Seattle Ironwoman

This last weekend I raced in my first ever 70.3 distance triathlon (half ironman)! I had a great race - not only did I manage to PR my half marathon time (1:47) after biking hard, I estimated a finish time around 6 hours and ended up with 5:26:20! I got first in my age group and 9th woman overall! I enjoyed the course, Raise the Bar put on a great event, and had a blast racing against some stellar triathletes! Swim: It was a 2 loop swim course around a diamond of buoys. I started in the middle of the pack at the very front which is so not my style, and I did not enjoy getting kicked and dunked and slapped around! Someone hit my goggles and I freaked because they filled with water in the first 100m! I fixed them fortunately and focused the first 10 minutes on just finding some space where I could get into a groove! I found this woman who was doing a stellar job sighting and navigating around the slower men so I followed her the rest of the swim and then passed her at the very end. M

Training has officially started ramping. I wish I could say "I feel so strong!" or "I am so looking forward to 75 more days of training!" but I'm just so. freaking. tired.  I've been pushing SO HARD to get faster... stronger... further my endurance... but I have never pushed like I am now. Mentally, I feel strong while I'm moving. Physically, I feel awesome while I'm moving. But the rest of life can feel like I'm in a haze. I feel nauseous more than I care to admit. I'm having a hard time sleeping. Why does my body have to remind me that I'm not a super hero... I'm merely human and can't go and go and go without rest?  Part of me thinks that I'm just not replenishing my calories enough, and part of me knows this is just the ramp. Do other Ironman athletes feel this way? Am I doing something wrong?  Anyways, less than 3 months till Ironman AZ. I'm killing it on the bike and run. I'm really slacking on getting my ass in