ME...a Triathlete???

Tamara and I decided we were going to do a triathlon. We saw there was one in Sept. and Oct. at Woodward Reservoir out in Oakdale. At first we were thinking that we would have a relay team but as we started training we deceded that we wanted to do the complete Triathlon. That way we could brag later that we were triathletes! The one in Sept. was only a super sprint. That is a 200 yard swim, 5 mile bike and mile run. No problem! As we started training we thought it would be fun to do a longer one. The one in Oct. is a 500 yard swim, 16 mile bike and 5k run. that is a little more challenging.

I have been working out every day for the past 6 weeks. Everyday I either swim, Bike or Run. I am swimming about 55 laps, biking over 10 miles and running about 2 miles. It feels so good to exercise with a purpose. I keep telling myself that I have to do it or else I will drown in the lake!

Our ward has also stared a fitness challenge that I joined. I thought it would be easy becuase I am working out so much already. The challenge is physical as well as spiritual. We get points for exercise, prayer, scripture study, service, sleep, water consumption, eating fruit and veggies and so on. We have teams that we weigh in weekly with and at the end of 8 weeks the team with the most points wins...what I don't know but it has been fun doing this with the sisters in the ward.