third tri!

last week katherine and rebecca flew in to do a triathlon!

here we are fixing one of many mini-bike-emergencies the night before. we eventually ended up changing tires on all the bikes and getting to the bike store 15 minutes before closing the night before the tri for a part.


it was rebecca's first triathlon! it was katherine's dozenth or so tri, so she entertained us with juicy stories throughout while we sought air. rebecca was a bit handicapped by using a borrowed mountain bike, but she worked so hard that we could hear the wind whipping through the wheels. my knees have been bothering me ever since i stepped on them funky in virginia, so i'd been seriously ramping down my workouts when i should have been ramping up. it was my first run in a month - but katherine and rebecca were so awesome and walked with me whenever i needed to. despite the mountain bike and the walking, we still finished well under two hours!

we stayed with katherine's mom's cousin and her two daughters so that we wouldn't have to wake up at 3am to drrive in. the night before she treated us to an amazing noodle place - joy yee. pages of pictures of asian noodle dishes. heaven! if i lived near that place i'd be there every week. after the tri we went out for ice cream, where we ordered the kitchen sink - 6 scoops of ice cream with all the fixin's!

her cousin's kids were super cute and sweet - they were hanging out with us the night before, watching us getting ready, and asking all sorts of questions. then they were there cheering us on for the bike and the run. i wish i'd had strong women role models like katherine and rebecca when i was their age :)