Some of my friends were training for the Country Music 1/2 Marathon, and at first thought, I thought that they were CRAZY.  Before I started training, the furthest I had run was 3 miles, and I never thought that I could go past 5 miles!  However, I decided to join them becuase I wanted to prove myself wrong.  I ended up running 13.1 mi. on April 28, 2007.

Now I was off to my next challenge.  Ever since my one friend said he was going to do a triathlon, I decided that I wanted to do one.  Part of me just wanted to prove to him that I could do it, and another part of me thought that it would be fun!  My first one is coming up on Sunday.  I'm going to compete in the Iron Girl at Lake Lanier with another one of my friends.  It's a 1/3 meter swim, 18 mile bike, and 3 mile run; all together it should take about 2 hours.  I went out and bought the equipment yesterday to get myself ready.  I haven't combined any of the events during training, but I'm mentally ready to on Sunday.  If anyone has done a triathlon and has any advice, it would be much appreciated.  I feel like I'm in shape, but it will be a challenge--especially the bike (18 miles!! and the run, since it's at the end).