I was called fifth and received a decent starting position...Far Right! The wind was blowing and I was hugging my towel and jacket around me, praying it wouldn't start to pour again!!
The start was okay - I had no room at all to dolphin dive and got kicked in the face, what a wonderful beginning! I had to stand back up and shove my goggles back on my face, and then boogy after the pack. The swim felt okay, I just concentrated on breathing and staying relaxed. Getting out of the water was fun, the mats were quite slippy thanks to the rain...sprinting all out to try to make up some ground...
I had a nice suprise once I jumped on my bike and went to put on my shoes. My BIG toenail came off and was hanging on by a small piece. This made biking rather enjoyable. I had a new friend in my shoe that was bumping and sliding along as I rode. He was quite a painful friend to have indeed.
By the end of the bike I was more than ready to run. I knew that the front pack had quite a lead and that if I wanted to make up time I would have to do it - FAST. Once again, my little friend joined me as I tried to shove my feet into my racing flats. He did not seem to want to seperate completely from my toe and just kept holding on.
I felt great on the run, nice and smooth...just a bit of panic...I saw the other girls running by in the other direction and just gave it what I had. I ended up with the faster run split by almost a minute (I think) not bad! I was disappointed with where I finished, my swim definitely requires more work. It was amazing motivation to see that I only needed to be a couple seconds faster in the water and I would have been with the huge lead pack. Time to keep on truckin'! :)
Man where is summer??? WE NEED SOME SUN !
Jo
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