Champion

Champion ... ANYone, ANYwhere, giving ANYthing more than what they thought they WERE capable of.

Every Morning

Every single morning when the alarm goes off, there's always a little part of me that wants to roll over and go back to sleep. 

But every single morning when that alarm goes off, there's a bigger part of me that wants to be a TRIATHLETE.

Food

My purse is turning into a lunch box. And breakfast and dinner and snack box. 

Bulging!!  

Snorkel practice!!

Grabbing the fins by the ankle strap. 

Adrean helped me get the head band on the mask just right. She thought the fins were epic, so I let her try em out. My feet started rubbing on the rubber, so I got out and walked to the locker room to grab two little hand towels, wrapped around the feet and ankle, bam! 

My head strap was missing the snorkel attachment, so I velcroed  the snorkel to my mask.... Yup. 

Back and forth . Back and forth. 

I wonder what my water spout looked like from the top. Hopefully didn't hit the guy next to me.

Back and forth. 

I think my ankles are goina be SOREeeee 

Tomorrow. 

Ahhhhh glad I got that stuff outa the closet.   T- minus 3 weeks till a week in Key West! Yes! 

Didddddd it!!

4.5 miles and I wanted to quit after 3. 

Every time you pass your turn around point but you still keep GOInG. 

WILL. 

Lips still sealed. For the first 3hehe

Note to self. Run against traffic on the trail- counter clockwise. WAY more breeze! 

New discoveries In memorial park

!! The living bridge. Yesterday Accenture did a volunteer project here, so I decided to go back for a run around it. Way cool and a great hill practice! 

4 miles baby and it was amazing weather!! There were tonssss of peeps out there!! 

~1/3 of a half marathon..... Chin stroking. :D 

Tri for Him

Oh my goodness, what a good, inspiring spin workout this morning! 

This morning before class, I read my email and one of them is from a blog streaming service thingy. They say my tri blog has been added to their site. Ok..? Anywho. I think it means more people will read it perhaps. 

I wonder why Grace wasn't added to that blog service thingy. I consider that to be way more inspiring and encouraging and more well written. Especially when most of my tri posts consist of talking about sweat and my little swim workouts and trying to burp in water and food. You know, truly glamorous stuff. 

At some point in my rush out the door this morning and the drive to Lifetime, it hits me for the first time. 

Christian. Athlete. 

I don't know why I hadn't really put them together before. 

And then I think about the radio show I listen to where they have a feature about  Christian sports coaches. 

I always wondered why sports and Christian leaders were so popular. Maybe cause people realize our bodies are gifts and our power and strength come from God. In athletics, the metaphor for channeling His stength is so obvious and evident. 

I get to spin class and half way through, heard pounding, sweat bubbles just a poppin off my arms, that image pops in my head again. 

Pretty much every day for the last month or so( it first popped up on a run at Memorial park) I've had this same thought, over and over again:

Tri For Him. 

And in my head, the last M in Him is written with the ironman symbol. 

Then a couple of others: 

Run for Him

Strong  with Him

Maybe there's already something out there like this. 

And then I  think about how I need to send out an email to friends and family asking for donations for the Livestrong ride coming up. And, don't get me wrong, I am SUper pumped about it. But I can't help but feeling. All these races I've been doing lately. They are awesome and support great causes. But I can tell my heart is searching to find the bigger purpose. 

Tri for Him. 

 I GOTTA do something about this. 

So in love, so encouraged, so excited. 

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I can't wait to get home tonight to my computer. For now, gotta get off this bench and shower. I'm starting to feel stares from the ladies around me... I think there's some rule about no cell phone usage in the locker room and I let out a lil giggle very now and then just thinking about all this... Eeee hehehe:))

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