Some like it hot

107 degrees today in Dallas! Luckily, I got my bike ride done early this morning and stayed inside througout the day by painting.

This weekend was Rivercities Tri in Shreveport. And this was the first time in four years I didn't race it. Bryon raced although he was coming down with a cold and said he got his butt whipped. It happens when you don't train! :) But this race is super hot - the swim is a warm, muddy bath, the bike is an undulating, great ride, and the run is super-duper steamy hot. It was a little much for me the last two years, so I took a year off...

After four days of no workouts last week, I managed to pull together something:
Friday - 3 miles with Duke
Saturday - 1.5 hour run
Sunday - 2 hour ride

Yesterday and today also resulted in finishing my paint project that I started a month ago (I couldn't tell if I liked the color choices!!). Finally finished - minus a couple touch ups I need to do now - and next we're tearing out the carpet! So excited. It is hard to do this, however, when you need to make sure you're not too sore to do swim workouts (although I can hardly move my arms and back right now).

I'm getting really excited about the Olympics' opening ceremonies this Friday. Watching party! :) Nothing like getting excited for our country, but also nothing else makes me feel more unsuccessful or undertrained! But it's still all completely motivating - and it gives me goosebumps all the time.

Women's Olympic marathon trials

I need to do a post on this. The women's Olympic marathon trials were yesterday and of course, Deena Kastor is the victor! What an amazing athlete and runner.

I was cheering on for Desiree Ficker, pro triathlete who qualified for the Trials in Austin last year. She looked amazing and had a great finish, but didn't make it. Bryon's upset...

There was also a girl on our relay team running, Heidi, who also qualified and ran in the Trials. It'll be pretty neat to get to talk with her about her experience and how cool it felt to be so close to something so big as the Olympics.

So cool!