No, this is not me. It's stock photography of the Quarry Lake on Pure Austin's website, thank you pureaustin.com.
On Sunday I swam a mile (2 laps around Quarry Lake). It was my first extreme distance in open water. The Quarry is a great little lake behind Pure Austin Gym in North Austin. The Aquatics Instructor gave us a pre-triathalon workshop chalked full of pointers and spotting techniques. It was really helpful! Unbeknownst to me I got completely sunburned while out there (while wearing SPF 45, the water washed it all off), so I am staying indoors all week.
Dan on the other hand has been out side a little more that he wanted to! We got a new car around Thanksgiving and it's a 2005 year model, well this fancy new car left my husband stranded on the side of the highway yesterday while going out of town on a business trip. Before the trip--the computer on the car started wigging out and so he took it into the dealer. They checked it out--put it on a computer there, and said it must have been a glitch. They sent Dan on his way and WHAMMO, right outside of LaGrange the thing just DIED. Dan was in his business suit waiting in the HEAT on the side of the road for a replacement car to come. A replacement car did come and they were very apologetic, but still! We'll see how this pans out--the car was Certified Preowned when we bought it--the only thing it had been brought in for was cupholders so go figure!
Here's the latest on the rest of the fam: Katie and Diego are coming July 9-13. Jamie and I are going to visit Aunt Annie and Amy & Johnny Aug 1-3. Finn starts Karate tomorrow! The boys start swimming lessons on Tuesday! Busy times for us but so fun--all summer all the time!
I did it! I completed my first triathlon in 1:51 minutes. Although I didn't have any set expectations of my time I was happy with the result. My friend Leilani and I got the exact same time and this is her 7th Danskin! My swim took longer than in training, I had been swimming in 19 minutes and the race took 23. The bike was 44 minutes and I had been averaging about 50 minutes in training, yay! The run sucked--it was difficult and I was very fatigued at that point. We had been up since 4:00am, too. The women who I did it with are ROCKSTARS! The women in the picture with me are the Lightfoot Ladies, honoring Ms. Lightfoot who died of Cancer--Alli's mom's friend. This was Alli's 10th YEAR in a row to do the Danskin! This would have been Leilani's 9th year but she couldn't do it the 2 years she was pregnant--so year 7 it was. Barbara didn't know how to swim but got lessons for the Danskin and did it 4 years ago for the first time, she's done it every year since and rocks the house. An average swim takes anywhere from 20-15 minutes and Barb's first year was 55 minutes, now she is around 40 minutes and that girl has GUTS! Barb is inspirational to people she doesn't even know--Leilani told the story of Barb in the dance class she teaches and a person came up to her after class and said she felt like she was speaking to her--that she wants to do a triathlon and Barb's story really hit home! People have asked me if I am going to do it again and the answer is HECK YES! It was challenging but now I feel a since of accomplishment and empowerment. Finn was so proud to see Mommy run across the finish line! I had so many friends and family supporting me, thank you sooooo much!
