Girls Best Friend is an all female 3 Disciplines Racing event located in Vicksburg, MI. Since this is 2:30 hours from home, I got a room in Kalamazoo. Mark booked me a room with his points at a Marriott - much nicer than the rooms I have stayed in at other races this season! I worked packet pick-up on Friday afternoon. I always love talking to the other athletes. It was a little slow, but was able to help a few athletes that would be doing their first tri :-) I love this sport! After a great night of sleep, I got out the door at 6:30. I barely caught the sunrise. If you know me (or have been reading my blog), you know that the sunrise on race morning is important to me. Before the race I set my goals. I wanted to make sure I was racing myself and nobody else. After reflecting on Nationals , I knew that I wanted to race my race. I knew I wanted to PR, so I set my 3 goals accordingly. My previous PR was 2:55:57, so rockstar goal = 2:50, super happy = PR, better do