Thanks for all the kind words ladies!
I just want to say... if I could get better and faster... ANYONE can!
That 8:17 mm on the run came from a girl who was doing walk/run sessions in the 11 mm mile range!
I got a stress fracture at my marathon in May and I think it was a blessing! I took 6 weeks off and I came back... and it's like I'm a runner now. Something flipped in my head. I have a focus now on the run that I didn't have before.
Now, I still worry about injury from running- I'm paranoid about it... because I have dealt with getting injured year after year.
So yeah... it only took me 5 years to get decent at this tri stuff... HA!
My friend said that next year I need to ditch the distance stuff and focus on the short stuff. He might have a point!
I'm eyeing my next race and thinking about how I can trim off time. First thing I need is some shoe laces that I do not tie. That killed me in T2 on this last race. The socks took time too, but I won't ditch those.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"