2:23:50

This is my official triathlon finishing time :) I am still on a adrenaline-high from completing this (although my body might tell you differently). My goal was to finish in 3 hours, but I beat that goal by over a half hour!! It was hard, but not as grueling as I anticipated it might be. The open water swim went really well and I completed the 1/4 mile in 12 minutes. The bike leg (16 miles) was the easiest for me, even though our course included 2 causeways. On the bike, there was a nice breeze the whole time and I kept a pretty steady pace of 13-14 miles/hour. I never really felt winded until almost at the top of the last causeway, and by that point the biking portion was just about done. The 5k run, was by far the hardest leg for me. Maybe because it was the last sport, possibly because we had to run over a causeway and then back over the same causeway yet again, or it could've been the blazing hot temperatures in the upper '80s (combined with Fl humidity to make it feel like 90 degrees). I did a a lot of walk/run/walk/run action, which slowed up my overall time quite a bit. Maybe I can run the whole leg on my next "tri": ) Oh, and Kyle finished with a kick-my-butt time of 2:05:39 - go, Kyle!

Kyle and I are planning on going on a mini-4 day vacation this upcoming weekend to celebrate my birthday. We are going to Key West and staying in a cute little B&B there. We are planning taking a seaplane to the Dry Tortugas during our visit, which is supposed to have spectacular views, crystal clear water and excellent snorkeling. I'm very excited, especially since we've been talking about visiting the Keys since we moved back to Florida two years ago. "Duval crawl" here we come!!