April 30th, 2011
*First things first... some friends and I put together a little traithlon. We swam in our pool on campus, biked on the Skunk Creek Trail (which is practically our backyard), and ran a sweet route back to campus. There were several things that I loved about this race:
1. You could take it at your own pace. We had girls that just biked and ran, we had girls that biked for 8 miles and some that biked for 12, etc. So there wasn't really any pressure, and it was just FUN.
2. There were only 4 people in the pool at the same time :) As opposed to the 12 people in one lane at a time during my 1st Tri. I was able to have my fastest swim time EVER (up until that point) at 9:56. (Because I'm the best swimmer ever now [tee hee], and actually like to swim, I've cut that time down to 8:26 and am trying to get even faster!!!)
3. Amanda and Chris set up a rotation station that had gatorade and fresh fruit for us. They timed us, figured out our splits, made a sweet poster for us, and took pictures of us throughout the entire event. It wouldn't have been NEARLY as awesome without them-- they were the stars of the day!
Needless to say, it was a really good day and I was so proud of the girls that went through with it. We all trained together, and it was awesome to see everyone crossing that finish line. What an accomplishment! I felt really good about the race personally. My goals were to beat my first Tri time (2 hrs. and 4 minutes), and to run the whole 5k. In my first Tri, I got a serious cramp in my quad and had to walk a majority of the 5k, so I really wanted to run the whole thing this time. Happy to report that I accomplished both goals. I finished the race at 1 hr. 33 minutes!! I was also able to run the whole 5k. My only disappointment was that I felt I should have pushed myself a little harder in the 5k. But, I was so worried about pushing too hard at the beginning and then not being able to finish strong, that I just took things slowly all around. Next time, I think I'll push just a little harder :)
Here are some pics from the event!
Me racing towards the finish line. Did I mention that it was SOOOOOO windy the day of the race? We were going against the wind for most of the bike and most of the run, so that made things pretty hard core.... what a challenge!
Woot Woot!! I did it!
My sweet support team! Love my boys!
All the lovely ladies involved: Maria, Rayna, Sarah, Me, Camille, Anslin's MIL, Flo, and Linsey... and that's Amanda's hand (nice photography, Brett :))Whew! Ok, onto other gems:
Uhh... struggling to remember ANYTHING exciting that happened last month. Maybe this is why I don't update the blog very often....
So, here's a fun picture just for kicks. Brett and I went to PF Changs for our anniversary and got the delicious Mongolian Beef. We had leftovers for lunch the next day and innocently threw the container in the recycle bin. Little did we know that our little scavenger (aka The Bubs) had gotten into the recycling bin, until this sweet little face greeted us:
No, that's not leprosy, folks... it's the Mongolian Beef sauce remnants. He had gotten the old container out and was sampling some of it for himself-- rude that we didn't offer any to him, huh? You gotta do, what you gotta do... I mean, it was MONGOLIAN BEEF! Last but not least, we are still in limbo waiting for a miracle-- a job offer :) Brett got a call last week from Pasco, WA which is looking promising (MAYBE... and now I'm knocking on wood, frantically.) We should know by the end of the week if we get to go for a personal interview. Other than that, there have been no takers, but we have not hit complete panic mode yet (other than the mental break downs that I have almost every other day) and are hopeful that things will work out, and work out in our best interest. Keep those prayers coming, peeps! Welp, someday, when I get around to it, I'll post pictures from our trip to Prescott. Kind of a disaster of a trip, but some silly pictures and memories to ease the throbbing pain of one night in a hotel room with my son...so stay tuned for that :)
