Living the dream

Friday night Liz and I got all goofy in our light-up, shimmery metallic, wigged out costumes for the firefly 5k in City Park to benefit the Denver metro Habitat for Humanity. There was almost 2,000 people there! It was a nighttime glow-in-the-dark 5k, and although we were running all sorts of zigzags trying to avoid people it was awesome! We got so many "love your costume" comments.

Saturday I woke up super early for the Rattlesnake triathlon! (And by super early I mean we arrived at 6am). Adam drove me, and made goofy jokes while I freaked out about the swimming, ad lent me his shirt when I was cold early in the morning, and took pictures and cheered! I made it though! I fnished! I didn't drown during the 1500m seim, and while I was the slowest swimmer out there I did it! About 3/4 of the way through my left calf seize up with a massive cramp ad I had to grab a kayak while massaing the knot out. It felt like the worst charlie horse of my life, and its still sore today! Then during the 40k bike ride (just under 25 miles). I took it fairly easy, my legs were still killing! But I did manage to pass a few people. The route was super hilly, and the least scenic bike ride I've done since biking through Kansas. The 10k (6.2 mile) run was great! I did manage to catch up to and pass more people on that leg, and had a strong finish! I was met at the finish line by Michelle and the ALZ Stars crew, where we took pics and I ate a cookie. So the swim took 53:57, the bike took 1:59:57, and the run took 1:02:51. My first transition tool 2:11, and the second, 1:33. 4hours, 23 seconds total.

Then I hopped on a plane to Joplin, MO where I'll be spending a week building houses with Bike & Build aulms.