Tri Indy was on July 31. I think this is going to be my benchmark race. The first time I attempted the Olympic distance was at this event and I managed to DNF before the run. That was the impetus to start working with a sport dietitian and stop trying to work with advice from the diabetes center staff who didn't know what to do with me becoming an endurance athlete. The second time I finished just under 4 hours. So that is the beginning. That was 2013. In 2014 I raced the Oly at Tri Indy three weeks after finishing Muncie 70.3, which was my first 70.3. I struggled through the race, starting with a mentally difficult swim that was a minute slower than the prior year. In and out of the water near last meant out on the bike near last and probably the last Oly athlete off the bike course since I could hear radio communications as I was passing about the last athlete. First lap of the run was slow, heading out for the second lap I saw Kara and told her I was hot and sore...but