I am 7 days away from the biggest race of my career so far, the Triathlon World Championships in Honolulu. I leave for Hawaii on October 4th and the race is on October 9th. I am extremely excited about the opportunity to compete at the championships so early in my triathlon career--this will only be my 4th triathlon ever! I am eager to learn from the elite triathletes at this event so that I know what it will take for me to win at the World Championships in 2006. To keep tabs on the race here are some websites to tap into: International Triathlon Union www.triathlon.org ; Triathlon World Championships www.honolulu2005.com ; USA Triathlon www.usatriathlon.org.
Thanks to all for your support.

The World Championships will be the final race of my triathlon season for 2005. I will continue my training throughout the winter focusing on conditioning and building strength for my 2006 season. I will be competing in running events throughout the winter. I plan to run a half marathon on Oct. 22, 2005 in McMinnville Tennessee. I will run another half-marathon in January 2006. Just for fun I will most likely run a 5K on Thanksgiving and New Year's. My goal is to finish out 2005 having run a personal best 5K of 20:30. I just ran the Shelby Bottoms Boogie 5K on September 24, 2005 finishing with a personal best of 21:03 and taking 2nd place female overall.

2005 has been my most stellar race season ever. I have set personal record one after another and have taken home an award from all but a few races. I never knew winning was so much fun! Now I enter every race expecting to come home with a top 3 or top 5 award.

The following are my 2005 Racing Results:
P.R. = Personal Record

April 30: Country Music Marathon
Nashville, TN
Finish Time: 3:42:42 P.R.

May 22: Memphis in May Triathlon
Memphis, TN
Finish Time: 2:37:57 P.R.
Qualified for National Triathlon Championships at my 1st triathlon ever!

July 4: Cadillac Firecracker 5K
Brentwood, TN
Finish Time: 21:15 P.R. Division Place: 3rd

July 17: Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon
Chattanooga, TN
Finish Time: 2:32:53 P.R. Beginners Division: 1st female overall

August 12: National Age Group Championship Triathlon
Kansas City, MO
Race cancelled due to weather
(Hooray! automatic qualification for World Championships)

September 5: Franklin Classic 10K
Franklin, TN
Finish Time: 44:05 P.R. Division Place: 1st!!

September 5: Franklin Classic 5K
Franklin, TN
Finish Time: 22:30 Division Place: 3rd

September 11: Music City Triathlon
Nashville, TN
Finish Time: 2:32:47 P.R. Division Place: 4th

September 24: Shelby Bottoms Boogie 5K
Nashville, TN
Finish Time: 21:03 P.R. Overall Female Place: 2nd

October 9: Triathlon World Championships
Honolulu, Hawaii