Well I did it. I actually did the TRiAtHLoN! It was so nerve racking for me. I swear I have never cried so much about something so little in 1 week. I cried a ton! I was so fetchin' nervous! My Dad and my sister in law Melissa (Dylan's wife) did it with me. I was so glad when it was over and we really did not that bad. Of course Melissa kicked our butts but we did great on the swim and the bike ride and then we were slower on the run. My Dad and I stayed together. He was in a different heat than me so he started the swim before me and then he waited until I was done with my swim before he started the bike ride. I was sooooo glad that I had him there with me. We did really well on the bike ride also. It was a total hilly course and we finished 13 miles in 58 minutes. I was really proud of that. I only had to get off my bike and walk 3 times. Once was totally my fault because I accidentally switched my gears up and not down and totally toasted my own self and the other two times were when I could not make it up the beast of a hill that I was on. They were BIG and I was not the only one who was walking. There were other men and women walking also, so I felt ok when I had to get off and walk. My biggest concern was the last hill, because you had to climb up another hill to get to the finish of the bike and start of the run (or walk for us) I did not want to get off and walk in front of all those people. I totally made it though!! I thought about it long and hard before I got there, the main key for me was to shift my bike right and not mess up- it was stressful, but I did it right and made it all the way up the hill. :) WOO-HOO!!

The swim was good. I did really well. I was not the last one in my group which was good. I did not want to be last because mine was the last group to go and I did not need 17 kayakers and 5 fireman and whatever else they had out on the water just following me!!! That would have sucked. I seemed to be about in the back of the middle of my pack of people. I was really happy. If you look at the picture of everyone in the water you will see that we all look like crazy fish!!

I am so excited to do this again next year. I know that I can run the run part and I could have done it this year, but it was so nice to be there with my dad. I love my dad so much and I rarely get any alone time with him so it was really nice to do this with him this summer!! I was actually quite proud of myself!!