Thanks, ladies. I showed my uterus who's boss. Of course, the Bailey's and Ibuprofen after the race helped, too!

I will be trying again at another sprint tri on July 25 - Trek Women's Tri in Columbus. I won't have my boyfriend there to get me through the swim, but I'm crossing my fingers that I am not on my period! The bike and run will be slightly shorter, so I should be able to crank those out pretty hard.

It helps that I got to enter the race for $1!

I am, however, planning on sticking to duathlons through the rest of this year after the Trek tri. I will work harder on swimming over the winter, so hopefully I feel comfortable enough for some real triathlons next year.