Valle de Bravo, Mexico
March 6th: Wake up at 5:30AM to take the USOC shuttle to make a 7:45AM flight………………Arrive in Mexico City at 4:40PM (1 hour ahead of Colorado Springs)……….Take a shuttle bus/16 passenger van to Valle de Bravo arrive at 10:30PM (5 hours later!)
Loading up the van with 7 athletes and 7 bikes (3 bikes were on the top bike rack)! We were very close are this trip! 
Unloading the van at the race site!
8th March 2008, Race day:
Race start 11:18AM:
Swim: Lake swim, pontoon start, 1 loop. I had a rough start, got knocked around and pushed under a few times. Eventually I knocked some sense into the girl, but by that time I was a minute back.
Bike: Out n’ back 2 loop course. Felt good on the bike and bridged my self and a few other girls up to the, soon to be, front pack. Then I tried to put my shoes on and almost lost control of my bike, and with that I lost about 10 seconds on the pack. The road conditions of the course felt like you were going over ruts, bumps, and pot holes the whole time. Then I proceeded to loose more time when we approached the decent, basically I got a little nervous and played it safe. To sum it up I soloed the bike, not good.
Run: Out n’ back 4 loop course. Felt a little crappy coming off the bike, but on the 2nd loop I got a better feel. I came off the bike in 7th and run into 5th place.
Not too bad for the first race of 2008, found out a few areas that need improvement. All in all a better start than 2007, and its a 7 week earlier start than last year; cant complain. Justine Whipple was top American in the race with a 3rd place finish, first time on the podium and not the last! GO JUSTINE!
Next up St. Kitts and Nevis ITU Pan American Cup in 7 days!