Wow. Where to start... This race report is going to be long. And tough. Kinda like the day. There was the good, the bad, and the ugly. Guess I'll just keep it how the day played out, but we'll start a bit before Sunday.

( leading up to the race )

PossAbilities Triathlon was this weekend. I felt strong going in, and the day played out well. Just a short report on this one as I’ve been working on my blogging motivation lately (don’t worry, tri motivation is there and strong). Oh, and this was my 4th time at this race (although the course has changed a few times). It was my second tri ever in ( Read more... )

( here are some pics from this weekend's race )

So today Mike and I did our ( first Tri of the season )

So the mtn bike race ( was a blast! )

The Vineman pics Lisa took for me are now posted! Check them out!

And here is one of my favorites, as the thing I remember most about each Ironman I’ve done is the support, cheers, and love of the family and friends who took that day’s journey with me:

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For those of you that read your friends page from top to bottom (and thus backwards in time order) I did post each section of my race separately... here they all are:

pre-Vineman
start, swim, T1
bike & T2
run & finish (aka because an Ironman isn't hard enough)Times summary ( Read more... )

It felt good to be running... really good. I was comfortable, heart rate was doing well, and I was moving fluid. I passed a number of people, just keeping a smooth and easy pace averaging about 10:30 min/mile. There were 3 loops, and at the finish of the first I was feeling like I was getting close. It was definitely a tough course though -- like ( Read more... )

Right as I got to the mount line I saw my dad and Wendy walking up, and I yelled hi to them, climbed on the bike, and took off up the hill. I passed a few people just by having the bike in an easy gear and riding up instead of trying to jog it in bike shoes. ( I settled in, and started my afternoon of pedaling. )

We arrived at the race site, pulled the bikes off the car. I pulled the tireless wheel off the back of my bike and got this disc out of the car. ( Yet it wouldn't go on my bike! )