Copper Creek Tri 2011

Saturday was Lisa's birthday and we were supposed to go skydiving, but Mother Nature had other plans.  The rain and wind kept all of us from jumping except Eric and Kendra.  They reported that skydiving in rain is no fun and Eric can attest that a gust of wind that blows your landing to the ditch next to the highway is kinda nerve wracking.

Saturday afternoon we hit Spaghetti Works for a late lunch to carb load in anticipation for Sunday's main event.  After lunch we shaved our heads, shaved down to mustaches and the No Train, Bald, Mustache Tri was on.  Sunday morning the water was cool but no too bad, the bike course had a head wind going out and a tail wind coming back, and the run seemed hillier than last year.

I finished 11 min slower than last year, I was slower in all 3 events and even slower in my transitions, but that's what you get when you don't train at all.  It was a fun day, Eric beat me by 6 min and I finished in front of Kendra.  We're all planning on doing the Hickory Grove Triathlon in August, and we've talked Kendra's sister and father into doing it along with the return of Cassie!   We're hoping to make up the skydiving trip that weekend as well, and if it all works out we've convinced Lisa's mom to jump with us!

Now the marathon training begins in earnest while we try and finish the painting project.  Front Room and Bedroom are on the schedule for painting this week along with pressure washing and resealing/staining the deck.  Have a great week everyone.