Oh the Athletic Things We Do!

So, I've been working out at the gym nearly every day for the last year + (since week 5 post c-section thank you very much). All of it has been to train for the few athletic things we wanted to do this year. The first goal was to actually run the entire Race for the Cure that was in June. I am happy to report I did just that-and in my best time yet for a 5k. Okay okay, it's only 3.1 miles, and I run slow, but I RAN the whole thing nonetheless! My time was 35:45.

The next thing was for us (me, Jerry, and my dad) was our first sprint triathlon. It was a 300 yard swim (my hardest part by far because of the severe disgusting-ness of the pond we swam in, and I didn't have a way to particularly train for it), an 10.85 mile bike ride, and a 5k run.

As stated above, the swim was my hardest part. It took me twelve minutes to complete making me the last. Jer kindly stayed with me the whole time despite the fact that he could have finished well before me. He's used to sticking his face in nasty water from growing up in Florida. I am hoity toity and refuse to stick mine in anything but a pool or clear, fresh water. So, here we are gearing up to start.

Why am I the only one with my game face on? Man look at how white Jerry and my dad are. Yowzuh.

So, we got done with the swim and transitioned fairly well into the bike. Jerry and I passed two women in the first 5 minutes, but saw no one after that. It took me until more than half way through the bike ride to get past the nausea I was feeling after that lake, and I got a huge burst of energy after that. We finished up the bike ride strong. The run was tough. 3.1 miles after all that other stuff can be hard. It didn't help that it started within the first 1/4 mile with a really long steep hill. After that it wasn't bad. Jerry and I crossed the finish line at 1:49:33, a full five minutes after dad who finished in 1:44:58. I'm so proud that my 58 yr. old father went out on his first ever triathlon of any kind and finished before his 27 yr. old daughter and 30 yr. old son-in-law. Way to go dad! All in all we had a great time, and I'll consider doing another if it involves the swim being in a POOL.

We didn't finish last (okay, okay, two people finished behind us, but they were a good 30 minutes behind us in finishing), and might we note-my dad was the oldest competitor. Again, WAY TO GO DAD!

Updates 1

So, here's the beginning of updates. Over the last few months we have...

Given Jerry a mini-me. I've told him a thousand times to use a #2 guard, but does he listen? No. What do we get? A cancer baby. But an adorable one. And now we just use a #1 guard all the time!

Celebrated two birthdays! My babies are getting so big!

Given little man a taste of real cake. This is in between the two birthdays-on his actual birthday we gave him a cupcake, and he didn't have nearly this much fun with it as with this piece of birthday cake. Yum yum!

Been with family. We celebrated the two birthdays with family in town over Easter weekend. Aren't they all so cute! Could the two girl cousins look any less alike? Oh but they're cute together! We had so much fun with everyone and were so happy to celebrate my sister and her husband's sealing. And now we can't wait for her baby that's due in just a couple of weeks. Can't wait to meet you baby Griffin!

Explanation

That's right, I haven't been updating. Here's why. (If you want the short sweet version, skip to the last paragraph.)

I'm applying to graduate school. PA (Physician Assistant) programs to be exact. I'm getting my master's degree so that when I graduate I can get a full time job and support us so that Jerry can finally go and finish school. Oh, and it's kinda what I want to do anyway. Now, you may think that there's not a ton involved in applying to grad school (for those who haven't), and that may be true for some (who got good enough grades the first time through their classes). Seeing as how I didn't do horrifically stellar, I've had some courses to retake to be eligible to apply. So, the things for me involved in applying for me have included the following:

A) Retaking Psychology 111 (via independent study at BYU) in approximately two months

B) Retaking Chem 121 (via distance ed at Oregon State University) "spring semester" that just ended June 6th.

C) Studying for the GRE (which I'll be taking on Friday).

D) Filling out the central PA school application, along with the supplemental applications of all the schools to which I wish to apply.

So, it's been involved, and really stressing/overwhelming. On top of all of it I'm the Primary secretary and ward camp director (camp's next week), I've been training for Race for the Cure (which was June 4th, and I finished in 35:45-my fastest time for a 5K), and for a sprint triathlon that is this coming weekend (300 yard swim, 11 mile bike ride, and a 5K) that my dad, Jer, and I are doing. I'm also now battling a sinus infection that the nurse practitioner swears is only allergies that caused a viral thing and that I shouldn't even be taking antibiotics. But she prescribed them anyway, and I'll be darned if I'm not going to take them so as to be able to make it through said sprint triathlon on Saturday.

So the long and the short is, I've been busy, and when I'm busy I take fewer pictures. Look for some at the end of June/beginning of July.