Sorry, I've been out of the Blogging loop for a little bit.  The month of September started off with one of my best friends visiting me from California.  We went down to San Antonio and had an awesome time.  Then the next week consisted of my birthday, my dad's birthday - those festivities and catching up with work for the time that I took off the week before.  So, basically in two week's time, I swam a whopping 2 times and went for one measley 4 mile run.  Pathetic. 

That lack of training reared it's ugly head when I had an Olympic-distance triathlon on September 12.  I actually look decently happy in this finishing photo.  Must have been because I was well-rested from WALKING half the run course.  It was disastrous for me and a big blow to my tri-ego.  I love the Wise Tri Triathlon, though. And, I was going to finish it - regardless.  My legs felt like lead on the swim, I threw up after my pulse shot way up going up a hill on the bike course and then what started as a good run, just spiraled downhill like a runaway rollercoaster.  Good times.  Sadly, I still came in 2nd in my age group.   It was a small group. Bygones.