OMG! But I SUCKED!!

Well here was a shocker when I opened the email this morning:

Congratulations! You are being contacted because you have earned a spot on Team USA for the 2010 Long Course Triathlon World Championships because of your outstanding performance at the 2009 USAT Long Course Half Max National Championship. The 2010 World Championships are set to take place July 31-August 1, 2010 in Immenstadt, Germany.

Here I had this awful race that I completely screwed up, and now I'm invited to Team USA (OMG!). What an awesome Tshirt that is going to be. Oh, and a jacket, and a hat, and a finisher's medal, and... LOL. I don't even know if I'm going, I'm just excited to think I could.

I'm excited and just as surprised. When I registered to hold the slot, the form asked for expected finish time. Well, let's see, I've finished 3 70.3 races. Sept 2008 in 5:59. July 2009 in 5:27. Sept 2009 6:07. Should I take an average? I just typed in my favorite number, 5:38. Hopefully I can beat that, maybe my other favorite number 5:23 :-)

This after an awful swim yesterday. I managed 30 minutes and 1000y before quitting. It just feels all wrong. Then today I did nothing training-wise. Tomorrow I plan to run. I know I need the down time, but I'm anxious to start training for all these great races!

So I just had my celebratory spoonful of peanut butter and honey. I read the email on the 3rd of my birthday month. And it's a full moon tonight! All the omens going my way, 2010 is gonna rock!