I can just get the dang swim down...I would do so much better and have more confidence in myself :) I know it is my own fault as I do not put the work into getting any better...so that is where I need to find the drive and the passion!!! BLAH BLAH BLAH...onto the race!!

I am only reporting on my age group (35-39age)and this is out of 29 girls....I was nervous before the swim...I was freezing my butt off...we had the option of wearing a wet suit and I decided against it....because it causes me to panic..so I would rather freeze then panic....I was so excited as at the beginning of the swim I did manage putting my face in the water, but that was short lived as this is the FIRST time girls were drafting off of ME(the stinky swimmer)... I had girls pulling on my legs and swimming on top of my legs...that kind of freaked me out and then some how I managed to swim off course a bit and almost swam into a boating dock:) ...because my goggles steamed up and the fog was thick...could not see where I was going...but the suckers that would not get off of me followed me..Ha Ha to them....So my goal was NOT to be last one out of the water and I had no one pass me yippee was 16th out (of 29girls ) I WAS NOT LAST, but knew I had a lot of catching up to do!!

I jumped on my bike and went back-n- fourth of putting a long sleeve shirt on or not...I decided not too...BRRRRRRRR COLD...my legs for the first 5 miles were stiff and cold, I had no go and the first part of the bike was windy......I knew I need to try and pick up the speed as I am not a strong swimmer and I need the bike and the run to catch up to people.....I started to pass people and managed to only be passed by 2 guys and no girls...I rode in the hardest gears the whole ride (still learning on the gearing) as I always feel it is strengthening my legs:) so harder the better for me!!! I had the 4th fastest bike split!!!

I started the run feeling pretty good...started off a little too fast(at least for me) with the 1st mile clocking in 6:44 pace....I started getting side cramps and slowed down a bit,but continued passing girls....It was kind of fun seeing a hot girl in front of me...gave me a target to aim for and I went after it.... so was picking the girls off one by one...past many guys too (but could not tell you if they were hot or not:)didn't care about them!!!...I get to my last mile and the cramping started again..so stopped and walked and had to cuss at myself to get started again...pushed it to the finish hard and really had no clue of where I placed....but felt good and not tired at all...so I knew I had more energy to burn and NOW I can kick myself for not pushing it a little harder...I did get 2nd fastest run split in my age group (7:10pace not my best, but will take it...MAD I WALKED uugg) This is my first year of racing, so it is all a learning experience for me and every race I am learning something new to carry on to the next race..so one day I will have it down:)

Coming 16th out of the water in age group, I was losing confidence in myself and not sure if I could catch the other girls.....so YEAH for my 3rd place trophy (now it is Skylar's).. Next year I WILL be ready to challenge this years winner:) there is always HOPE right??

Todd raced today too and got 8th out of 33 in his age group...he had a really good run:) These are just fun races for him as his main goal is that Ultraman!!!

Thank you....thank you, to the people who sent good luck wishes:)