triathlon

this weekend i completed my 1st indoor triathlon at the YMCA in brainerd. it was a timed event, the times and my distances are as follows:

10 min swim - 20.5 lengths (about a 500)
30 min bike - 9.3 miles
20 min run - 2.3 miles

http://www.brainerdlakesymca.org/winter%2008-09%20pdf%27s/tri%20results.pdf

the exciting news is that i finished 1st in the women's category and 3rd overall. i was so excited when i found out. shannon andres-haglin was there watching me and cheering me on. i would not have finished so strongly if she wasn't there supporting me. she is the person that i do the tris with in the summer, and she pushed me the whole way. it was great to have her there yelling for me. she is one of my many friends that i am so fortunate to have in my life. the girls and i celebrated by going to north country cafe in crosby for lunch and then having coffee at letty's and playing cards for about an hour. alyssa (another one of my wonderful friends :) ) had us over for dinner saturday night. the girls helped me clean the house sunday and then mom and dad came over for dinner. it was a really nice weekend.