Tri = Success

Here's the proof!
The swim was the roughest. No matter how much you train, nothing can prepare you for the actual swimming with EVERYONE. The hitting, pushing, whatever it maybe. The last hundred yards were the worst. A girl was in front of me and she would not allow me to pass. Every time I went to go around her, she would go the same direction. I was so frustrated! I eventually just slowed down and let her have it. When I walked out of the water my legs were so heavy.

I was nervous about the bike. I had a couple of nightmares the week before about crashing and ruining my bike. The course was a little harder than expected. The first three miles were pretty much uphill. By Mile 5 I was hating life. I thought for sure that I had gone a lot farther. Mile 10 I was feeling good and was thinking about doing another tri. Mile 15, I knew it was all downhill and I could finish.

The run! the course was pretty much uphill too! It was up, down, up, down. I was not hating life too much, but I didn't train for hills. In this photo I was probably seeing hills.... I did run about half of the course. The hills were just a little too much for my tired legs...

Here's the finish! It is not the most flattering pic of me...As I crossed the finish line, so did the confidence. I never once thought about quiting. I did find myself thinking about how crazy I maybe, but I was going to do it. I found confidence in myself that I have been searching for. I find myself trying harder, I can do anything!

This tri was not as hard as I expected it to be. Do not get me wrong I was challenged, my body was exhausted for several days after. I was challenged mentally. I panicked before I left for Vegas. It was one of the worst panic attacks I have ever had. I was anxious here and there until it was time to get in the water. However I conquered it!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!

First we celebrated Steph's Birthday!

She had companions over Friday night

they tried to play Guitar Hero...very funny to watch. Bless there hearts!

Then Mom and Dad took us to Texas Roadhouse for dinner on Saturday night...

Dad thought it would be a good idea...

Everyone else in the city thought so too...

we sat right by the kitchen...there were several HANDSOME servers...

Ashy and I tried really hard to get there attention

we were not successful

It was a very enjoyable night!

Sunday everyone came over to celebrate on Steph's actual bday.

We enjoyed some of our favorite little faces...

how could you not?!?!

Then for my birthday on Monday we did the same...

We had to force some pics...
his response..."I too busy Ashy!"

Then we got him...

(we must be related...Squinty eyes!!)

He is becoming more and more silly...


Thanks for a great Birthday!

the end is near...

today I meet with my advisor...guess what she gave me?
MY APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION!!! I was so excited to show is to my mom. She too was excited. I can finish this semester! I can do 16 more credits of lecture, and 12 of practicum! YAY! for great moments at school!

My unLOCKed heart

I heart RUGBY!

Last night I attended the Utah v. Byu game.

It was a GREAT game!

The UTES WON!!!

Positon LOCK maybe one of my favorite players...

How much did we say about him?
With his parents sitting right behind us...OOPS!

do you think they heard us?

His mom's funny stare maybe a good indicator...

I heart RUGBY!

I can do hard things!

A friend convinced me to do a Mini Triathlon. It's in Vegas on May 15th. I went swimming for the first time today. I am ready to fully committ to the race. I am going to do it for me, I am going to do it so I can allow myself to be confident and know that I can do hard things.

Racquetaball 101

When playing Racquetball you must follow the rules...

When playing Racquetball you must hit the ball...

When playing Racquetball you must not be intimidated...

When playing Racquetball you must have an opponent...

When playing Racquetball you must hit the ball after one bounce...

When playing Racquetball you must tell Justin that you have meet your goals, so training today is on the court...(then you don't have to do crazy lunges)

Ashy and I have found a new workout at the gym...RACQUETBALL. We love it! We don't know the rules, we allow the ball to bounce more then once. We have been using the gyms racquet's and ball. But someone hit the ball too hard. So we decided to get our own racquet's.
Playing racquetball for me has become a release, I can be as loud as I want, I can scream and yell and only Ashy can hear me. (Sometimes when we are training with Justin, I tend to make loud noises when something is too difficult or I just don't like the exercise we are doing, Justin HATES IT!) Back to the story at hand. So last night I may have missed the ball a couple of times. Of course I am being loud. I am facing the glass, unsuccessfully playing racquetball when a gentlemen walks past our court. My mouth is open, I am in the air and the ball has already hit the glass. OOPS! He gets a huge grin on his face and starts to laugh. Ashy and I start to laugh. We are both unsuccessfully playing now. Misses everywhere. He walks past our court again. Still smiling. The laughing continues, with several others. Ashy and I don't really care at this point, we are just having fun. I asked her if she felt like a caged animal. Her response... YES! We didn't mind what others thought at this point we were just doing something new for a workout. After we were done, we went and filled up our water bottles. The young man who laughed first, came over and told us that he wasn't laughing at us, he was laughing with us. I told him that it was OK if he was laughing at us, we can only imagine how silly we look. He then gave us a few pointers.
Ashy and I would love to share a mad skills with anyone who would like to see them!!!