Don't Mock My Tri

It's been a very busy last 4 days. I'll hit on some of the highlights...

On Friday Julie and I worked at the Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale where a friend of ours was running for Woman of the Year. The black tie event was very successful, more than doubling the money raised last year. When all was said and done, the 9 candidates had raised more than $193,000 over the last 10 weeks. Over $26,000 in silent auction items were sold Friday night and probably another $10,000+ in the live auction.

One of the items that was up on the live auction was a seven week old pure bred black lab. It didn't take long after we got there before Julie had him in her arms and was carrying him around. I'm sure if it wasn't for the fact that our association limits us to two dogs he might have come home with us. He looked remarkably like Gracie did when she was that age, which made Julie want him all the more.

Saturday we met Misty at Lake Nokomis and swam a half mile, ran/walked 3 miles, and biked another 6 or so. It was the first time Misty had swam in open water and it was a bit overwhelming but she made it through. We know how she felt - we were the same way last week. My arms felt like lead weights so I was doing a couple different strokes to change it up and work different muscles.

On Sunday Julie and I met the fall marathon runners back at Lake Nokomis at 7 AM and did a water stop for them. We also ran another 2-3 miles.

This morning we got up at 3:45 AM (yes, AM) because KARE 11 was doing their next spot on Team In Training. There was a large group of current TNT participants, coaches, mentors and staff who all met at Lake Calhoun for a live remote. It was a pretty neat experience and great for TNT to get the exposure. Everyone did a great job representing TNT and I'm hoping to get the video posted - I had recorded it on the computer. We'll also include a link to the story when it shows up on the KARE 11 site.

We're now less than 4 weeks until the big day, and we know it will get here fast. I know we'll be ok, we just want to get more swim practice in. The bike/run part doesn't worry us as much. This Saturday Coach Ingrid has organized a mock tri which should give us a general indication on where we're at right now. We'll see how it goes!

On to a different subject, I found this story to be one of the most ridiculous ones I've heard in a LONG time. What have we come to? I mean, seriously. Come on.

Here is another one. You seriously think 9-year old kids wrote this? Don't think so.

The Maui tri team did a GREAT job a couple weekends ago. I hear the ocean was cool to swim in but the bike and run were very tough. Congrats to all, especially to Greg, Tracy and Kim for medaling in each of their respective age groups. Way to go TEAM!!!

Well, it's time for bed. Been up since 3:45 this morning. This boy is tired.