Sunday, September 30, 2007

the triathlon!

whew. i did it. it's over. it was fun. it really was. can you believe i said that?

this morning, we were sitting in Cary's car (me, Cary and Leah) while Veronica was loading Annie's bike on her car and Cary said, "When we were at JMU together 9 years ago, did you ever think we'd be sitting here at 5:24 am heading off to a triathlon together??" NO WAY! i would have laughed my head off!

so, first of all, Cary WON the whole thing! pretty amazing, huh??
this is me coming in from the bike portion...
this is heading down to drop my bike off...
this is starting on "the run" - this was the hardest part - i couldn't feel my legs, feet, toes AT ALL for the first mile.
this is Cary (who is already finished) talking to Leah as she transitions from the bike to the run
my cheering committee...and Pat took all these great pictures!
my parents came, and Pat brought the kids
this is me finishing...i had to go around that orange cone and down a little hill to the finish line!
hugs from my favorite people!

Rebekah ran with Leah on the final little stretch...made Rebekah's DAY! Leah - you are such a sweetheart!
Veronica, Annie, Cary, me and Leah
Veronica and Annie are 2 of the ladies I run with every morning
Cary and Leah are friends from college (well, Cary is, and Leah is his wife and now one of my favorite people)
Each of the people gave me support and encouragement to try this and to finish this. THANKS!
I loved it. i think i'll sleep GOOD tonight.

7 comments:

Debbie said...

Congratulations!! You should be very proud of yourself!!

ali said...

You do look like you were having fun. I am so glad. Congrats! Pat did a nice job with the photos.

The Faircloth Five said...

WOW! courtney, i am so happy you got to do this! i want to do the next one with you, ok??? :) love, kelly

Christy -N- Phill said...

Congrats Courtney! Amazing, that's what you are. Really I do not know how you do it. You should be so proud of yourself!! Love, Christy

Michelle said...

Great job Courtney!! How did the swimming portion go? Did you get to pass anyone in the pool? I'm so glad you passed the camera to someone else....I wouldn't have been suprised if you had taken your own pictures during the race! ;)

Leah said...

Courtney, I am so proud of you. We had a blast this weekend. I will send more photos after lunch (I have to get the camera from home). Have a fantastic day!!

Katy said...

HOORAY for Courtney! I was thinking about you on Sunday morning and praying that everything went well. maybe you've found a new addiction!! :) And kudos to Pat to be able to keep everyone corralled and take the great pictures!