Almost a Year Later - Tha Race Part 2

So, I never finished the race story. I moved on to other things, and it is really hard to get back to the flow of writing a blog once you have lost it.

The short story on the race is that it went well. Almost better than I could have expected. Some high/low lights:

1. I forgot most of my water bottles
2. I didn't know where to put my bike when I arrived. The rack for my heat was full, and I did not know the etiquette. I walked around blindly for a while to find someone to ask, and was finally instructed to squeeze myself in.
3. The swim was fun, and I hit my target time
4. My first transition was terrible. In fact, it took so long that it could almost be considered another discipline. The first Quadrathon.
   
5. The bike was embarrassing. In fact, my bike was embarrassing. I did the race on my Giant Hybrid. Essentially the bike is nothing but suspension and all my energy output was lost in the shocks. Tonya and Ased still like to talk about how they could recognize me from some distance because I was bouncing up and down. However, I did manage to pass a couple of people.
6. The run was insanely steep. In fact it seemed to defy physics. Somehow the route starts and ends in the same place, but always goes up. Like an Escher race course.
7. Finishing

It was a wonderful experience overall. I had fun, felt great, raised a lot of money for a good cause and even won some door and fundraising prizes.

What happened next?