Thanks for the extra cheers, Kacie!! George did amazing! I joked to my husband that I must have spent half my brain making sure he had the awesome race he trained so hard for, because he sure did at the same time I did not. So cool to be Kona bound!

Thanks everyone for the congrats and tracking! The bike splits - WTF? There was a timing mat out on the bike turnaround and the day before it looked like there should be splits, but on that day, there were none. Let me tell you, there were a lot of nervous internet trackers out there!



I just had one of those days where stuff doesn't click. It wasn't a day when I had panic on the swim, stomach issues or nutrition issues on the bike/run, excess pain overall, super nasty weather, or anything, really, just... meh! After the swim, I thought "oh, I see. Glad to be on the bike!" Second loop of the bike, I thought, "oh, I see. Glad to be running!" Second loop of the run, I thought, "let's get this done!" and I was able to walk/run pretty consistently (sorry about that 17 minute/mile walking stretch, oops) then run hard to the finish that last quarter-mile, so I had some gas in the tank. Failure was not an option. I never expected to be that close to any cutoffs at this point, but I'll take the Just Finish. Instead of hearing "you are an Ironman" over the loudspeaker, I was personally greeted by Mike Reilly who told me to my face as I walked across the line.

I will post a more complete race report soon - just wanted to pop in and say that I am alive and doing pretty well. And yes, I signed up for next year, within seconds. I will have my revenge, unless something comes up that prevents it (in which case I'll have my revenge at another race because I'm not NOT having my revenge - I WANT that race where everything DOES click )!