The Triathletes

A few weekends ago a bunch of us competed in the Wawasee Triathlon. Ben, Joel, and Chase did the whole triathlon themselves while us girls did it as a team. I swam the first leg, Jessica then biked, and Mal finished by running. We won our division! (I feel compelled to tell you there were only 3 in our division.) The guys did great also! They all placed. Joel was the overall winner for our group. The day was extra special since it was Ben's 30th b-day. Charlie and Sawyer held up signs for him and had shirts that said, "Our Dad's Faster than your Dad!"

I was planning to be able to call myself a "real" triathlete this weekend. I had signed up for a triathlon in Michigan City where I would do the entire race (it was a shortened one). I was so excited about it. I was fully prepared to get my butt kicked but I still thought it would be cool. I had even bought a hideous spandex outfit for the biking and running part! I pity all the spectators.

Oh no... instead by the time I arrived in LaPorte with both boys on Friday afternoon I had a 102.7 temperature that lasted for most of the day and on to Saturday. Ugh... I was so mad! So.. long story short there was no way I could swim in Lake Michigan and go biking and running with that kind of temp. I was so out of it. Luckily I was at my parents and they took care of the boys while I stayed in bed for most of the day. In the end my mom had to drive me home because I was so dizzy still on Sat afternoon. Sunday was no better. It is now Monday and I am still dizzy and have a massive headache but I finally broke down, went to the doctor, handed over a bunch of money to hear him say, "Well, sometimes these viruses will last awhile. You just need to ride it out." Ugh!

Well, I guess I will just have scare the competitors next summer with my spandex.

bummer

signed,

still just the swimmer :(