30 miles
The Los Alamos Triathlon is this coming Saturday, and I’m getting very anxious. In preparation, I’ve tried to go on a couple of longer bike rides. I had done the 22 miles round trip to Bandelier and back and it wasn’t too bad. Yesterday though I decided to do the loop. I hadn’t checked out details on a map, but knew the way. I rode out to the back gate (tri course) and then past Bandelier and down to White Rock and back up the truck route to Los Alamos. This was no simple task. Lots of hills, even beyond the 1000 ft change in elevation between WR and LA. I was exhausted when I made it home (just in time to go with the family to the rodeo parade) and only found out then (maps online) that the route is about 30 miles. Oh my. I do finally feel prepared for the triathlon though.
Caemlyn and I also did our 3rd splash n dash on the 30th. I’m proud of Caemlyn for doing it and pleased with myself for cutting 2 minutes off of my time. Yea me!
I’ve been training with a couple of people and Justin is doing the swim portion of the TRI with a team of men from our ward. There are quite a few other people in our ward doing the TRI, so we are having everyone (and their families) over for a pasta dinner on Friday evening. I hope everyone fits in our house! lol Wish us all luck!
In non-tri news, Justin and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on Friday. I actually got us a babysitter and we went out - on a date. hee hee I also got crafty and made him a little “book” out of a deck of cards.
Last week, 3 of the kids finished a session of swim lessons. This was Ada’s first time taking lessons and she did quite well. She enjoys being in the pool and can even swim a very short distance.
This was Kezia’s 3rd time taking lessons. She has previously been too scared to do much and hadn’t made much progress. She finally got over much of that and can now float (front and back) by herself and with a bit more confidence, she’d be swimming across the pool by herself. I’m very proud of her.
Zephram also took lessons this time so that he could start learning the strokes and get more proficient with what he knew. He did well enough to pass the level he was in, but does need to work on diving in head first.
This weekend is the county fair and rodeo, so we played along a bit. We went to the parade in the morning and then checked out some of the stuff they had at the pond. The older kids and I got to go on a nice little boat ride on the pond. Then after a nice rain and hail storm, we went to the rodeo. Tyghe liked his first rodeo alright, but was still tired and cranky. Oh, we also gave Zephram a haircut yesterday. Check out his blog later today for pics of his new ‘do.
I also made a crayon roll this week for one of Kezia’s friends that is moving away. They’re pretty nifty. I can share a link to the tutorial I used - or just place your order! lol
So I rode 30 miles on my bike - but I think this post is about 30 miles long.
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Good luck on the triathalon. You’re amazing.
Man O’ Man - I still worry tons about you out running and riding your bike by yourself. I will always be your mother and worry about stuff like that. I will be thinking of you next Sat. and wishing you well. I am proud of you and what you’ve accomplished. Love the pics of the kids at swimming. The crayon holder is awesome!!
I sure wish I was competing with you. I’m doing fabulous with my trainer, but right now my right acheleies(sp) is inflamed and I’m recovering from my torn right quadracept thanks to Callie’s stunt down the stairs 3 weeks ago and my rescue with resulting injury. I’d love to be able to join you in the future. Your crayon holder is very creative, thanks for sharing. Be sure to post about the TRI, I’m excited to hear how it goes for you. Have fun for me, it sucks to be a gimp!!
You should be so proud of yourself…30miles is a long way!! That’s longer than a marathon!! No easy task on the bum I might add too!! Good luck in the tri…I’m sure you’ll do great!
Megan- I am amazed. I am not a runner, but I admire people who do, esp with so many little ones athome. When do you find the time?
So how did the race go?? Are you beat? I like the idea of the deck of cards for your anniversary. I’m not so creative at times like that. And I really like the crayon keeper. I’m gonna have to make myself one. My kids can never get all the crayons back in the box.