LiFe AcCOrdinG tO MaCDaddY: Welcome/ Pumpkin man 2012

Welcome to my life according to the blog world. I am not 100% how to do this and i dont exactly have to coolest life but i thought i would jump right in and give this a shot!

A couple weekends ago i finished my very first sprint triathlon called the Pumpkinman down in Boulder City, Nevada. So we went on down to Vegas on Thursday night and had to privilege of staying at the Foutz home. Unfortunately Shlyn had to stay in Provo due to her responsibility to the ward choir so she was definitely missed on our adventure to Vegas. Nevertheless Elle Madeline and I enjoyed our stay.

I was so excited to compete in the triathlon with one of my new found amazing friends Madeline Foutz. She is an amazing friend and i am so happy that we have become such great friends so fast! She is one of the nicest people so it was so fun to be able to train with her for this! She kept me motivated to go to the pool or on long runs whether i liked it or not. However it was so worth it because it was the best feeling ever to cross the finish line!

Lucky for me my parents and Rachel and Meagan came to Vegas as well to cheer me on. And an added bonus Dad did the whole thing with me! He is like superman i swear so it was great to have him next to me the whole time. A couple miles out on the bike ride we pulled over to fix the numbers on our bike because they were rubbing against our legs. Then, when we started to get going again i had one foot clipped in when someone hit me from the back going full speed.. woops haha. It didn't hurt too bad because i had to much adrenaline. However about a half mile later my tire went flat because it was probably pitched when we crashed. Sooo thanks to DJ mike we changed the tire as fast as we could and continued on our way. Side Note: Little did i know when i signed up for this triathlon that it is one of the hardest in the country... the entire 12 mile bike was up hill. That was quite a challenge but with DJ next to me he definitely kept me going. Then once we got to the run it was pretty easy i just had to keep my body moving. Unfortunately i didn't get to finish with Madeline because of the flat tire but she finished about 20 minutes before me and i was so happy for her that she finished as well! She did great! It was a great accomplishment and i am so glad that i did it with my dad and Madeline!