brief race history

did my first tri in June 2006 up in New Hampshire at Mooseman. Couldn't even tell you what my time was but i fell totally and hopelessly in love. did my next race 2 weeks later at Tupper lake in NY state. got 6th in my AG! woo hoo!! 2 months later I WON my AG at the Lake George olympic race. Followed that up with my FIRST half ironman at Cancun 70.3. I went 48 minutes in the water....apparently my swim is as good as my basketball skills haha....2:32 on the bike...(that jamis was zippy!!) and ran the hardest hellish half marathon of my life at 2 hrs plus! I ended up going 5:28 i think...but learned a painful lesson about not burning your legs out on the bike cuz you STILL HAVE TO RUN! after that race i came back to NY and raced the Mighty Montauk half 1 month later and placed 3rd in my AG. My run was a bit better in around 1:50 or so but it was hard cuz it was raining so hard..i felt like i was swimming rather than running. After that season i made a commitment that this was for me and I was, like i am now, living loving breathing sweating loving loving...did i say loving...this crazy sport. 1 year following my first timed mile disaster i raced California 70.3 in march of this year. I made a solid effort to not bike like a crazy lady and have a good run and it worked. I biked a 2:49 (it is a TOUGH course!)and ran a 1:41:40! i finished in 5:18 and was very very happy. The season went on and the next big race was THEE BIG RACE>>>IRONMAN LAKE PLACID! what a day! I ended up finishing 6th in my AG at 11:23 and ran a 3:56 marathon!! I was so happy but missed my slot to Kona by 1 at the Roll down...FUEL FOR THE FIRE!! 1 month later I raced Timberman 70.3 in NH and clocked in at 5:09:23 which gave me a 4th place AG finish and was good enough for CLEARWATER!!! So this was it...the culmination of all this crazy racing..I got there and had the RACE OF MY DREAMS!!! swim 39 bike 2:24 run 1:35!!!!finishing 4:45 and placing 9th in my ag...only 7 minutes away from winning my ag and only 2 minutes between me and 3rd place!!! man oh man...to think of that 10 minute mile just last year!