I should be excited....

Boise is in 4 days and I should be SO excited to do my tri, but really I am just SICK.. and by sick I mean really sick. I have had a cold for a solid 7 days now. So when I should be excited for my tri, I am just now straight up nervous. I am not nervous because of training or anything, but because I am still sick I don't know if I can race with my body like this. I went to the doctor this morning and they are making me get a chest x-ray to make sure I don't have pneumonia. So I pray I don't... not to mention I hope that my body takes a huge turn and gets feeling better.

Let's hope after two today that my lungs don't look like this!

Just my LUCK!

Triathlon Nightmares

So I haven't publically announced this on my blog yet, but I am doing the
Boise Half Ironman in June 11th.
I am super excited, nervous, scared and a lot more emotions, but nonetheless I am doing it.

Jenny Lane, Ryan Grover, and Steven Hubbard did it last year and I had a blast going up and watching her race. So after seeing it, I had a brave moment and registered. I am continually wondering why each and every day.

As the countdown gets closer I get more nervous for the swim... Thank you Jen for posting this on my wall and making me laugh. I thought I would share it with everyone. If you haven't ever done a tri this is slightly how you feel when you enter the water for the swim portion.



So the only thing I can do is get in the pool and swim more and hope I can get an open water swim in before the race.

St George Tri...

So Jen and I went to St. George for both of our first Triathlons. I signed up to do the Sprint and Jen did the Olympic.

Jen's parents and sister made the voyage with us and it was so fun to have them there. We headed down on Friday and crashed at my parents house, which was perfect for all of us. We headed out to get registered on Friday night and Jen and I thought we needed a little pre swim to get a feel for swimming in open water.




Jen and I getting used to being in wet suits and open water


Notice the top of this picture Jen is just coming into the picture


I am glad we swam the night before. It helped calm my nervous about doing the race.


Car ride out to the race


A nice good luck hug!


Jen and I hauling our gear to the transition area


Since Jen is a rock star, she did the Olympic. She started about a half hour before me so this is her coming out of the water.


Jen took her sweet time in transition, but she rocked it.


This was me waiting to swim. It was so hot, but the water was pretty cold, so it felt good. Funny story about. I had just gotten in the water and I found this rock (I am standing on it right now). Since I was one of the first to get in the water right after this picture it got pretty crowded. I was standing on my rock next to this girl I had met (she is on the left of me). All of the sudden this girl comes in and pushes me of the rock I was standing on and gets up on it. I was pissed. Me being the person I am I didn't do anything about it. My new friend I had met after about 30 seconds turns around and pushes the girl off the rock so I could get back on. The girl turned around all bugged and then swam to the outside of the group. It was funny.

Me taking off for the hardest swim of my life.

Jen's parents were so great to go down and support us. It was hot and they sat outside for hours waiting for us to finish. This is a picture of Mary Lane hanging out.


Me coming out of the water. I was so tired I couldn't even run! So I walked..


Putting all my bike gear on


and I am off. I was already tired at this point and I was only 1/3 of the way done


Jen coming in from the bike and getting ready to run!


Fashion Diva


and she stopped and chatted and relaxed!


me coming in from biking


getting ready for the run. I forgot my helmet was still on!


Jen showing us her medal! She did so awesome. Plus she won $50 to the running store in St. George.


We had a lot of fun. I wasn't as sore and tired as I thought I would be, but I definitely had was glad I did it!

10 weeks... count down begins

I have committed to do a full Olympic triathlon in August in Bear Lake. So I have 10 weeks to get in shape. Training started this morning. Millie and I headed out for a run this morning. I came across this picture and it made me think how little Millie used to be.



I spent the first half of the run fighting Millie. She would run faster than me, so I would have to pull her back. Then she would find something and stop and I would keep running to only get yanked back when we hit the end of the leash. I think she got a little tired because the second half of the run she was a much better. She was tired and when we got home she just layed on the cold cement. All in all the first day of running was good.