I am writing to share with you I won the Lake Weiss Triathlon earlier this morning. It was a tough race, and I bettered my course record set last year by over 1:30 in order to win. I had a good swim, coming out of the water in first, but knew that Morgan Ramey, also from Alabama, would be hot on my heels on the bike. Since he started in the wave 2 minutes behind mine, I knew I'd have to keep him out of sight in order to have a chance at the win.

The hilly bike was a great way to separate the athletes, and Morgan and I were way ahead by the time he neared the run. At the .5 mile marker I looked back and saw that he was only 45 seconds down - in the virtual lead since he started 2 minutes down. At that point I turned on the afterburners and clocked two sub 5:30 miles in order to put some distance on him. At the end, I ended up with a 50 second win, a new course record, and win number 32 of my career.

I was planning on going for a quick jog after the race, but I was too destroyed, and decided to just hang out at the awards ceremony and talk to the other finishers. Below are a couple of my favorite photos.