Training is on it's way

After training for the Danskin triathlon two co workers and I decided to continue to push ourselves further. I am now training for the Nike Women's Marathon. I am participating in the full Marathon until I physically need to drop down to the half Marathon training. This weekend I will be running 5 miles at South Mountain. Since the Nike Marathon is in San Francisco We need to practice hills.

I will be running with the Leukemia and Lyphoma Society's Team in Training. we will raise awareness, funds, and hopefully help find a cure.

To learn more about Team in Training please checkout my webage at http:/pages.teamintraining.org/dm/nikesf09/bhadleycq9

Race Day Pictures

Here we are after the race in the now empty transition area. We finished and have received our medals. It was an amazing experience and I cannot wait for my next race. Maybe a half marathon next. We finished in 2 hours, 45 minutes, and 10 seconds. Not bad for our first TRI.

This is a shot of the transition area prerace. It was a mad house. This is were you returned after each leg of the race to prepare for the next leg.
Here we before the race. The water looks so inviting doesn't it. It was 77 degrees the morning of the race.

Finished!!!!!!

I made it. We finished the race successfully. We felt great at the end and now I have a hot shower calling my name then a nap. More to come later including pics.

12 hours and Counting

In 12 hours I should be entering the water to begin the first lag of my triathlon. I am so excited, I have my bag packed and tri-suit laid out. I have a friend coming over to give my bike a once over and then I am going to hit the sack. I am excited and nervous all at once. I have to trust my training and will be successful.

Thank you for your support and encouragement. I will hear your cheers while competing tomorrow.

Preview Picture of Saturday's Race

I received a wonderful treat in the mail yesterday. I homemade card from my friend Erin Matyak. She drew out the scene that will occur Saturday in her famous Stick Figure style. Thank you so much. Your words of encouragement are greatly appreciated.

10 days and counting

So this week I have increased my training and have been pushing myself to my limits and boy can I feel it. It has been hard to keep on track especially in the morning when all I want to do is stay in bed. However, it helps that I have been getting encouraging messages from friends and family. I was very excited to receive a special email yesterday. My cousin Chris sent me a Good Luck email from Iraq. Man, now I have to do well, he said he was going to follow this blog when he can. I am also lucky to have a great friend here at ASU who keeps me motivated and joins me in the pool on occasion. Thank you, Katherine for the all your support. Katherine will also be my contact person at the race. She will have my cell phone so go ahead and give her a call if you want live updates on race day. Remember AZ is 3 hours behind Ohio and Michigan.

Race for the Cheetah- My first 5K

Tina and I signed up to run the Race for the Cheetah 5K to practice for the triathlon. We planned to run the race... I say planned because I made one mistake. When planning to run a 5K race DO NOT leave your inhaler in the car!!! It will make it very difficult to run and breath at the same time. So we mostly walked. But is was a great start to the day and I will make sure to have my inhaler for the triathlon in two weeks.