Atomic Man

6:30 a.m. - Registration

The race was scheduled to start at 7:30, but because of the fog on the lake the first swim wave started at 8:00.

1.2 mile swim/56 mile bike/13.1 mile run

Mom, Dad and Amy came out to cheer us on. My mom had tried to convince me that I should swim in a life jacket!

Jay and Jennifer Norris

Dan and Sarah Watkins

We had several comments on our shirts!

The fog was terrible! I am in that mess somewhere. The fog made the swim very difficult.

Almost to the finish line!

Passing the timing chip to Jay.

I was so happy my part of the race was over!

This was the half way point. 28 miles.

Joel was such a great supporter! Check out that shirt! I have the greatest husband!

Passing the timing chip to Dan.

Only 6-7 miles to go!

I couldn't forget Joel's birthday!

We finished just under 6.5 hrs.

Team Tri for Him ...

and the greatest supporters we could ask for!

5 weeks of training and now...

Tomorrow morning, two friends from church and I are competing in the 1/2 Iron Man Triathlon at Melton Hill Park. I don't know why I am doing this or what I have gotten myself into, but I am very, very nervous. I am worried about the temperature of the lake water. I hate being cold!
Anyways, we are competing as a relay team. I am swimming 1.2 miles, Jay Norris is biking 56 miles and Dan Watkins in running 13 miles. I have the easy part!! I have trained for 5 weeks and am feeling pretty good about the swim!
Tomorrow is Joel's birthday and he is stuck at this race all day. What a great husband I have! He could be doing so many other things on his birthday.
Stay tuned...pictures and results to soon follow.

5th Annual Marine Mud Run

Some friends and I from church decided to run this race today. We had no idea what to expect, but we had so much fun!

Sara and I stuck together through the entire race. She wouldn't let me walk...even though I wanted to a times!
Rusty and Kyle were there too.
Here's Sara and I making our way through the last part of the race that is in the lake.
We were muddy, but not like we had expected.

Clinica Ezell - Guatemala

On July 12 I left for Guatemala for a week to do medical mission work. I went with two great friends from church, Sara Watkins and Jennifer Norris. The mission team perfromed eye surgeries that week. I have about 600 pictures, so I decided to post only a few.