First, thank you all for the love and
support on the Runner’s World Cover Search contest. With just over a week to go
I have over 1200 votes! I may not be a vote leader, but I sure do feel proud!
If you feel so moved, head over and throw me another vote or a share. Thanks
again!
It’s just 5 little days until my
triathlon!
This summer has been a blur of training
and traveling and general merrymaking. Thankfully, I have been so busy that I
haven’t had too much time to dwell on how nervous this whole adventure is
making me.
We went and visited my brother and his
wife in Minneapolis/St. Paul at the end of June. Then it was a birthday celebration
for Wife squeezed in between Minnesota and another amazing wedding!!! Plus, a
ton of July 4th fun was had by all! We also went to Burlington, Vt. for
a long weekend and drank entirely too much craft beer and locally produced
whiskey!
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| The brother and I at the Twins game! |
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| I talked the brother into running a 10k with me. |
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| Me, at the starting line. |
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| PR? Don't mind if I do! |
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| Amazing people, amazing wedding, feel the love! |
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| Possibly the greatest picture ever taken--fun in the park. |
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| Best friend of 25+ years and me playing croquet--it nearly got bloody. |
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| Lake Champlain our first evening in Burlington. |
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| Wife and me in Burlington (the lake is in the background, not that you can see it) |
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| We started the night in Burlington right--whiskey and beer at an Irish Pub. |
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| Beer tasting at Switchback! |
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| Hand crafted cocktails from locally produced spirits. |
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| There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. |
But now I have less than a week to go and
all I can do is obsess about the upcoming weather and my poor swimming and
whether I will feel comfortable enough on my new road bike to use it or if I
will be stuck on my crappy, 10 year old mountain bike.
Thankfully, running buddy and I were able
to squeeze in a triathlon run through a few weeks ago. We had a good time and
it was definitely buoying to know that the three events in sequence are totally
doable. Even more importantly, I was successfully able to swim the full
distance in freezing cold (65°) water while only feeling slightly drown-y.
(Running buddy, for your information, finished about 80 yards ahead of me on
the swim—it’s a 325 yard swim—just in case you were curious).
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| Running buddy and me looking super awesome, about to get in the water! |
Anyway,
all I can do now is get in a few more workouts, carb load a little bit, and do
a no-rain-jig for Sunday morning. Wish me luck!
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