Last Day on the Beach

Marit and I on the beach.....

Our Saturday night picnic sponsored by Cherry M&M's

Ashley is the queen of Jim Carey faces.......

It's our last day on the beach. I shall post a race report tomorrow, as I am still reviewing. The most significant thing that happened to me.... my Garmin battery died on the run. I was aiming for my "M pace". And I didn't wear a watch. I thought, oh good... an opportunity to see if I can find M pace by feel.

I didn't, I held E pace by feel. For the Ironman that's a good thing, and that's the ultimate goal.

Last year I came to this race alone. This year I got to share it with friends.

Last night we had a picnic on the beach and it was awesome. I feel so blessed and grateful to have made these friends. Which also makes me grateful that I have made friends with all of you. I just know that if all of you were here we'd be having the time of our lives.

It's neat how we found one another. People will ask the three of us how we met and we'll say "Blogging.". In one way it makes us feel like Internet stalkers and on the other hand I am really really happy.

Where else would I watch Ashley reuse a coffee mug that she barely rinsed to heat up water for oatmeal?

Who else would I take a half chewed NUUN tablet from and throw it in my own water bottle, but from Marit?

These moments are the moments that memories are made. And I am so very grateful to have shared them with Marit and Ashley!