I told myself that I wasn't going to look...

at the results, that is... :-(

I'm really mad that I couldn't make up 4 minutes to catch 3rd place. I'm totally blaming the cactus tree (or are they called plants?) that I fell into! ha ha!

I wish that someone could have videotaped the fall because it was freaking funny. I saw people crashing all day, but it was mostly on these little sandy dips or some of the tighter turns. And where did I fall? In the middle of nowhere. It was towards the middle of my second lap and I was chasing down 3rd and 4th place, and all of a sudden I was going down in a cactus plant. There was a guy behind me who witnessed it and he started laughing. I had to laugh too, because it was so ridiculous. Oh well, at least I got my first fall of the season out of the way. And truth be told, I'll take a cactus plant over a wet bridge any day of the week!

Well, enough about Mas O Menos. We are finally home and it's time to move on. I'm uber motivated to start training again but my coach has me taking it pretty easy for the rest of the week. Probably smart, because my calve muscles are still SORE! Normally I feel the most sore in my quads and glutes, but not this time. Everything else feels great. I know this isn't the case, but I feel like I only used my calve muscles during the race. I'm walking around like I'm on stilts because they are so sore and tight that I can't even flex them...

My next race is in a few weeks and I can't wait. I totally caught the racing bug. At least this race is A LOT closer to home. Scott will be in California, so I'll be making the trip with Ted. I'm not sure if I'll be racing against any of the other girls at Mas O Menos, but I do know that Rebecca will be there. It's going to be a good race!