I realized I missed a bunch of happenings because of my hectic two weeks. Alas! So, not this past weekend, but the one before that, Elly competed in her first triathlon! The entire preceding week I'd been out of it and kind of fever-y, and finally bothered to take my temperature before we set out for Charlottesville, home of the C-ville Spint Triathlon. It was 102, but I decided that sitting in a folding chair and cheering was not strenuous enough to warrant not being present for this momentous event.
Elly had been training for several months. You'd think she'd, say, done other races before, since triathlons aren't exactly the easiest sport. You'd be wrong. Yep, this would be the first race of her adult (post-high-school) sporting life. She did great! She was solidly in the middle of the pack. Given that she had a virtually antique bike and only the information of her stalwart training handbook to guide her, this is pretty impressive. She did really well on the swim (not surprising, since she was a competive swimmer in high school) pretty darn good on the bike, and had a tough time on the run. We're thinking of doing a relay, which would be fun! Any bikers out there?
Anyhow, I got some pictures, and the tylenol took down my fever a fair bit, so I was only slightly delirious, and this made for lots of enthusiasm in my cheerleading style. A good time was had by all.
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