The last six days have been FULL.

**Just before hopping in the Pacific on race morning with my friend and teammate Jen Sykes. Photo credit: Jen's wonderful BF, Joe.**

Full of love, laughter, passion, elation, and exhaustion.

**Heading out on the bike. Photo credit: Hillary Biscay.**

I am tired.

In fact, I am too tired to write too many sentences that make sense, let alone articulate the meaning of what I experienced while visiting North County San Diego the first few days of April.

Therefore, this blog post is just a teaser of what I plan to write and post later this week about my race at Ironman Oceanside, 70.3, and the two big life *BONUSES* that bookended the race.

Before the race: Quality time with my sister, Mary, and her wonderful family.

**From left: My niece Darby Heim, yours truly, my sister Mary, AKA creator and proprietor of the healthy and popular ACV elixir,** **SisterShrub, and my niece Teagan Heim. Photo credit: My BIL, Jim Heim.**

After the race: Quality time with these amazing women and teammates at Team SFQ camp.

**Many of the legendary ladies of TeamSFQ. Photo credit: Jenn McGill.**

In the meantime, I will share that I had a blast during the race and brought home some hardware. :)

To be continued….

The song and video choice this Tuesday is an underrated song from one of the greatest divas of all time, but I absolutely LOVE it, and it captures how I felt the last six days perfectly. Enjoy.