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Small Texan Triathlon 2014 Report Boerne City Lake, Boerne, TX Swim - .93 / Bike - 28 miles / Run - 6.2 miles Start time 8:05 Overall time 4:12:46 (last year 4:13:20) Pre-Race For the 1st time ever Rob is not here for my race, he is back in MD for work so I was going solo.  I also had to put Lane in boarding since I had to get up early on Sunday and didn't want to leave her locked in the house for that long.  I was a bit disappointed to hear that the race was starting at 8 again this year, I wish they would start a bit earlier, possibly 730. I arrived around 7 and had plenty of time to find a decent spot and get setup with time to spare.  Standing around, I chatted with a few people but I was missing Rob and his reminders. Weather It started off great, very overcast and the water was very cool from the recent rain.  But it quickly got warm and the sun was hot! Swim After the leg cramp at Gatorbait I was a bit worried but the start for this race is di...

6/30/14 - 7/6/14 Swim - 2 Bike - 1 Run - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 0 lbs / 5.5  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim - 3,900  yds / 47,450 yds      Bike - 41.5 miles / 983.28 miles   Run - 11.23 miles / 271.85 miles The past 2 weeks, since my race, I have been lazy.  When I do workout I have great workouts but I'm not hitting all of my scheduled workouts.  There is no excuse, I have my next race in 2 weeks and I'm just frustrating myself.  This has happened to before other races so I'm familiar with this routine but I need to break this cycle.  This race is going to be tough because the temperatures are rising and it's going to be hot and this is my last race before the 1/2 IM race in September so I want to do well.   I think it's also troubling me that the hubby will be out of town during my race.  This will be the 1st race that I have done that he won't be at and I think that is adding to my...