Thanks for all of the good wishes. I hope the results are posted soon.

I did go get my bottle. I gave the little boy a big Thanks for it. I think his mom liked that.

This is the race by the old nuclear plant. 2 years ago the official photographer posted himself so that the stacks were in the background on the bike pic. This year there was a woman photographer. She was pointing the other way. Hopefully the lake will be the background this time.

I really like the way TBF does their races. Their volunteers are always friendly and enthusiastic. I always go out of my way to thank them. This year I sent a note to the race director thanking him for a good race. The only thing that they could improve on is to use timing chips. They still do things manually. If they had chips you could get your transition times as well as the swim/bike/run splits.

Veronica, if you do one of the later races in the series definitely carry extra water. There's no shade on the bike or the run. The races start at 8am with 5 minutes waves. The women are in the last 2 waves. By the time you hit the run it's very hot.