rain rain go away, thats what all my haters say

....Good ole Waka.

Today started with a 7am wake up call, a warm bowl of oats, and a pitstop at McDonalds. As much as I hate Mickey D's, they have some darn good coffee. My sisters had already left for swim practice...  no one told me that we leave for practice at 7? Oh well. I picked up some coffee for myself and the girls and everyone was happy. The water was SO cold... I felt bad for those poor kids. We ended up not even putting the itty bittys (the 4 and unders) in the pool, until they begged us to get in that is. They are crazy... but I'm glad they wanted to get in.

Right after practice, I went to the gym because the clouds were quite threatening, plus it had already begun to sprinkle. I had a longer swim on the schedule with a few hard intervals. It was pretty challenging.

My family also started the SuperFoods diet this week. Incorporating more "super foods" into our diets regularly. Apparently, I already incorporate super foods into my diet... SCORE! We'll see how this goes. Its weird though, I am feeling really hungry today... I hope that this super foods thing isn't messing with me.

I need to go get my ride on....

The weather is going to be clearing up in an hour or so... I have a 1.5-2 hour easy ride on the schedule today. Or a trainer ride. I'd rather go outside, but whatever. We will see what happens.

Off for a snack and a nap.

OBP Tri- A Photo Collection

So, I guess they didn't snap any pictures of me going up to T1 which is a bit of a bummer. I imagine that my run is a little more put together than you will see in the photographs below. These pictures are really extraordinary and accurately portray my feelings throughout the race. 

My lips are pursed. This was probably about 3 miles or so into the race if i had to guess. I was obviously frustrated by the bumpy/poorly paved road.

 Oh HELL NO bitch. YOU WLL NOT PASS ME. This was one of the ladies I played leap frog with throughout the race. She was an awesome competitor and I definitely wouldn't have been able to push as hard as I did without her. I ended up passing her again with like a mile to go.

I have no words for this picture. I am obviously in a lot of pain. 

HA! I am aware of the poor running form in this picture. Heel striking, arm crossing, the works. But on the plus side at least my hair looks good? 

Now, I appear to be in a lot of pain here, too. However, I am a little more proud of this picture since my arms are staying on their respected side and I am leaning a little more forward. It looks like I am heel striking a bit, but not nearly as badly as I was about to in the picture above. 

Well there ya have it, the first of many horrifying collections of race photos.