Quote Originally Posted by divingbiker View Post
Congratulations, Nicole. I know you're too competitive to be satisfied with being a back-of-the-pack triathlete, but you're out there doing it.
Sure, I'd love to end up on the podium some time (in my dreams perhaps) but where I place in the pack really isn't important to me. What is important is doing my best. If I do my best and get beat, so be it. The swim wasn't my best, but swimming is still new to me, I was near the limit of my distance ability, and I just couldn't perform under the circumstances. So be it. It's the run that upset me. I wasn't anywhere near what I know I'm capable of.

Did I have fun? It's hard to call this fun. I still don't consider swimming or running fun, but I'm always excited to see myself improving. When I sprained my ankle during the 5k race it certainly wasn't fun but I still did really well, posting a PB by a huge margin. That was exciting. My bike result yesterday was exciting. The run just sucked! It certainly wasn't fun. It kinda tossed a wet blanket over the whole experience.

Yeah, I'm feeling a little sorry for myself, but tomorrow it's back to the pool! Iron Girl is in 4 weeks! No rest for the weary