Olympic Titanium Man Triathalon 2009

This was the weekend!!! We've been gearing up for the Triathalon for some time now, well, some of us have. Amanda, Sonja & I decided to do it 2 weeks ago, then Sun had some stuff come up and wasn't able to train over the last couple of weeks, but then at the last minute, SERIOUSLY, the NIGHT before decided she was in... I think the guys all knew they were going to do it most of the summer and trained accordingly. Except Jacob, who kept saying he was going to do it, but who has apparently decided he going to become "Jacob NO TRAIN Rose", instead of "Big Draft" since there was no drafting allowed. (OK- So I'm not quite as witty as you guys are, but I'm trying...:))

We were all pretty stoked for it Friday night as we met outside of Kimos to pick up our race packets. I don't know about anybody else, but I could NOT sleep! I kept thinking about the transitions and timing and hoping I would get under the 3 hour mark... Without recapping the whole thing, everyone did AWESOME! It was so fun to have so many friends out there doing it together. Although, the whole time I was running and they were all passing by me heading back to the finish I was wishing I was one of them. Amanda and I rode together over the last couple of weeks and looking at our times we were pretty similar. She kicked my butt out of the water, by like 8 minutes! (I gotta swim this year!) Unfortunately, my transition time out of the water was not good. 4 1/2 minutes, UGH! Technical difficulties with my outfit. (Note to self: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE SHIRTS IN FUTURE!!!)I was hoping to catch her on the bike but although I gained 4 minutes she still had a few minutes on me. Which was a bummer cuz we were hoping to run together. Our runs were only 1 minute apart, we were just had 5 minutes between us... I think we both would've done better had we been with each other. I was so ready to be DONE during that run. It would've been so much better to be with someone.

The guys all caught up to each other there at the end... apparently Billy the "Lightning Bolt" made up some serious time on the run! Jared, Billy and Eric all finished with in a minute of each other, right around 2:30. Cory came in about 20 minutes later, then Terry. Jacob could've done better and finished for sure in under 3 hours, but waited for me at the bottom of the last 1/4 mile to the finish so we could finish together. What a STUD! I was so happy to see him there! Terry finished even though a few weeks ago he pulled a muscle and hasn't been running much. It was giving him a lot of trouble for almost the whole run. I don't know how he was able to even keep going and finish, but he did. Way to go Terry. I know you are disappointed with your time, so am I (with mine, I mean, not yours) but next year, RIGHT?
I can't believe Sun finished, with the least training of all. She rocked it!
Next year... I will do much better. I will actually swim, more than once, and run... I just didn't want to do either of those things to train. It was so fun and so hard. Thanks to all the support, other family members, friends, Rach and Maya for taking the kids along to cheer. It was so fun to see them out on the ride!

Here are the pics we have! Enjoy!
I'm pretty sure this is Jared coming out of the water... Hard to tell as everyone pretty much looks the same with there goggles and orange caps on. If not, sorry Jared...

Cory on bike...


Jacob and Annette...

Jared...

Mark...


Jacob and Annette transition to run...



Sun... finishing bike ride and starting run....

Sonja finishing...

Terry finishing...

Jared Finishing...(sorry, you kind of got cut off...)

Jacob and Annette finishing...

Cory coming upto finish line...

Eric coming up to finish line...

Billy coming up to the finish line...

Amanda coming up to the finish line...

Lowe's at the finish line...

Roses at the finish line....

Liley, Gabbi and Kennedy playing at the finish line! How cute are they!

Good job everyone!