Telos Timp Tri

I did the Telos Timp Tri yesterday, April 18, 2009.
I did the same one last year, although the one last year was my very first Triathlon ever.

Here are the results of both...

2008
Run: 33:38.210
T1: 2:18.350
Bike: 50:09.310
T2: 2:12.44
Swim: 11:35.060
Total: 1:39:53.37

2009
Run: 31:18.905
T1: 1:38.927
Bike: 45:57.297
T2 & Swim: 15:59.046 (those two were combined, so I'm not sure exactly how much of it was my Transition time and how much was my swim time.)
Total Time: 1:34:54.1

I added time to my swim from last year, but I beat my times in all the other areas. I'm happy I took off 5 minutes from my last years time, but had I gone swimming more and really worked on that and biking, I think I could have been under 1:30. I felt a lot better this year. I ran the whole time without stopping to walk once. Even up the hill. And I didn't walk my bike up the hill like I did last year. So I'm very happy about those things. So next year (or maybe even for the one in November) my goal will be to improve my swim and bike and get under 1:30. :)
I got 1:31 on the "I can Tri" in Sandy last September, so I was a little bummed that I didn't hit 1:30, but then I realized I wasn't comparing apples to apples. The swim and bike were both shorter distances. So I think I actually did beat my times.
I felt really good during the race too, which made it that much more enjoyable.

I ran along side a friend of mine for a bit and kept saying she was loving that she could be out running. She was telling me that a good friend of hers is dying of MS and is in the hospital right now. My friend kept telling me that she is so greatful to be able to do these triathlons and what a blessing it is for her. She's learned from her friend that she might not always be able to enjoy stuff like this. We need to love it and enjoy it because we can! It's a blessing to be able to go out and do stuff like this. Not torture. In the short time I talked with her, she helped me remember that there are a lot of people who wish they could do this. I'm greatful that I can!

Squeegee's

I get laughed at because I squeegee the shower door. So...I was having a conversation with someone about drying off inside the shower before getting out so you don't drip water all over. So this person asked me if I squeegeed myself before getting out of the shower. lol They asked if I had a "Human Squeegee". I laughed thinking that was pretty clever...

Well....Leave it to my friend to go search the internet for a Human Squeegee...
Come to find out! There really is one!

Introducing..."Bodyflix...The Human Squeegee".

So, I was just curious...Does anyone else get made fun of for squeegeeing the shower? And next...Would anyone use a Human Squeegee?? lol I think I should get one and see how it works.

This could be a good little tool for my triathlons. Squeegee myself as I'm running to my transition so the transition won't take so long. hmmm

Cleanliness at Restaurants??

So I'm sitting in....Well I won't mention the name of the food joint we were at...but I was sitting there with my nieces and nephew. I noticed as I was eating, that my niece never put a straw in her cup, so she was drinking the drink through the hole that the straw goes in.

I looked at her and said "Do you know how many dirty hands have touched that lid?" :)
She stopped. Looked at the drink, then gave me this totally disgusted face and said...
"Employees must wash hands before returning to work". I laughed at that. Pretty clever.
Then I said...But how do you know they did?
She got a straw.

Well about 10 minutes later she and her sister went to the bathroom. What was the first thing she said when she came out??

There wasn't an "Employees must wash their hands before returning to work" sign in the bathroom!!! lol

Moral of the Story?? USE A STRAW!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

ON SATERDAY,(VALENTINES) I TOOK MY NIECES AND NEPHEW AND DECORATED DAN'S HOUSE!! :0) ON THE FRONT DOOR WE WROTE,(HE HAS A GLASS DOOR,WE ALSO USED A GLASS MARKER!) "YOU'VE JUST BEEN...".



THEN ON THE WAY TO HIS BEDROOM WE PUT DOWN ROSE PETALS!


ON HIS DOOR WE PUT A KISS AND A SIGN SAYING"HMMM". IN HIS ROOM WE PUT KISSES IN HIS SHOES,ON HIS BED AND ON THE WALLS. WE EVEN STUCK SOME ON HIS FAN!

ON HIS WINDOW AND ON HIS MIRROR WE WROTE(WITH THE MARKER)"...KISSED!" ALL TOGETHER IT SAID "YOU'VE JUST BEEN...KISSED"

WRITEN BY AMBER ,HER NIECE

IT'S SNOWING!!

So between Christmas week and the last two days, we've gotten a good amount of snow.
My Brother, who lives in Texas, sent us a couple of pictures of all the snow they got there.

Here they are...Ready???

So I thought I'd send him a picture of what I have, most of which came from the last two days!
The bottom of my ruler is 20. The snow is at 7!! That makes....13 inches. Un-touched snow in the back yard.

We all just laughed when we saw the pictures, which I'm sure is the reason he sent them. He's lived here. He know how it can be. We took a picture at Christmas at my parents of their sidewalk in their backyard and the snow came halfway up my thigh. I know I'm not super tall, but that is still quite a bit of snow.

I don't feel like I can complain. We were in a drought for how many years? 7?10? Who remembers...And now after a couple of good storms everyone is yelling, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
Too bad it can't just snow like this in the mountains so we still get the water, but we don't have to drive in it. Oh well. Since we have it, we might as well play in it right?

HAVE FUN! BIGGEST SNOWMAN WINS!