Hey everyone, age group national was a complete disaster. During my swim warm up my stomach started to feel nauseous and i knew something was badly wrong. right before the swim start i told myself "this is going to suck". Once i got onto the bike i immediately started throwing up. Once on the run i had thrown up so much on the bike i had the worst heart burn. I was really disapointd to say the least. I really wanted a spot on the national team to go race in Australia next summer. But there is always next year and this was a good learning experience. The competition at nationals is stacked. This was the first race i was a bit intimidated. Portland is a sweet city and the venue was very scenic and hilly. I would like to go out there to do a training camp sometime. Well, know that my last race of the year is over its time to kick back and take some time off. speak to ya'll soon! Stephen