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Redemption

I've been hoping that 2008 would be the year of speed, but after Grandma's, I started having serious doubts. I was having this conversation at WIBA with several friends: there comes a point when you know you can't PR at every race. The conditions need to be right, and the training needs to be there. The last couple of years have been slow - really slow, and there have been very few PRs. I was starting to wonder whether I'm just getting slower as I get older. Heck, this is my 9th year of marathons and my 5th year of tris. I'm not 20 years old anymore.

But today, there was redemption. I'm learning to train smarter. I'm learning to race smarter. Today the conditions were perfect, and I PRd. Big time. By over 24 minutes Boo-Yah!

More race report to come tomorrow. For now, we're heading to the lake and drinking frosty beverages!

7 comments:

xt4

Wooooooooooot!!!!!!!

Great work girl, can't wait to hear all about it!

Stef0115

Congratulations, that is a HUGE PR!!

MissAllycat

Congrats!!!

BTW - I was volunteering at water stop 1 on the run - and said "GO PHARMIE!" and you said "THANKS!" That was my brush with fame for the day. ;)

Gotta love internet stalkers. :)

Jumper 2.0

24 minutes is phenomenal.

Great to see you and Steve again.

Now I have to go and "yell" at MissAllycat for not letting me know she was at the tri. ;-)

21stCenturyMom

High Five! Fist Pump! Shake your Booty! Uh Huh! Congratulations. Can't wait for the race report.

Trisaratops

Yahoooooooooooo!!!! :)

GoBigGreen

That is so awesome! IT was butt windy saturday so you musta really really worked that course.
Good job!