Yeah Pika!!!!!
Congrats on a GREAT race!!! Despite the fact that you hadn't trained in a while and you had an injury- your time is impressive. It's not that far off my time- and I train consistently. Way to go on a great race!!!!!!!

I would've done the same as you- if I pay for it I'm going to do it no matter how underprepared I am (did a marathon in March I was NOT prepared for, but since the tickets/entry/hotel were bought I dragged my arse 26.2 miles to get that dang medal).

And yes, the bike is the area I could use the most improvement on, too. I think it's the easiest one to make up time with. And how cool that you were racked next to someone you knew 30 years ago??? Very cool!!!!

Again- congrats, and we look forward to hearing all about your next race (and that would be when???)