Heber Valley Retreat!

I just remembered I went on a Retreat and didn't write about that. It was a LOT of fun. It was a Hollywood theme, so they had the Red Carpet with people interviewing the ladies as they walked down the red carpet. Complete with the top poparatzzi (sp?) we could get to come for the price we could afford to pay them!

Then before dinner we had a special guest speaker. He told us how great women were and we should love ourselves. Or something like that! :)

We had some gentlemen friends come and cook dinner, Serve dinner, do valet services, and check the ladies luggage. They did a wonderful job.

We had a wonderful dinner and then a talent show that was awesome! We had some very good acts. Here are a few ... Very funny!

We also had a movie premier, presenting US!! We had the ladies submit 4 pictures: 1) Baby Picture 2) Childhood picture 3) Highschool Picture 4) Post-Highschool Picture and then we took current pictures as well. Then it was put into a movie. It was a lot of fun trying to figure out who each of the "stars" were.

Then we went to bed so we could get up for an early morning hike. It was pretty. The leaves were just starting to change. We even saw a group of deer.

After the hike we had a class on Self-Defense. That was interesting to learn about and also now makes me more nervous. They said someone dropped a friend off and was waiting for her to get safely into her house when a preditor got into her car! Sorry whoever rides with me in the future. I will no longer be waiting for you to get safely into your house. I will however, say a quick prayer for you as I'm speeding off for my own safty!

(This is her mother...Good thing, or that could have potentially been VERY awkward!)

And last, but definitely not least, we had a great Testimony meeting. It's always fun to sit around a fire (well the fire pit in our case...no fire) and share your testimony (or listen to others share in my case). It was a very fun weekend. Just want to give a shout out to those who put SO MUCH time and effort into making it great! (You know who you are!) Well done!

Teaser!

I know! I need to update, but I like to blog when I have pictures and they are coming. I will be getting some pictures of a few things I've done lately...

Horseback riding and the Zip Line at Park City. They were both very fun. As soon as I get the pictures I'll post.

I did go hike Bridal Veil Falls the other day. That was fun.

Stay tuned for me on Horseback and on the Zip Line. (hope the pictures turned out! haha)

Triathlon #3

Triathlon #3...I was number 35!

Well I finished another Triathlon. And now frankly, I'm just mad. :) lol

A lot has been going on and I kindof lost my motivation to exercise hard since the Spudman Triathlon. I kindof felt like since this was a smaller one and I could totally do it, especially after the Spudman. Well...I did do it and I felt totally fine afterwards, but I didn't get a good enough time.

So now I kindof feel obligated to do another one in November to kick myself in the butt to work harder for it. I know I can do better.

Here's me with Dan freezing my butt off waiting to begin.


And me getting my stuff all prepared.


Here is Dan, Me, and Chellese at the finish line. Yahoo!!


Me, Dan and Lisa (she works with Dan).


I may just need to do the Orem one now to improve my time.
I'll have to kick myself in the butt and practice hard. Here I go!!

It Came ... Then Went!

So I'm sure everyone is dying to know how the BIG Triathlon went. Well it went well. I survived it and beat my goal by 39 seconds! Whew!!

While running the race, the thought went through my mind..."I'll NEVER do this again". But the next day, I was planning ways to take 30+ minutes off my time next year. It must not have been too bad.

The swim was a little scary for me at the beginning. But about half way through, I was able to relax and swim a lot better. It wasn't so bad. I would never do it without a wetsuit. There was a tragedy during my swim group. A 60 year old man from Provo went under and died. They're not sure what happened, but everyone speculates that it was a heartattack. Very sad news.

The bike wasn't bad. For some reason I can't get going (unless going downhill) faster than about 15 mph on my bike. For next year, I need to work on strength training more and focus on my leg muscles. I wanted to average 15 mph and my average turned out to be 15 mph on the nose. So I was ok with that.

The run was more run/walk/run/walk...But hey...I got to the finish line with 39 seconds to spare! And I was VERY happy about that.

But I finished!!! And here's proof I crossed the finish line!

The friends I did it with did AWESOME!! They beat my time by 45-50 minutes. I'm by no means complaining about my time. I started from scratch on everything and only training for 7-8 months for this, so I am very happy with my time.

Do we look tough and like professional Triathletes?

It was an amazing experience. The thing I loved the most is realizing that I CAN do it. As I was training for this I kept thinking...I can't do this. What am I thinking? But here is the proof that I can do it.

Thanks to those who came up to Idaho to support me! It was so fun having them there!

Idaho...Ready or Not...Here We Come!!

Well, the Spudman is finally upon us. Less than two weeks. This is the last week to get in some "good" training before we hit our taporing week.

So...a week ago saturday we tried a Practice Triathlon. We rode our bikes to the gym. Swam about 900 meeters, rode our bikes up to Vivian Park and back home and then tried (I repeat...TRIED) to run 4 miles. My die hard companion made it. I turned around when she passed me coming back and then she made it home and came and picked me up in the car and drove me home.

Now, this was not the best feeling I've had about my training. I only have two weeks to go and I couldn't even run 1 mile. So I tried again this last Saturday. I went swimming in the morning, then I came home and rode my bike 6.5 miles and ran 3 miles. A little better, I guess.

Just a word of advise to those coming to cheer me on....

Don't plan on me being done before 12:00 noon!

We're maybe going to do another "Brick" workout tomorrow morning. That is a bike ride, right into a run. It's called a "Brick" because your legs feel like bricks when you run right after a long bike ride. Well, I'm as prepared as I'm going to get, so now all I need is to eat right, get good amounts of sleep and practice eating gu and electrolyte drinks!

IDAHO...HERE WE COME!