Richardson Wild Ride May 15, 2010

Wow. That was fun. All except crashing and trashing my bike.

I had a small mishap with a grab of a water bottle as I hit a lip in the road. I hit so hard that I got dizzy and nautious after the fall. But, with the help of some good folks (Norm-Shan's dad and parametic, Jim-owner of RBM, and Curtis-my sweet hubby), I got my arm patched, my bike adjusted and finished the 20 miles we still had left. Hopefully, that is the last crash for a while. We enjoyed riding with our new friends and look forward to the next ride.

Half Ironman ~ We are registered!

Now, we have to do it. Non-Refundable. This is going to be a lot of work. 20 weeks of intense training. Wish us luck ~ see you at the next ride and at the gym and at the pool.

1st Tri - McKinney Sprint May 2, 2010

300 yd pool swim, 14 mile bike, 3.5 mile run. Not to mention the 2 hr car ride to get there! Up at 3:45am. It took forever to get started, but met some nice people in line for the swim start. It was good for us both until we got to the run. It ended up going fine, but I was ready to be done. Had my new tri shoes on that I didn't quite tighten right so my foot was slipping some. Curtis did great on the swim (his first time to go 300 in a race format). It was a nice overcast day so it turned out to be a blast. It was good to see what kind of shape we were in and how we compared to others in a race. Right after the race, I asked Curtis if he was ready to sign up for the Half Ironman. He said, "Yeah, sure." I hooked him line and sinker.