Punt

It was hours before I was to take an exam in a notoriously hard class in college. My brother was in the same class and we studied together for that exam. My brother shut his notebook, stood up and said, "Well sister. What do you do when it's 4th and long?" I starred at him trying to relate the chemistry of animal nutrition to football. "You drop back and punt the hell out of it," he said. Point taken.

It's time to punt folks! Time for studying, training and planning is over. Tomorrow we punt! Ohhhh, I hope it's a long, beautiful, high punt that lands just inside the 1 yard line. That would be lovely. But at this point, I'll be happy with a 20-yard punt. Just enough to keep me in the game.

I could have trained longer, harder, and faster for this Tri. But for my first one, it's jusssst satisfying enough that I trained at all. Plus I'm getting less and less competitive as I get older. I long more to enjoy the process and the high from a sense of accomplishment than I do to set PRs. But even tomorrow I'm gonna set a PR! Even if only cause its my first Tri. ;) Super-duper-athlete Kevin keeps reminding me that the slower I am in this Tri, the more I'll improve on my time next time.

Tomorrow is scary, especially after driving the bike course today, but I'm as ready as I can be. And I found out today when I picked up my packet that it's a small crowd participating. Just 29 individuals and 2 teams. That made it seem less daunting. But that also means the fewer people that I have a chance to pass. But thats ok! Im just tickled to be competing in my first triathlon and to have some great friends to do it with.

There looked like some Serious Iron Nuts picking up their packets today. Like, bad mamajamas. Legs of steel. 0% body fat. Bulging biceps. All serious iron nuts. I consider myself more of a PeaNut. Just crazy enough to try it. :)

Thanks for reading, praying and supporting loves! I'll let you know how it goes!

Hugs!