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Ran tonight for the first time since Sunday. The knee bothered me quite a bit and then my hip. Weird, it hadn't hurt for days. I have not been icing because it did not hurt and that was probably a mistake ... Other than that, I had a nice 50 minute run on the trail.

Spinning Monday and Wednesday. Monday was tough I tried to take it easy but it was still hard after the race on Sunday.

Swim 1500 on Tuesday. It actually felt easier.

Race on Sunday. 5K-30K-5K. 1:54 time. Hit the first 5K at a blazing, for me, 23:46. I was second female off the run, the lead woman who would win the race, was a fast runner.

T1 was slow. Guess maybe I ought to work on those some.

The bike was hard, I thought, at least on the way out. It was gradually uphill and into the wind. The race was so small that there were few people around me for the most part. I tried to drink my powerbar drink and eat a couple clifshots but the drink was pretty sweet and eating was hard. I'm not sure I'm destined to be able to eat much while going that hard. Finished the bike in just over an hour, for an 18 mph average, which made me happy. I cranked out quite a bit of it in the big ring too.

T2 also very slow.

Second 5K was really hard, especially the last mile. My time was just over 27, slightly under 9 min pace, but I bet I was close to 8:30 for the first couple miles. It was heating up, I was wearing a bike jersey and I was tapped.

I finished third female - out of, ahem, four. The first three finished within a couple minutes of each other. I was happy with my times but saying I was third of four.. eh. The fourth was over 60 and she finished in a little over two hours. I sure I hope I can do that in 20 years!

This race was small but fun. I'd probably do it again, though I don't dig driving an hour and a half before a race. We also got a nice technical shirt, not the usual cotton. Unfortunately, the medium I got is pretty large.

I was 15/29 of all solo entries. It seems that the multi-sport in KC draws a hard-core group. The other du I did this year was also pretty hard-core. It makes me happy to know I can hang with the big kids.

So I was happy with my effort. Somehow I seem to crash at about 1:30. I thought swigging some electrolyte drink would help but I couldn't get enough down. I need to water that down. It didn't taste that sweet before the race!

Next up, 13.1 miles of fun! I hope to get in a 10-11 miler next week and a few short easy runs, but this will be interesting running a half on relatively little actually running.