Salem Spring Tri

Leslie, me, Jeanette

I actually got some pictures for this post!

I am really excited!

Huge thanks to Ammie's husband, Chris,

for taking amazing pictures and

sharing them with us!

Hanging out with Ammie and Erin pre-race.

I love these girls!

I love, love, love this race!

Definitely my favorite sprint triathlon in Utah.

I had won this race 4 times before and

I really wanted to win again.

Usually (believe it or not), I like to win but it is no big deal if I don't.

This time was different.

I was ready to dig deep and really hurt

trying to get to the finish before all my fast lady friends.

Swim 0:12:18

I guess the plan was to lead from start to finish.

I knew I needed to open up a little gap in the swim.

Because these ladies can bike and run fast!

So I was happy to hear Heath announce

that I was the first girl out of the water.

I also heard him announce Leslie and Jeanette while I was still in T1.

The race was on!

Bike 0:32:38

I was worried about this rather big slit

in my back tire that I discovered race morning.

But then I decided to let it go.

No time for worries.

I pushed about as hard as I could.

Whenever my mind started to wander,

I got it right back on track.

No time for daydreaming.

T2 0:00:47

I was pretty excited to make it back into T2

right behind some of the 'big guys':

Casey, David, and Grant.

Maybe a little too excited.

As I stepped off my bike, I slipped,

and fell right on my bum.

In front of quite a big crowd.

Sweet.

T2 was a mess, to say the least.

I realize that we are all trying to go as fast as possible

but being reckless with other people's gear is taking it a little too far.

I am considering racking my bike with the age groupers next time.

(If I sound mad, it's because I am.)

Run 0:20:30

I made it out of transition

right behind my awesome teammate, Grant,

and managed to stay there throughout the run.

(He is usually a much faster runner than I am

but was having some troubles.)

I turned around a few times to see where my competition was

but, luckily, never saw anyone.

I was happy.

I could have gone (a little) faster

but I really did not want to.

Finish 1:05:52

Thank you, Travis, for such a fun

award ceremony.

After harassing Travis to hurry up,

we sure took our sweet time on the podium...

Thank you, ladies, for a great race!

Congratulations to all my friends at the race.

Especially Carlee and Heather who did awesome!

Huge thanks to Emily and Jen for watching the boys and cheering.

After the race we hurried up the canyon

to see Karl and friends finish the Squaw Peak 50.

(A 50 mile trail run in the mountains.)

Karl had a fantastic race and took 6th overall

in a time of 9 hours 41 minutes.

Way to rock it, Karl!

(I am trying to talk him into writing a race report on here.)

Then celebrated at CPK and Coldstone with no regrets!