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Never in a million Years

[info]tigerlily35
6/22/08 05:15 pm
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Today was somethin' else. We awakened at 4am, my daughter (8), my boyfriend and I. I ate about 800 calories of oatmeal and a Red Bull and we piled in the car for a short(ish) trek to nearby suburb of Naperville. Along the way we swooped up my vampire, oops, I mean, brother. He had yet to sleep and was cracking me up in his delirium.
Naperville was crawling with women of all ages, shapes and sizes for the All Female Naperville Triathlon. My first event of its kind.
The race was delayed by lightening. Just enough time for my nerves to kick in. There were something like 2700 participants and I was in wave 18. The orange caps. The 37 year olds!
I have never swam in open water of any sort and only began swimming 6 months ago, but I LOVED the swim. The water was a perfect temp and I got kicked in the head relatively few times-always followed with a polite, "Oh! I'm sorry!" I felt very strong. I was shocked.
Running out of the swim was weird, as my legs had seems to go all wiggly-woggily. We had to run up hill to our bikes.
At the bike, I peeled off the wetsuit, swallowed some disgusting gooey sugar energy gunk, donned my helmet and FLEW.
I mean, I hammered it.
I had no idea I was going to do that. I hammered it so hard that my legs no longer functioned for the run! I ran baby steps for a mile until the goo kicked in and I started to find my running legs (my sport of choice)
I picked it up the last quarter mile and was flyin'by. (at least it was fast for me!)
Then, suddenly there was Lily, my daughter, reaching for my hand.I grabbed it and we ran across the finish line together.
Funny thing occurred to me during the run: the last time I was in Naperville I was at an OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE. Hammering it in a much different fashion involving vodka.
Today was truly a gift of sobriety.
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  • [info]ebourland
    6/22/08 10:52 pm (UTC)
    That was great when she ran up and took your hand and ya'll crossed the line together. I was running up to get a picture but you were too fast for me.

  • [info]aerieofgrace
    6/23/08 12:03 am (UTC)
    wow, that sounds AMAZING. I am so happy for you.

  • [info]bella_donne
    6/23/08 01:17 am (UTC)
    Wow, that's fabulous! Congrats!

  • [info]kathryn_aka_kat
    6/23/08 02:29 am (UTC)
    Fantastic! big congratulations! :-))))

  • [info]ebourland
    6/23/08 03:37 am (UTC)
    I think you kicked ass today. I'll post pics later.

    Hey, you should separate your tags with commas. That sorts them so you can find later all entries marked with a tag.

  • [info]quotamour
    6/23/08 05:50 am (UTC)
    Congrats on your accomplishment!!! My heart just swelled with happiness for you as I read this. Just... wow.

    *hugs*

  • Super TigerLily

    [info]jd60610
    6/23/08 09:33 pm (UTC)
    CONGRATS on your first (of many) triathlon! You were super speedy yesterday. I hope you loved it...let's do another!

    • Re: Super TigerLily

      [info]tigerlily35
      6/23/08 10:54 pm (UTC)
      oh, Juliet...you may want to think again about befriending me, for I am a dork. Queen of all dorks in Dorkland.I check my splits online today and was thrilled w. the swim (????)However, I somehow beat out every single female in every age group overall, which, of course, would have me racing a la Lance Armstrong. It appears I missed the 2nd loop? I must have left my body or something--cause I didn't see a second loop. Also, I didn't look at the race course map....beforehand. MMMM.....hhmmmm. I can be a bit of a perfectionist so I am kinda disappointed, even though probably nobody cares too much but me. The other option is that it could me a posting mistake, I guess. I couldnt spell your last name right to check your results. How'd you do???? Do you still wanna be seen w. me. Lordy lordy lordy.
      P.S. I think I looked better in my after photo

      • Re: Super TigerLily

        [info]jd60610
        6/24/08 03:41 am (UTC)
        i would be honored to hang out with the queen of dorkland, for i am the baroness of geekdom. and who knows, maybe you rode that fast, and if not, who cares? did you really do it for the time, or did you do it for YOU?? i had a great race, mostly because i met some nice people and had my priorities re-ordered, which was way overdue.

        what do you think about harbor lights in july?

  • [info]mariebernadette
    7/1/08 02:15 am (UTC)
    Congratulations!!! I followed your brother's link. That's so sweet that your daughter ran across the finish line with you. Were you a big runner/cyclist beforehand?
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