Team Member: Tracy Palmer

Race Name: Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon

Race Date: 7-11-10

Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 1st AG (30-34) 6th OA Amateur Women

Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: This was an “A” race for me that turned into a “just go out and race and see what you can do” race because of a nagging foot injury over the past month. I was really nervous for the race because of all the missed workouts and, to be honest, my bad attitude over the past few weeks. I was SO proud of myself, because when I was racking my bike that morning I made the decision to put everything behind me and race. I loved the new attitude and it was the reason I was successful. I rocked the swim with one of, if not the fastest swim splits of all the women (splits aren’t posted yet), I did my first race with true hills and I think I had a great split (again no splits posted and silly me forgot to take the Garmin off the bike in transition), was 2 racks off in transition so lost some good time there (but learned a great lesson in rack counting), and I was able to run the whole 10K without walking, which was huge for me considering all the pain in my foot. I didn’t have my Garmin on the run, so I used the good attitude I had committed to that morning and finished with a race to the finish with a girl gunning me down in my age group…I was NOT going to let her get past me! My great attitude is going to stick around and I am going to rock Nationals in September! Thanks Matt and Amy for sticking with me this past month…your great attitudes kept me going on Sunday!