Survival of the fittest

It started out cold....like really really cold (51 degrees in spetember?):

Before we knew what we were getting ourselves into

We set everything up for transitions:

Notice my NOT awesome mountain bike...it went so slow.

Then we waited, and waited and waited:

Waiting with 1100 other people

Then it was time to complete in the hardest thing I have ever done physically in my whole life. The ocean was so rough and very intimidating.  But once I was out (aftter i decided against quitting about 30 times) I knew I could finish the rest.  I went slow, very slow, but I finished and that is all that matters.  Brent did great! 97th overall, which I think is a huge accomplishment!



 The after pic:

We're DONE!!





We Celebrated with FREE BEER!



All of us

Dewey Sprint Triathlon 2011

Swim: 27.29 Min

Bike: 50.44 Min

Run: 35.33 Min

Total: 1:56.39

Next time I do one of these I need a new bike and no ocean!

Bye Bye Cold

I'm back to normal! Well, almost.  I feel 10000x better than I have since Sunday so I don't care if it is completely normal.  All I was asking for all week was better. 

Because I haven't been my normal self, there hasn't been very much cooking going on by me.  Next week that will be changing back to my normal ways! I already have two recipes I am going to try out, one for Artichoke Chicken Pasta from Iowa Girl Eats and one for Pumpkin Black Bean Soup from Sweet Tooth Sweet Life.  I can't wait to make them both! I also may try out making my Mom's Stuffed Green Peppers (Secret: They were what I asked for, for dinner, before every first day of school). 

Before I can start all this cooking I have to finish kick booty in my first sprint triathlon on Saturday! I am nervous because I havent been able to work out all week but I am hoping that because I have been training for so long I will be just fine! I keep reading race recaps to inspire myself! I hope it works :-)

One month from today these two are getting married! I can't to celebrate the big day with them! It seems like they just got engaged. Time flies!