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Anne, I will bring fruit. 

That is good news about the quarry.  My friend did this as her 2nd tri last year.  Her 1st tri was in a lake I consider icky so when she said that I was freaked.  Maybe she has the 2 tri's confused. 

I am so looking forward to this.  If you don't know, both Ginny and I are coming alone so we are going to share a room.  My husband, the most supportive husband ever, is driving down on Sunday morning to tend to all our bike/gear needs.  He is a great bike slave.  He tries to be at all my events. 

My officemate and her husband are staying at the Wydham.  This is her 3rd time doing this tri. 

This is going to be awesome.  Just promise me that you will all be at the finish line still when I finally cross.  I'll be slow but I am okay with that because that means more people will be cheering for me. 

So EXCITED!!!!!!! 

Ann, please do not go to any trouble.  I can't speak for Ginny but I have a dog and a cat, tumbleweeds are a way of life.  As far as kids, the terrible two's for my kids extended and are now the terrible twenties.  I'd like to think they grow out of their Sybil/Exorcist behavior but I'm still waiting for that moment.  I'll feel right at home with "children gone wild".  I don't know what its like to be in a sane environment (I live in a teenage-infested home). 

I am so EXCITED!!!! oops, said that already.  I am, not for the tri, but to meet you guys and just have a great weekend.  BTW, who ordered this rain?   Please make it go away.  I hope its not raining down south, where y'all are.   

One thing I have to request:  NO LAUGHING AT ME, only with me!!!  I have not trained in almost 2 months. I have had the very occasional bike ride and very occasional swim and absolutely no running.  Look at my logs, they are pitiful, truly pitiful.  I was going to play with all 3 disciplines this morning and woke up with the worst cramps of my life (literally, almost as bad as labor), and for no reason-not that time of the month.  So I am doing the tri totally cold and untrained.  NO LAUGHING!!!  I will crawl across that finish line dead last if I have to.   I expect you all to be waiting there, even if everyone else is gone.  I know I ask a lot, but that is what girlfriends are for, to be bras for each other and give support.  SO when you see my cellulite, and my large bozies, and my bat wing arms shoved into a tri suit, NO LAUGHING!!!  When you see it all jiggling like a bowl full of jelly, NO LAUGHING!   When you see me floating on my back to rest during the swim, NO LAUGHING!  When you see my long transitions, NO LAUGHING!! When you see me unable to clip out of my right pedal and fall off the bike, with it still attached to my foot, NO LAUGHING!!  When you see me walking at a snails pace, NO LAUGHING!!   When I finish DFL, after the 300lb 85 year old with the walker doing her first tri, NO LAUGHING!!!! 

Okay so that is a lot to expect.  Just keep the snorting when you are doubled over in laughter to a minimum, please.  Alright, a little snort-laughter is probably okay, just don't wet your pants.  Okay, if you wet your pants because you are laughing so hard at me, just bring a change of clothes.  Lets just all laugh together.   You know this is going to be a riot and more fun than I've ever had at a tri.   I am so EXCITED!!!!!

What a great weekend!!! 

I was able to make it to my neice's wedding shower before JoBro concert tonight.  Ginny, I don't know about you but my hunger kicked in.  I am having hummus and chips for dinner because of lack of time for anything else.  Yumm, salt.

We definitely need to make this an annual event.  I would even be motivated if I knew that I was coming down to do it with you two.  I had so much fun.  The clicking on my bike and my Clicker club that I ended up riding with was a riot.  The run was fun and I met that other injured girl who was an ER nurse from Ann Arbor, doing it with 6 other nurses.  The swim wasn't so bad and it was nice to wait with Ginny.  She kept my nerves at bay. 

Thanks to both of you!  You have renewed my motivation to continue but to do fun events, no competing. 

Thank Mike for putting up with a houseful of women.  I will have my hubby look at the fork.  Nice thing with the Trek is I have a 5 year warranty that will replace anything damaged or worn out.  They even told me just to break something when it starts looking old to get new before the warranty wears out.  I am blaming the reflector for causing a lot of drag and that is why my bike time was slower.  At least, that is my story and I'm sticking to it.

You guys are the BEST!!!!  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you! 

I am being lazy, so referring you both to my blog for responses to concert and after tri events. 

I am not sore at all but I did not push hard.  I am so geeked for next year already.  I want to start training today.  Okay, so maybe I do like doing tri's, just a little.    It was such a great day! 

Ginny, we'll talk bikes over the winter.  I have learned a ton.  I have learned a lot about the women's specific designs too which all the bike shop geeks tend to not know because that is not their sales targets.  Not to say that men, might be the the bigger fish to land, but yes, that is what I am saying. 

I was so happy that the calf was good.  Now I just have to see if I can rebuild that endurance. 

I am so happy you guys are my friends.  We are going to have so much fun there next year, as long as Ann doesn't get herself knocked up again. 

Ann, I hope that Sophie can enjoy that seek and find book too.  My kids loved that when they were toddlers on up.  It is a great way to do quiet things, especially with her broken wing.  Please thank Abby again for the lovely pictures.  They were placed on the fridge today for all to enjoy.  It was very sweet of her to share her art. 

Okay, I miss you guys already.  Do you have facebooks, either of you?  If so add me in as a friend.  I need more than this.  I want you guys to live closer so we can train together.

So is Sept. 18 V-Day, is Mike getting clipped?  That is the best gift a guy can give his wife! 

Ann, I am still waiting for you email address. 

YEAH!!!!!!!  We are all friends now on facebook. 

I am so happy for Mike.  You should post a pic, I love bike porn. 

I'm sure mom and Sophie are happy the cast is gone. YEAH!!

No, I don't plan on coming on Sunday, not at this point.  Good luck to Mike!  Have fun at your birthday party!

Where's Ginny?  I know she was at a reunion but I think she must be back. Oh GINNY, WHERE ARE YOU???? 

Enjoy the day off.  Have fun on the trainer.  Is that possible?  Fun and trainer in the same sentence seems a little silly.  Anyway enjoy whatever DVD you end up watching. 

Thanks for the inspire.  I am trying to ease back.  I am still a little freaked that I have an HM in 6 1/2 weeks.  I will run/walk it if I have to.  A friend of mine is doing it too so we are trying to push each other.  Unfortunately or fortunately, I feel like I can't back out because she is counting on me to be there.  Its probably a good thing.  I'd become a slug if I didn't get motivation from somewhere and we all have different things that motivate us. 

My team bike shop is looking for a line of bikes to sell so I was telling them about Mike's experience with the guys down the road from them.   I'm sure glad he finally got his bike.  Who knows, maybe I'll have to drive down on Sunday and check it out. 

Ginny, nice to see you back.  We missed you! 

Sounds like we've got you hooked on tri's.  Anne, our plan worked, muuhaha!

I, too, love the inspires we send each other.  It really does help motivate me through the day.  Thanks to both of you.  You two are the greatest.  I love my mentor group.

Wish Mike well for Sunday.  I know he is going to kick butt on his new P2.  I'm so excited for him (fellow bike geek here). 

Sounds like some double chocolate cookies were exactly what Sophie needed to feel better. Ah, the magic of chocolate, she has learned young.  I hope you have a wonderful time at you nephew's B-Day party.  Enjoy the change of pace and family. 

Have a rockin' weekend!! 

I had someone contact me about selling my tri bike.  It is hard to part with it, with the thoughts that someday I may want an aero bike, and its awfully nice.  I am sucking it up and priced it at $1000 (I paid $1700 in October 2008).  Its hard to part with one of the stable.  Mike would understand.  Please pass this on to him.