I have been recuperating this whole week from the most challenging race I could have ever imagined! It was five times harder than New York! And that was tough for me. Many times during this race I was challenged mentally (I really wanted to quit) but I knew I couldn't let the girls down (Teammates Danelle and Jenny...not to mention Major Blain!) Blain did send me the Ranger creed -- "You must complete the Mission" -- and that is what has kept me going -- besides the fact that Mitch, Kevin and Madeline were there cheering me on! :)

I drove from LA to Castatic Friday night with the girls. We slept at the Comfort Inn Hotel. We were hydrating pretty well and peeing every 15 minutes! Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast at some truck dive -- we just talked about the race and tried to figure out what was ahead of us. We went back to our rooms and started to get ready. We stretched really well and got all of our gear together. Then Blain arrived and gave us the news that this would be a very tough course!

We headed over to the race site to set up at transition and check in. At 3:30 p.m., we were given the mileage of the race...12 miles biking, 2.5 miles kayaking, 7.4 miles running! The race would begin at 4:45 p.m. and we knew we would have to kick ass on the bikes so we could finish before it was dark! Before the race we started to do several interviews for FOX Sports, the Sports Channel and of course the Playboy Channel! Mitch, Kevin and Maddy arrived 30 minutes before the race began -- they were so excited for me! The big guy had on his Camelback....