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My race a few weeks ago seemed to have been overshadowed with my excitement for the Hawaii Ironman. The race went very well and I finished 3rd behind Kara Goucher and Katie McGreggor. It was my first big race in a while and I was so excited to race it hard and be in the mix. I felt very happy with my race plan. Training at altitude, I was a little unsure as to what pace I would be able to handle. As a result, I feel I went out a little slow. By mile 4, I was in 5th place. 3rd and 4th were running together 15 sec up the road.  By mile 6 I was still 15 seconds back. We were running the same pace. I knew the last mile was all downhill and didn’t feel I had the leg speed for a final kick, so I decided I had to surge and catch up. I surged at mile 6-7 and caught up to the girls. Then the race started and it was really exciting. Everything I love most about racing. Surges, matching surges, real racing, no time trials. I surged, they surged with me. It was great. Then at mile 7.5 I threw in a big surge and broke away a little. I decided this was it. Surge and keep surging! I just went as hard as I could and told myself to get to mile 9 because then it is downhill for the finish. I tried not to look back, but I really wanted to bc I knew she wasn’t far back! My last 3 miles were probably around 5:30 pace and I was really happy about that. It’s great to be back and look forward to some great races this winter. I had a wonderful weekend and it was great to catch up with some old friends.What’s next? Not sure yet. I’ll decide in a week or so. One thing I know is that I will be training someplace warm this winter, hopefully with the sis!!!!  Thanks for reading