Tri for the Cure

I invited some of my friends to train for and compete in a triathlon with me this summer. At first they were skeptical, then with a little bit of convincing, they signed up. What a great way to stay in shape and be able to get together with friends during the week.

It worked out great, there were 5 of us doing the tri, the Liz's, the little bird and the Amanda's. We would meet for volleyball games and then do a training run. The northern dwellers would swim at the northern pool together, we rode bikes in mountains to train, etc. It was rad.

The tri we decided to do was Tri for the Cure, a breast cancer cure tri. Two of my chicas ended up raising a bunch of money for the cause. I didn't even even set up a fund, they really inspired me to try to do more the next time I do a race for charity.
As the date grew closer, the nerves began a shakin', but once we got some wet suits, went to the expo and chilled out a bit on my front porch, I think everyone started feeling better. I had no doubt that everyone was going to exceed their own expectations and rock the socks off everyone at the race!

By the time race day came, one of my lady friends had to drop out of the tri...b/c she's PREGNANT, WOO HOO :) She still came and supported us, you rock Liz!!

We all talked the morning of the race, the little bird was going for a PR, but the Amanda's and I decided to all stick together throughout the tri, so that we could make sure everyone finished and tried super hard the entire race;)

We couldn't totally stick together throughout the swim, but we had a pact to wait at our transition zone before moving onto the next portion of the competition. This worked really well, we didn't let each other rest too much between the different legs and we ended up really pushing each other out on the course.

Some of our AWESOME support team. Thanks to everyone who came out to cheer!

The triathletes after the race...we were sort of pooped. We chilled on the couch for a while before heading to get cheese sticks and ice cream cake...ahhh, I love triathlons!!

All in all I think everyone had a great time and I know that the two newbies are super pumped to do another tri. Once you start doing these races I think you really do become hooked. I know I am.