This race (which I signed up for on a whim a couple of days after my so called A race) really should have been my A race, because I rocked it! :) For the past couple of races I've been trying to psych myself out beforehand by believing it was possible to make top 3 in my AG and what do you know it actually worked. Left the house at 4:30 am for the hour or so drive up to Barrington, RI. I have a tendency to get lost when going places I'm not familiar with, so I wanted to give myself plenty of extra time. Got to the course a little after 6 am. Was a really good thing I was super early, because we had to drop our stuff off at the site then drive down the road a good ways to park. My stomach was playing games with me this morning and I was quite a bit more nervous that I had been for my previous races. I think it was because this is the first race I've had to drive to by myself. Too much time to think!

I got knocked around quite a bit in the swim and I'm pretty sure I touched a jelly fish or maybe two. Coming out of the water, we had a nice (ok not so nice) jog up the beach.

.5 mile swim 13:17 ( this was a Firm race, so I don't think it was quite a half mile, but judging from some of my other times this season..it was probably pretty close) 3rd in AG, 88th OA

T1 2:39 Yay! Finally got this part down. :)

For the first portion of the bike I kept trying to chase down this other chick in my age group, who I dubbed thunder thighs. I lost track of her eventually, but it was a good way to keep pace. Averaged 18.2 miles/hour.

12 mile bike 39:49 (2nd in AG)

T2 1:00 (could def get this under a minute)

Felt really great going out onto the run course, actually had some spring in my step instead of feeling wobbly. I kept my pace up by alternating sprinting and recovery (like in my speed workouts). Normally I'm just trying to survive the run.

3 mile run 26:06

Total Time: 1:22:53, 2nd in my AG! :)

It turned out to be a good thing I went by myself, although it would have been cool to have my hubby and kiddo there. I don't think he would have survived long enough for me to get my cool little medal! How much of a dork would I be if I wore this thing around for the entire week?!