Longhorn Iron-Man 70.3

1,993 triathletes showed up on October 25, 2009 in Austin Texas to complete the Longhorn Iron-Man 70.3 and I was one of them.... With only two Triathlons under my belt I was hoping to finish the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run under 6 hours.... The above picture is my age group swimming....can you find me-LOL- I was one of the ones that stayed close to the towers while a few others got a little off course!

Either I was moving really fast or my husband was trying to take a photo at the same time he was crying....

My there were a lot of folks in T1 with me but hey I was in the sixth swimming wave...

Above is a cool photo!!! this is the turn around loop. We had to run past the finish line 3 times and that was a challenge on my mind!

Here I come.....yes it was my turn to go to the finish line!!!!

Everyone is watching for the finishers to enter the area and than we run on the outside of the gate and finish behind these people--- it was very hard to find everyone!

I finished!!!!! 5hrs 55mins- 70.3miles under my belt and I was a little wigged out!

I finished 32nd in my age group and 623rd overall.

Here's my father after the race with me!!!! it was so great to have him there to support me!