Triathlons, Training, and Puller

For all of those who remember what Sunday looked/felt like, think of my teammate and I swimming , biking and running in that crappy pouring down rain. We did the Kinetic Sprint at Lake Anna this sunday and it was cold and wet! First time I ever road my bike in the rain. I felt pretty good though. As I was staning with my friends freezing my butt off waiting for the start of the race I remembered how crazy we triathletes are. But there is so much more because we share this craziness by laughing at ourselves getting nemonia. When we all split off into our groups (I am an old fart and we race last) I was talking with another old lady and she explained to me that she is no longer has the competative spirit. She just likes the sense of accomplishment she gets at the end of the race. I thought she was brillient!!!! I was all about that until I got on the bike. I didn't get passed by anyone and I passed a ton of people. I was scared to death because it was pouring rain, but MY competative attitude kicked in. Of course once I hit the run I was back into the "sense of accomplishment" mode. But all in all the race was awesome. I am so proud of us for getting up and getting out there in the pouring rain. And I can tell my training is working because I just felt like I had done a hard workout not a race. I usually don't want to d much after a race I am so worn out. But I came home feeling fabulous and I am not sore today. With that said...I am scared to death of this 1/2 ironman!!! Now for my the last part of my "speech" . I would like to thank Puller, my 90 lbs mix mut of a dog, with whom I would never get my lazy butt out the door to do a run. See, Puller is big and a high energy dog. I love him, but to tolerate him he needs to be walked/ran for AT LEAST an hour every day rain or shine. So to him I attribute my best 5K run time ever and it happened at the end of this triathlon. He has kept me on my running training schedule because I have to get him out so I might as well run. What would I do without him. I also need to thank my wonderful kids for keeping me totally motivated to show them a healthly way of life. And last but not least, my friends/teammates. Man you guys rock. By the way, Jen you kicked butt on the bike!

Here is a picture of me after the race. Sported the Jersy...It wasn't too bad. I kinda liked it. Course I am am wet and cold and it may have effected my brain.