Doughman - Bad Luck x2

Fundraising - we did it! The last little push got us the 6 minute head start! Thank you to all those who helped us reach our goal (some of you in a very big way). A week ago if someone had said we would reach the $1500 mark we would've said 'no way'. We were sitting at $900, but we literally worked our butts off to get there and even Friday afternoon as we pre-drove the course we still had donations coming in.Honestly, none of us thought the time...

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It's not too late to DOUGH-NATE

The Doughman is this Saturday. This is a competitive 4 person eating/running/biking/aquatic event relay. Last year, the team I'm on, Victorious Secret took it to the boys and finished 3rd overall out of 70 teams! We're all back this year to claim our victory.It's not been without challenges - they didn't tell us the food until Monday night, so we weren't able to practice like last year. One of our teammates moved to Boulder (don't worry, she is flying in Friday night). And we had a frenzy of emails yesterday trying to determine who was doing which...

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Recap

Marty won his 3rd belt buckle at the Battle at Buckhorn Triathlon this past Saturday. Tassie and I cheered him on to victory as he went wire to wire for the win. Tassie got LOTS of love from many people out there, and even went for a little swim in the lake after the race.The swim clinic went well that afternoon. It's amazing how fast 3.5 hrs can go. I was pretty wiped out after that and hit the bed early. We had another big morning on Sunday.Our...

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Busy Weekend Ahead

Saturday morning: Battle at Buckhorn TriathlonMarty has won the past two years, which means we have both of these on our mantle: Can he win the 2011 belt buckle?Saturday afternoon: Beginner Swim ClinicSunday morning: 5280 swim at Beaver DamRemember, be nice to those of us at the registration table :) See you in the water!And in the better late than never category, here are a couple of pictures from the Triangle Orthopedic Sprint triathlon I did several...

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I can relate to this

Link to original storyEveryone knows each episode of "The Simpsons" takes like five and a half years to make, but luckily for last week's guest-star (and "Bob's Burgers" voice) Kristen Schaal, the show's classic chalkboard gags, which change in the show's opening credits from week to week, can be turned around quickly.After last week's show credited her as "Kristen Schall," (a fact the comedian and actress mentioned forgivingly on her Twitter only...

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7th Anniversary

Yesterday marked our 7th anniversary. This year we decided to stay in town and just go to a really nice dinner. We played dress up and went to Sullivan's, a swanky steakhouse in Raleigh where you end up spending $100 for 2 people without batting an eye. It was delicious, though, and dessert was on them because it was our anniversary.Here we are before we left. We just set the timer up on our camera, called Tassie over and she sat in between us. She...

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Time Flies

This week absolutely flew by me. Work and life in general has been busy. Sometimes it's nice to stop and smell the roses but this week didn't afford that luxury.Last night we were going to ride but some nasty storms came through. It was gray all day but wasn't looking too bad and then all of the sudden *BAM* crazy rain and lightening. I really don't think the weather forecasters know anything around here.So, we went out to eat instead. I know, shake...

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Weekend Recap

I'm feeling too lazy to post pictures, so if you want to see them you'll just have to friend me on facebook - there's an album up there.So White Lake! Such a popular weekend (now two if you're up for it) here in NC for triathletes. Beautiful lake and crappy motels make it all the more fun :)I drove down with Kari on Friday evening (with Marty in the car right behind us). We made it to our -1 star motel (just kidding, it wasn't that bad. just a few spiders that only needed some broom whacks). We were all up early the next morning to cheer everyone...

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Triathlon Swims and Cancellations

In recent years it's become not so surprising when race directors will elect to cancel or shorten swims due to wind/waves/dangerous conditions. Just this year it's already happened at two very large races (New Orleans 70.3 & St. Anthony's). Now I wasn't there so cannot speak to the conditions themselves, but what I can say is I don't remember swims EVER being cancelled in the 80's and 90's.It's sort of like when you remember back to being a kid...

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