yeah daddy!

Had I posted this the day of the triathlon, there would have been a title like "I never want to go to hell again". And the reason being is the swim.
But first of all, this was a great triathlon, it raises money for Share a Smile Foundation that helps the poor in UT and in different countries that need dental work. It was a really nice course and it felt good to complete it after only 2 weeks or real training. I've been running all year so I was already in cardio shape, I just needed to wake up those tiny little swim and bike muscles. It started with a 400 yd swim which they had you line up according to your time and then they started you 20 seconds apart. I thought I was going to have a panic attack. Mind you i played water polo in high school, was always in the ocean body surfing and swam in college, I know how to swim. But for some reason I freaked out because I needed to stretch and I couldn't stop and then my chest got tight and I couldn't calm myself down and there were tons of people standing on the deck waiting to start which made it absolutely unacceptable to stop and let them see my weakness. I was dying and then I got out and the rest of the race was fine :) I took a second at the transition to compose myself and then got on the bike for an 8 mile bike which my dad later told me I had the bike in the lowest gear "what was I thinking!" I was scared to mess with the gears too much because I didn't want the chain to fall off. Can you tell I'm quite the experienced biker? And finally a 3.2 mile run. Have you ever ran after biking? That would also fall under the category for the title "I never want to go to hell again". But my dad who is an experienced triathlete told me you can train your muscles to not experience the pain of the transition. Which I'm assuming requires more than 2 weeks of training. But it hurt! When I knew no one was around I walked a couple steps and then ran. But once I found "gangsta party" by tu-pac and snoop on my ipod, I was good to go. I ended up finishing 1:19:52. My dad came to town for my sister's baby shower and I convinced him to do the race with me. He did ZERO training and beat me by 9 minutes and got first place in his age group!! way to go dad!! With adequate time to train I recommend a triathlon, they're kinda fun, but I'm also into the self torture stuff so it might just be me ;)

this is the only action shot I got and I stole it from my friends blog. Lindsey is in the 2 piece and is the one who got me to do the race and I'm in the red suit behind her.

yeah! we're done! and dad with his first place ribbon!