Just Keep Swimming!

The Swim is Back!!
New triathlon course maps are up online and we are officially doing a swim-bike-run competition in West Des Moines this weekend!
Right now, I am heading out for a morning run, then showering, loading up my car, and heading to the airport around 12 noon for my 2:15pm flight. I head up to Chicago first and have to sit though a four hour layover before flying on to Des Monies. That results in a slightly late arrival, after 9pm, but I will just catch a ride to my hotel (where my roommate, Julie, will have already checked in) and go to sleep!
The start-list has been updated online and I am shocked to see that there are only 31 women in the race! The last time I looked, two weeks ago, it was over 40. I'm pretty sure that a couple women have pulled out due to the threat of the duathlon...while others are just focusing on the big Beijing race in a few months. Yours truly is number 24...pretty close to the back. This is probably due to the fact that I have not scored a single ITU point this year and my ranking just keeps on sinking. Oh well, no better time than the present to get that ranking floating again:)