I tricked Andy into going to Las Vegas this weekend so I could do the Pumpkinman. We camped at Boulder Beach where the tri started instead of staying in a hotel. It saved money and was way more fun being so rugged and granolaish in the woods. Andy has turned me into a mountain woman! Not really, I'm just way more rugged than I use to be since we got married. Afterall, my husbands dream is to live in a cave in Alaska and wear flannel shirts & grow a big shaggy beard. How can he not rub off on me!
The race was a lot of fun, but definately way harder than the sprint I did a while back. A few weeks ago I had the option of switching races & I wanted to change to the sprint but Andy said if we were driving all the way to Vegas I had to do the full. Go hard or go home right? I about died on the bike portion and when I got to the transition area from bike to run Andy was nearby and I asked him "do I really have to run now ?" I was so not looking forward to it after the bike felt like it was 99% uphill, my legs were jell-o! I probably should have trained more, oh well.
This is a pic of all the "weenies" in their wet suits. I'm the one hiding wearing the tank and super hot spandex. Basically, I can't afford a wet suit so I pretend that only weenies wear them to make myself feel super tough.
Anyways, I finished & was glad I didn't chicken out and switch to the sprint distance. In fact, I got home & found a full Ironman in northern Cali this coming summer that I am going to do so if anyone would like to join me I'd love a training buddy. It's only 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a 26.2 mile run :) Hey, you only live once right? My philosophy is that if you're gonna die you might as well do it having fun.
7 comments:
Way to go Jen. I could never do what you do!!!
Dang girl! You are turning into a crazy woman! Good luck with the ironman. I know I could NEVER do that, so sorry, count me out. :) Seriously you are amazing.
Holy cow woman! You are instense! That is awesome!! Good job!! I seriously can't imagine doing that! That is tough! I would love to a do tri with you...but I don't think I can pull of a full! Let me know how you train for it! Good job- you seriously rock!!!
wow you are pretty amazing I could never do that ....I saw your blog on Ashely's page and just wanted to say hello!
Jen...you are amazing. There is no way I could finish a race like that. You are an inspiration to us. We miss you guys!
I was going to start my comment with "wow! you're amazing!" but it seems that it's already been said : ) I have tons of respect for you. It takes an iron will and a ton of dedication to be able to do that!
Jen you are my idol. I am so jealous. I wish I had the time to train; just too crazy with the little ones right now. Hopefully someday soon. Maybe when or if you move back to Mesa, we can train together. Love ya.
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