• I finished! Unofficially, I blew my goal out of the water. I wanted to beat my PR by 10 minutes, looks like I beat it by over 30 minutes! #
• A recap of the race today: http://bit.ly/8XE1HM

  I met a lot a great people and got to reconnect with a bunch too. #

• Jillian's take on today's race was a little different, but much funnier: http://bit.ly/c7eBG2 #
• I haven't slept that good in a while and I'm only a little sore: http://bit.ly/8XE1HM http://bit.ly/c7eBG2 #
• Deena Kastor Q&A session at Garmin was great! She shared with us how she uses her Garmin devices during training and connect.garmin.com. #
• Spin ride was great. Jillian and I are both feeling stronger! #
• Todays run was hot and humid: http://bit.ly/dvuBSK #
• @chrislieto if you go home we go home. Don't let us down. #
• The hardest Tuesday (so far) is over: http://bit.ly/bFBesp #
• @jmdilley You are way ahead of the game for a late August triathlon. I wouldn't be surprised if you decided to do the long course. in reply to jmdilley #
• GCDT swimming: http://bit.ly/avXiUq #
• Just had dinner at Argosy with mom, dad, Diane, Jillian and Belle. #
• @KCMultisport Not sure what we are doing, but me and @jillianranee volunteered, but we haven't heard anything yet (that I know of) in reply to KCMultisport #
• Jillian knows this town way better than I do. #
• Jason is recovered. Hospital Hill is next week: http://bit.ly/90Ulou #
• #connect http://bit.ly/byQSc9 #
• I've got a wakeboard and I'm not afraid to use it! #
• First lunch bike ride was a success. Longer workout with less sweat? http://bit.ly/dmKQHT #
• What a wonderful holiday weekend so far! #

Jason’s foot is feeling better, or at least good enough to run 4+ miles today and still finish way ahead of the rest of the group. I’m really hoping his foot gets well soon. His speed really pushes me to go faster.

We changed up the route just about a half mile today. It was much more scenic. I thought that we would run into more smog than we did so it was actually pleasant. It was hot, but we had bits of shade along the way. I think if we went at 11am instead of noon, we might appreciate the 1 or 2 degrees cooler.

I think its just shin splints that have been bothering me. They were really bad at the start of the run, but towards the end I didn’t feel it.

Next weekend is Hospital Hill half marathon. I’m not ready. Saturday, I’m going to try to get in a 10 mile run. If Saturday goes well and I can still run, Sunday I’ll try to do another. Then I will take a full day of rest on Monday. The rest of the week is pretty well scheduled with the team at lunch plus the TriKC brick by brick.

Yesterday was much more difficult than I had planned. Primarily because of the 90 degree high, and high humidity. I did a workout with the team from work at lunch in the peak of the heat and humidity. After work I met up with TriKC at Shawnee Mission Park for a “brick by brick” workout.

For the ride, I tried to keep up with Kenny. I could only do it for 3 laps, Kenny went for a fourth.

I ran with Janae during the run. She told me about the course and was going, pretty much, the perfect speed for what I should have been doing.

This workout was mostly the short course for the Shawnee Mission Triathlon. Later in the season, they will start doing the long course. The TriKC group has been great and very supportive. Very much a part of how well my season is going and my future success.

I have a half marathon in less than two weeks. I’m counting on the team at work to get me prepared. Today’s run was hot and humid. I guess I had better get used to it because it only gets worse from here until September.